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Light Microfinance Secures $10 Million from Three European Impact Investors
The investment will support multiple technology interventions like an AI-driven analytics platform and mobile applications.
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- Investing
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- ESG, governance, impact investing
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Analysis: Is Sustainability the Key to Unlocking Togo’s Textile Industry Potential?
The global textiles industry is one of the major contributors to climate change as it is the second-largest industrial polluter, second only to the oil and gas industry.
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- Energy, Environment
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- ESG, manufacturing
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Emerging Markets: Infrastructure in a Post-COVID World
Despite the contraction of the global economy due to COVID-19, the “global logistics market has reached $5.2 trillion in 2020.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Global
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- e-commerce
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Kenyan Influencer Marketing Startup, AIfluence Nets $1 Million in Seed Funding for Regional Expansion
With this funding, the startup plans to expand to the rest of Africa, the Middle East, and Asia by the end of 2021.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The Bita Drinking Water Megaproject in Angola Registers $500 Million in Financing
Financed by The World Bank and the French Development Agency, this project will benefit 7.5 million people in Luanda and its surroundings.
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- WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: What We Know and How to Scale Up Sustainable Agriculture in India
The Green Revolution has ensured India’s self-sufficiency for our cereal needs and has touched most Indian farmers, but its long-term impacts are now visibly evident.
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- Agriculture, Environment
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- climate change
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Analysis: India’s Microfinance Sector Hit As Defaults Surge In Pandemic
Small loan specialists in India that typically cater to people without bank accounts are facing a jump in pandemic-related defaults that could force some of them out of business, industry experts warn.
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- Coronavirus, Finance, Health Care
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Analysis: COVID-19 Socioeconomic Impact Worsens For Refugees in Uganda
The post-COVID-19 recovery for refugees will be fragile, amidst a projected return to growth for Uganda in 2021.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care, Impact Assessment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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