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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
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- 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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Analysis: WHO Pledges Extensive Commitments Towards Women’s Empowerment and Health
The World Health Organization announced multiple commitments to drive change for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls in all their diversity at the Generation Equality Forum.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Global
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Ecobank Group Integrates Express Cash by Semoa to Accelerate Financial Inclusion in Africa
The Ecobank Group has announced enabling mobile money users in Togo to carry out banking faster and easier, across the West African Economic and Monetary Union through a new digital banking service called ‘Express cash by Semoa’.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Microverse Wants to Educate Overlooked Coding Talent from Developing Regions
The EdTech startup, Microverse, got a boost in its efforts today when it announced that it has raised $12.5 million in venture capital.
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- Education
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- Global
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Gates Foundation Commits $2.1 Billion over the Next Five Years to Gender Equality
With this $2.1 billion commitment, the Gates Foundation plans to focus on three core areas that are key to advancing gender equality: economic empowerment; family planning and health; and accelerating women’s leadership.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
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