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The Pandemic is Hurting China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Some BRI projects are stalling as countries struggle to repay related debts.
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- Coronavirus
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- Asia Pacific
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Blue Finance and Ocean Outcomes Become First Grant Recipients of Convergence’s Asia Natural Capital Window
With funding from the RS Group for its Asia Natural Capital Design Funding Window, Convergence awards Blue Finance and Ocean Outcomes (O2) design-stage grants for blended finance solutions targeting Sustainable Development Goal 14–Life below Water.
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- Environment, Finance
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This Agricultural Enterprise Is Helping Nigerian Farmers Expand Their Business
In 2015, farmer Sule Yohana joined Babban Gona, a social enterprise organization with a focus on providing expansion services to smallholder farmers in Nigeria.
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Social Entrepreneur Building Rural Economy, Urges MFIs to Launch Disaster Fund
Yunus, was speaking on June 6, Saturday, at a webinar organised by Sa-Dhan, the platform for Indian MFIs
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- Coronavirus, Environment, Finance
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- Asia Pacific
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Mobile Telecoms Discusses the New and Emerging Business Models Amidst COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic, with its catastrophic effects, has not spared the economies of the various countries as it sweeps across the globe.
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- Coronavirus, Technology
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Renewables in Focus to Revive Energy Sector as Economies Ease Lockdowns
A sudden slump in energy consumption due to worldwide lockdown caused by the COVID-19 had threatened the energy transition due to a plunge in oil prices. However, as predicted by COE-EDP clean energy and inward-looking policies are the focus of the reviving energy sector across economies in the post-lockdown period.
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- Coronavirus, Energy
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How Coronavirus Slashed Trips to Kenyan Atms to an All-Time Low in April
In April, the value of money transacted through cards and point-of-sale machines declined by a third to Sh35.2 billion from Sh52.1 billion in March.
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- Coronavirus, Finance
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- financial health
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Mobile Money Shields Some Zambians from Coronavirus, Endangers Others
Zambia’s government has called on the public to use less cash in order to reduce their exposure to the coronavirus. Now mobile money tellers and grocers find themselves at risk.
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- Coronavirus, Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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