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Emerging-Market Banks Looking at Sustainability-Linked Bonds, HSBC Says
Banks in developing nations are looking at a new bond type as a way into the booming socially responsible debt market, according to HSBC Holdings Plc.
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- Environment, Finance, Investing
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- ESG, sustainable finance
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Minigrid Company Husk Nabs $5 Million in Funding
Husk Power Systems, a minigrid company that focuses on India and Africa, has received a $5 million investment from FMO, a Dutch development bank.
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- innovation, scale
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Moody’s: New Technologies Deepening Financial Inclusion Across Emerging Markets
Technology is deepening financial inclusion throughout emerging markets in Africa, Latin America, and Asia, as it creates greater accessibility to financial services for new and traditionally underserved customers, Moody’s Investors Service said in a report today.
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- Finance, Technology
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MTN and Airtel Uganda Suspend Mobile Money Services After Massive Hack
Telecom giants, MTN and Airtel Uganda have temporarily suspended all mobile money service transactions between their networks after unidentified hackers compromised their systems.
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- Finance, Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Cambodia Is Optimizing Farming Yields With Big Data Insights
Big data might hold the key to unlocking the sustainable potential of the battered Cambodian agriculture sector.
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- Agriculture, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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- blockchain
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Microlenders in India See Light at End of Tunnel; Collection Rates Inch Back To Pre-COVID Levels
Collection rates are picking up, so are disbursements of small loans. Rural entrepreneurs, who suffered most due to COVID, are tweaking their small business strategies to adjust to the new normal.
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- Coronavirus, Finance
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- Asia Pacific
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West African Energy Startup Easy Solar Raises $5 Million Series A Round To Scale Operations
West African energy startup Easy Solar has raised a US$5 million Series A debt and equity funding round to help it scale operations and launch new products in Sierra Leone and Liberia.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: 40,000 Young Women and Men in Nigeria Will Be Equipped Annually With Entrepreneurial Skills Through EDC Partnership With the Mastercard Foundation
The Enterprise Development Centre (EDC) announced a partnership with the Mastercard Foundation to launch the Transforming Nigerian Youths program.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- impact investing, MSMEs
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