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Indonesia Needs $25 Billion for Green Hydrogen
The Indonesian government estimates that Southeast Asia’s largest economy will need investments of up to $25.2 billion to develop green hydrogen from 2031 to 2060.
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- South Asia
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Sri Lankan Business Owners Left Reeling From Shortages, Power Cuts Amid Spiralling Economic Crisis
As Sri Lanka is enveloped by its worst economic crisis in living memory, restaurants and other businesses across the island nation are being pushed to the brink by acute shortages of fuel and other essentials.
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- Uncategorized
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- South Asia
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Gotrade Raises $15.5 Million to Make Investing Fun, Fair and Simple in Southeast Asia, Launches in Indonesia
Gotrade is an investing platform that allows users to trade fractional shares of U.S. stocks and ETFs.
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- Finance, Technology
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- South Asia
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Analysis: ‘Russia Is Half of Our Business.’ Or It Was.
European companies that relied on Russian customers are suffering collateral damage from the invasion of Ukraine and Western sanctions.
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- Uncategorized
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- Europe & Eurasia
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Analysis: Environmental Problems Caused by Mining
Is mining this causing us to dig ourselves a growing hole of environmental issues? We examine the biggest environmental problems caused by mining.
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- Environment, Impact Assessment
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- mining, renewable energy
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Fintech Services Contribute to Increase in Financial Literacy in India
With nearly 2000 fintech startups in the country, one would imagine India’s financial literacy to be high. Yet, statistics show that despite a population of over 1.3 billion people, about 76% of the adult population still lacks basic financial concepts.
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- Finance
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Targeting Off-Grid Solar Businesses’ Acumen to Expand Energy Access
GOGLA is starting a pilot programme called Elevate to support the next generation of locally-owned and managed companies in the off-grid solar sector.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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WaterEquity Raises Over $150 Million at Final Close of Global Access Fund
WaterEquity, the first asset manager exclusively focused on water and sanitation, announced the final close of its third impact investment fund, the Global Access Fund.
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- Global
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- impact investing
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