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Gates Foundation’s Efforts to Fight Coronavirus, Explained
The Gates Foundation has emerged as a leader in the coronavirus response.
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- Coronavirus
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- North America
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Press Release: MIT Solve Announces Over $1.5 Million in Funding for 2020 Solver Teams
Solve is seeking solutions to critical Global Challenges, including Health Security & Pandemics; innovators should apply by June 18, 2020.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care, Technology
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‘We’re Abandoned to Our Own Fate’: Coronavirus Menaces Brazil’s Favelas
As of Thursday, Brazil had 22,169 confirmed Covid-19 cases and 1,123 deaths, although underreporting means numbers are likely tp be much higher. Community leaders, activists and organisers of social projects in favelas in São Paulo, Belém, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Manaus, Belo Horizonte and São Luís have been delivering food and hygiene kits to desperate residents as hunger begins to bite.
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- Coronavirus
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- Latin America
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African Cleantech Deals Stand Over Regular VC Funding Like A Familiar Solar Tower
In a report released last November, the International Energy Agency predicted a sun-enabled boom in countries across the continent. This forecast could provide hundreds of millions of African homes with clean electricity for the first time.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Coronavirus Could Spark Demand for E-Wallets, Digital Banks in LatAm
The coronavirus outbreak could drive financial inclusion in Latin America, as governments look for agile partners to distribute state aid and large segments of the informal economy grapple with restricted access to cash.
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- Coronavirus, Finance
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- Latin America
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The Race to Bridge the Gap in African Genomics Data Research Is Winning Investors Over
The new round marks rapid growth by a company which was founded just over a year ago with ambitious plans to build the world’s first and largest African bio-bank.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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In Africa, COVID-19 Crisis Puts Squeeze on Millions Who Rely on Remittances
Remittances amount to 5% of GDP in at least 13 African countries. For some, like tiny Lesotho, they amount to 23% of its annual income. With stay-at-home orders throwing millions out of work in Western countries, millions of Africans are feeling the pinch.
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- Coronavirus, Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- fintech, remittances
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Kenyan Startups Among Winners of Google’s Accelerator Program
“The start-ups accepted into the program will receive free support from Google around technology improvement, product improvement, design, growth and leadership training. They will also be paired with a Google Start-up Success Manager to work with them to improve their businesses,” said Dorothy Ooko, Google’s head of communications in Africa.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- accelerators, SDGs, startups
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