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Ethiopia Sees Jump in Mobile Payments Despite COVID-19
COVID-19 has created many disruptions in Ethiopia this year, impacting both merchants and consumers. The World Health Organization warned that paper currency can risk spreading the virus, and encouraged adoption of digital payments as a safer alternative.
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- Coronavirus, Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: How Smallholder Farmers Are Coping With the Pandemic
As smallholder farmers, Hakuzimana says they are faced with countless challenges such as limited market, wastage of produce and limited access to sources of agricultural productivity.
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Vaccines prevented 37 million deaths in LMICs in the last 20 years
These are the findings of the most comprehensive study of the impact of vaccination programmes yet undertaken, published today in The Lancet.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- vaccines
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COVID-19 Knocked $200 Million off Remittances Last Year in Uganda
Remittances fell by $200m for the year ended December 2020, highlighting the impact of Covid-19 within and without Uganda.
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- Coronavirus, Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Indonesia’s Electric Vehicle Commodities
Indonesia has extensive plans to leverage its commodity deposits to develop a thriving electric vehicle industry within the country.
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- Energy, Environment
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- e-mobility
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Two Former Coinbase Employees Are Building a DeFi Lending Protocol for Emerging Markets
A pair of former Coinbase employees are launching a new protocol that aims to advance one of the DeFi space’s primary use cases — decentralized lending — in the world’s emerging markets.
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- Finance, Technology
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India Cuts Internet Around New Delhi as Protesting Farmers Clash With Police
Internet access remained blocked Monday in several districts of a state bordering India's capital following violent weekend clashes between police and farmers protesting controversial agricultural reforms.
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- Agriculture
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- public policy
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Press Release: Bamboo Capital Partners Exits CONFIE After Triple-Digit Growth in Loans and Savings Portfolios
Bamboo Capital Partners (“Bamboo”), the specialist impact investor in emerging and frontier markets, today announces its successful exit from CONFIE, a Latin American microfinance investment holding company.
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- Investing
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