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Bill Gates: These Are the 2 Questions I Use To Tackle Every Big Problem From Microsoft To COVID-19
If you want to tackle problems the same way as Bill Gates, you need to start with two simple questions: “Who has dealt with this problem well? And what can we learn from them?”
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- philanthropy, SDGs
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BIMA Nabs $30 Million More for Micro- Health and Life Insurance Aimed at Emerging Markets
The coronavirus global health pandemic — and the new emphasis on social distancing to slow down the spread of COVID-19 — has put healthcare and tech services used to enable healthcare remotely under the spotlight.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care, Investing
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COVID Disruption: ESG Investment Catches on Fast & Is Here To Stay
Though ESG investments have not become a dominant theme in Indian markets as compared to the markets in the US and Europe, investor pressure could result in the rollout of not only governance oriented but also environmentally focused and socially viable investment practices.
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- Coronavirus, Investing
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- ESG, governance, impact investing
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The World’s Most Innovative Countries, 2020
Any crisis calls for a variety of short-term responses to the emergency at hand. But longer-term objectives must be safeguarded.
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- Coronavirus
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- global development, innovation, SDGs
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Solidaridad Supporting Small Businesses To Access Finance for COVID-19 Resilience
The Covid-19 pandemic has affected many businesses, including small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the cocoa sector that provide critical services to smallholder farmers in Ghana.
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Upaya Social Ventures and Beyond Capital Recommit To Investment in Freshr To Further Benefit Smallholder Farmers in India
Follow-on investment to support the extension of FreshR’s microentrepreneur and farmer networks, as well as continue expansion into new region of underserved communities
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- Agriculture, Investing
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- Asia Pacific
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Africa Launches $14 Million Program To Shore up Coffee Sector Amid COVID-19
ICO projects a loss of exports valued between $100m and $200m, potentially affecting 6.6 million jobs in coffee sector, particularly in east Africa
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Telenor Microfinance Bank Receives $45m Equity Injection To Continue Its Growth on Digital Strategy
Telenor Microfinance Bank, the first scheduled microfinance bank of Pakistan and the operator of the country’s leading digital payments platform Easypaisa, has received an investment of $45 million from its shareholders Telenor Group and Ant Group Co., Ltd. (Ant Group).
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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