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GoTo to Raise $1.1 Billion After Finalising IPO at Top End of Price Range
GoTo Group, Indonesia's biggest tech firm, said it plans to raise $1.1 billion in an initial public offering (IPO), pricing the deal in the top half of its indicative range and making it one of Asia's biggest IPOs so far this year.
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- Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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Expect a Drop in Greenwashing as India Adopts New ESG Reporting Rules
The new SEBI regulations on good governance going into effect tomorrow will require the top 1000 companies by market cap size to include a mandatory Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report (BRSR) in their annual reports filed with stock exchanges.
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- Environment, Impact Assessment, Investing
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- Asia Pacific
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Press Release: Boards for All? The 2022 Global Health 50/50 Report Explores Who Governs Global Health
Gender and geographic diversity are severely lacking in the boards of major organisations active in global health, a newly-released study finds.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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- Global
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- failure, gender equality
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Niger Gears up for Nation’s First-Ever Wind Farm, Eventually One of Africa’s Largest
Savannah Energy PLC and the Ministry of Petroleum, Energy and Renewable Energies of the Republic of Niger have signed an agreement for the construction and operation.
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- Energy, Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- renewable energy
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World Bank Freezes $600 Million Afghan Fund Over Girls’ School Ban
The World Bank has suspended four projects in Afghanistan worth $600 million after the Taliban-led acting government's decision to ban girls from returning to public high schools.
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- Education
- Region
- North Africa & Near East
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- governance
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Ghana to Start Producing Own COVID-19 Vaccines in January 2024
Ghana will start producing its own COVID-19 vaccines in January 2024, President Nana Akufo-Addo said on Wednesday in his State of the Nation Address in parliament.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- vaccines
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India’s Axis Bank Accelerates Retail Push With $1.6 Billion Citi Deal
Indian private lender Axis Bank has decided to bulk up its credit card and retail businesses with a $1.6-billion purchase of Citigroup Inc's local consumer banking arm.
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- Finance
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Chemical Recycling of Plastics: New EREF Research to Evaluate Economic and Environmental Impacts
Could chemical recycling of plastics be more cost-effective and environmentally friendly than mechanical recycling? That is the question at the heart of groundbreaking new research funded by the Environmental Research & Education Foundation (EREF).
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- WASH
- Region
- Global
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- recycling
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