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Magic Fund Raises $30 Million, to Give $100 – $300k Checks to Founders in Emerging Markets
MAGIC Fund, a global collective of founders that backs other founders to solve business challenges, has announced a $30 Million Fund II raise to continue backing early-stage startups.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
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Analysis: Rural India Sinks Deeper into Debt as COVID-19 Wipes Out Work
The coronavirus and a lockdown aimed at stopping it last year saw millions of people thrown out of jobs in cities and towns and forced back to their villages, and ever higher levels of debt.
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- Coronavirus
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- employment
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Press Release: Heifer International and IBM Work with Coffee and Cocoa Farmers in Honduras to Increase Access to Data and Global Markets
Smallholder coffee and cocoa farmers and their cooperatives in Honduras are harnessing the power of technology to access new markets and make better business decisions.
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- Agriculture, Technology
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- Latin America
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Analysis: Why Africa’s Push to Make Vaccines Should Look Further Than COVID-19
It’s unlikely that vaccine manufacturing will offer Africa a quick fix for COVID-19. Countries on the continent are grappling with a diverse array of challenges.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- nonprofits, vaccines
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Press Release: The Gillian & Adrian Schauer Foundation Invest $10 Million in Madiro to Support Transformative Solutions in Global Health
Madiro aims to fuel Healthy Entrepreneurs’ mission to provide basic health services to isolated villages in Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi & Kenya.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Global
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- impact investing
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World Bicycle Relief Raises USD $1 Million for Women and Girls
World Bicycle Relief, the global nonprofit that mobilizes people through the Power of Bicycles®, announced the successful conclusion of its mid-year fundraising campaign, “Women on Wheels.”
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- Education
- Region
- Global
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- gender equality
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Drip Capital Partners SBM Bank India on Trade Finance
Drip Capital, a fintech provider of cross-border trade finance, has partnered SBM Bank India to offer trade financing solutions customized for small and medium-sized exporters in India.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Statkraft to Support Solar in Africa to Address Energy Poverty
Statkraft is partnering with SolarAid to address energy poverty through solar power in sub-Saharan Africa over the next three years.
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- Energy
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- energy access
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