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Facebook, Slack and Twitter Among Tech Companies Joining WHO to Launch COVID-19 Hackathon
Each participating company has committed resources for developers who apply. The site has received close to 20,000 submissions. Winning proposals will be announced on Friday, April 10.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care, Technology
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Viewpoint: Power in a Pandemic – Why Energy Access Matters During Coronavirus
Reliable, affordable electricity is needed to keep people connected at home and to run life-saving equipment in hospitals.
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- Coronavirus, Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- energy access
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Press Release: Non-Profit Network Toniic Launches Impact Investing Platform
Toniic, a nonprofit global network of active impact investors, has launched Toniic Tracer, a platform that enables investors and issuers (funds and enterprises) to shareand compare information about impact investments, including goals, performance and outcomes.
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- Investing
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- impact investing
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Why Africa is at Risk of a Coronavirus Catastrophe
The coronavirus pandemic spreading across the globe has been slow to spread through Africa, but public health experts are worried that what appears to be an inevitable outbreak on the world's poorest continent could become a catastrophe of unprecedented proportions.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Halting Human Contact: How Social Enterprises Are Rethinking Their Business Models During COVID-19
Lockdowns across the world. Social distancing, isolation and quarantine commonplace. What does that mean for social enterprises that usually work directly with vulnerable people and rely on face-to-face communication? We spoke to social entrepreneurs in the UK, Turkey and South Africa to find out how they're taking on the challenge.
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- Uncategorized
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Press Release: US SIF Foundation Opens 2020 Survey On US Sustainable And Impact Investing Trends
The internationally referenced Trends report provides data on the scope of sustainable investing by US asset managers and institutional investors as well as insights on the ESG issues they consider.
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- Investing
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- North America
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- ESG, impact investing
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How Will COVID-19 Impact Foundation Grants?
At least $3 billion worth of grants to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak have been given by foundations, mostly to relief organizations, public health agencies, and medical research groups, according to Candid, a group working to provide intelligence to philanthropists.
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- Coronavirus
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Viewpoint: COVID-19 — the Global South Must Not Be Forgotten
There are no trillion dollar emergency funds, followed by even greater stimulus monies, set to land in the poorest countries in the world. Yet, they are the least prepared to address this and future public health crises.
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- Coronavirus
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