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Press Release: Mastercard Furthers Support For Black Women Entrepreneurs With Multi-Million Dollar Investment in Fearless Fund, A Venture Capital Firm Built by Women of Color for Women of Color
To help further access to funding for Black women, Mastercard today announced a multi-million dollar investment in Fearless Fund, a venture capital fund built by women of color for women of color.
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- Investing
- Region
- North America
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Analysis: COVID-19 Pushes India’s Middle Class Toward Poverty
The pandemic sent 32 million people in India from the middle class last year. Now a second wave is threatening the dreams of millions more looking for a better life.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Ugandan Fintech Numida Secures $2.3 Million
Uganda-based fintech startup Numida has secured $2.3-million in a seed funding round led by MFS Africa with participation from DRK Foundation, Equilibria Capital, and Segal Family Foundation alongside angel investors.
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- Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: SENTRY Announces Seed Stage Investment From Factor[E] Ventures and SKion Water
Strategic partnership will help scale real-time bioelectrode sensor platform for monitoring and optimizing water and wastewater treatment.
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- WASH
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- scale
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COVID-19 Pandemic Leads to Drop Of Maternal Health Care in Africa
While almost every country has experienced disruption to its health services since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, several countries in Africa have been severely impacted, leading to the suspension of maternal, neonatal, and child health care.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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New Un-Backed Framework to Boost Agricultural Trade Between African Nations
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), together with the African Union (AU) Commission, launched a new continent-wide framework on Thursday, to boost trade and improve food security.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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U.S. Gives South Sudan $95 Million to Alleviate Humanitarian Crisis
The United States has disbursed more than $95 million to South Sudan to help humanitarian efforts in the country.
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- WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- migrants, philanthropy, refugees
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Analysis: Government Inaction Prompts Voluntary Redd+ Carbon Credit Boom in Brazil
“In the beginning, all the neighbors said he was crazy, that he was losing money. [But] after he started to sell the first [REDD+] carbon credits, some people in the area were convinced to do the same,” says Janaína Dallan.
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- Environment
- Region
- Latin America
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- climate change
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