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Faiths Institute Asks Gates Foundation to Change Tactics in Africa
An African faiths environmental institute is calling on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to stop funding green revolution technologies and genetically modified seeds for the continent, but instead support natural methods to help Africa achieve food sufficiency and protect its environments.
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- Agriculture, Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Coronavirus: G7 Backs International Monetary Fund’s Aid Hike for Low-Income Nations
Finance ministers from the US, Germany, Britain, Canada, France, Italy and Japan have thrown their weight behind plans to boost aid to developing nations by hundreds of billions of dollars.
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- Coronavirus, Finance
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Boosting Financial Inclusion With Airtel Mobile Money
The recent investment of $200 million in Airtel Africa’s mobile money business by The Rise Fund will further enhance financial inclusion in Nigeria, since the country is one of the 14 African countries, where Airtel Africa currently operates, writes Emma Okonji.
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- Finance, Investing, Telecommunications
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: COVID-19 Underscores Need to Boost Pharma Manufacturing in Emerging Markets
The scramble to produce vaccines and therapeutics and the challenges of getting these products to poorer countries underscores the growing importance of local pharma manufacturers for these emerging markets.
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- Coronavirus
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- manufacturing, scale, vaccines
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Atal Innovation Mission, Amazon Web Services Collaborate to Accelerate Ed-Tech Entrepreneurship in India
The Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) of NITI Aayog and Amazon Web Services (AWS) Thursday collaborated to promote ed-tech entrepreneurship through incubation centres and build ed-tech solutions using cloud computing.
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- Education
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- edtech, innovation, youth
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SolarAid Scheme to Help Bring Solar Power to All Super-Rural African Households by 2030
SolarAid, the international development charity, has today announced the launch of a new pilot project that will provide solar lighting to all homes in a single super-rural Malawi community, with a view to proving a model that could bring renewable energy to all super-rural households across the continent.
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- Energy
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Missio Invest Secures $20 Million Anchor Investment from U.S. International Development Finance Corporation
Loan Facility to Support Initiatives Addressing Food Security, Financial Inclusion, and Health and Education Outreach in Sub-Saharan Africa
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- Agriculture, Education, Health Care, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Agri Commodities and Finance Secures a $115 Million Syndicated Loan for Sustainable Agriculture
The funds, which benefit Agri Commodities and Finance (ACF), a subsidiary of Export Trading Group (ETG), will promote sustainable agriculture in Africa.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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