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With Limited Electric Vehicle Options, Uber Embraces Carbon Offsets in Latin America
Uber has set out to be carbon neutral by 2040, but the ride hailing company has picked a route in parts of Latin America that is fraught with challenges.
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- Uncategorized
- Region
- Latin America
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Report: COVID-19 Travel Restrictions Had a Surprising Effect on Medical Tourism From Africa
Fewer trips to India and other “medical tourism” destinations by Africa’s middle class is one anticipated result of a surge of investment into medical facilities.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- tourism
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International Finance Corporation , Absa Partner To Boost Trade Finance in Sub-Saharan Africa
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has welcomed South African financial services provider Absa Bank to its Global Trade Liquidity Program (GTLP) to boost access to trade finance in sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Tencent Leads $48 Million Investment in South Africa Startup
Tencent Holdings Ltd. has invested in a South African financial-technology provider helping the Chinese internet giant expand in the continent’s most developed economy.
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- Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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European Investment Bank Publishes Unique Analysis of Impact of COVID-19 on Financing Across Africa
The new report explores how access to finance provided by banks, microfinance and private equity sectors have been affected and what long-term trends may impact private sector investment.
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- Coronavirus
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Malawi $1 Billion Energy Deal To Boost Economy
Malawi is open for business: The East African country is pursuing various investment and trade deals to help boost their economy and in line with this have signed a $1 billion deal with Egyptian multinational electrical company, Elsewedy Electric.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: How Blue Bonds Promise To Boost Latin America’s Economy
The future prosperity of Latin America and the Caribbean will be closely linked to preserving and effectively exploiting its water resources.
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- WASH
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- Latin America
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Report: COVID-19 Pushes 30 Million Africans into Extreme Poverty
The novel Coronavirus has pushed some 30 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa into extreme poverty and dwarfed more than five years of progress, according to a report released.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- SDGs
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