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WhatsApp Partners with Youth NGO for Digital Business Training
To empower youngsters in digitizing their businesses, instant messaging platform WhatsApp has partnered with PJI to give six-month training on using digital business platforms to more than 1,000 students in 12 cities across Indonesia.
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- Coronavirus
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- Asia Pacific
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Africa’s Tourism Sector Loses $55 Billion to COVID-19 Pandemic
The African Union has hinted that tourism destinations in Africa have collectively lost $55 billion in travel and tourism revenue.
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- Coronavirus
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- tourism
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Press Release: Kiva Receives USAID Design Funding to Structure Innovative $100M Fund to Support 1 Million Women Globally
Financial inclusion non-profit Kiva is announcing a partnership under the White House-led Women’s Global Development and Prosperity (W-GDP) Initiative with USAID to advance women’s economic empowerment by increasing access to financing for women entrepreneurs and business owners
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- Investing
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Alibaba Cloud, Fintech Academy, Pfizer Accelerate Apac Healthcare Innovations
The startups selected under this alliance will receive 'infrastructure support and technological expertise from Alibaba Cloud, talent development and venture building support from Fintech Academy and scientific and commercialization knowledge from Pfizer'
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- Finance, Health Care
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- Asia Pacific
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Viewpoint: First Summit of Global Development Banks Must Deliver on Ending Fossil Fuel Finance
Governments worldwide plan to produce 120% more oil, gas and coal by 2030 than is compatible with 1.5C warming limit - supported by huge volumes of public money
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- Energy, Environment
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Press Release: MovingWorlds Announces New Social Enterprise Program, S-Grid, to Accelerate Post-COVID Recovery
Sustainable Growth of Revenues for International Development; in partnership with SAP; building skills and capacity of social enterprises and small business; connecting them to corporations for more sustainable and equitable practices; creating a regenerative economy
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- Coronavirus, Investing
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Viewpoint: Will COVID-19 Accelerate the Renewable Energy Transition in Emerging Markets?
With new data showing that global carbon emissions are rebounding more quickly than expected after coronavirus lockdowns are eased, questions are being asked about the prospects for renewable energy projects in emerging markets.
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- Coronavirus, Energy
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COVID-19 Isn’t Killing Cash. People Are Hoarding More of It
People appear to be bunkering cash amid the coronavirus outbreak, according to a study that seeks to debunk the notion that the pandemic was hastening the demise of paper money due to e-commerce or fears of infection.
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- Coronavirus, Finance
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- e-commerce
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