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Viewpoint: Get the Sustainable Development Goals Back on Track
At the current rate, most of the goals will not be met. Here’s how the 2030 agenda can be put back on the right path.
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- global development, SDGs
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Viewpoint: The Power of AI in Emerging Markets
Artificial intelligence is forecast to contribute $15.7 trillion to the global economy by 2030, delivering socioeconomic value to all sections of society over the coming years. And a substantial share of this total will accrue to emerging economies.
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- Technology
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Viewpoint: How China’s Belt And Road Became A ‘Global Trail Of Trouble’
In some markets, Chinese investment has nearly become a euphemism for wasteful spending, environmental destruction and untenable debt.
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Here’s What Kenyans Are Buying Through Mobile Money Service
The report also indicates that mobile money services are the second most popular savings platform after banks, taking up approximately 30% of all savings made in the country.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- digital finance, savings
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Press Release: WorldRemit Partners with Wizall Money to Launch its First Mobile Money Transfer Service to Senegal
Using the WorldRemit app, customers in over 50 countries can now send money instantly to over 60,000 Wizall Money mobile accounts in Senegal.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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How Mobile Money Is Taking Over the Finance Sector in Ghana, Records Massive Growth in 2019
Ghana Interbank Payments and Settlements System report has shown that the movement of funds from bank accounts into mobile money wallets or accounts recorded 1224% growth in 2019.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Coca-Cola and Unilever to Develop Circular Economy in China
The Coca-Cola Company has partnered with Chinese online retailer JD.com to encourage plastics recycling and help drive the circular economy in China.
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- Environment
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Press Release: Imaginable Futures, New Global Philanthropic Investment Firm Focused on Learning, Spins Off from Omidyar Network
Imaginable Futures will utilize the hybrid funding structure pioneered by Omidyar Network that is part philanthropic foundation and part impact investor. This structure allows Imaginable Futures the financial flexibility to support for-profit entrepreneurs harnessing the power of markets, as well as social and public-sector changemakers innovating to produce scalable change.
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- Investing
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