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Payment Startup Chipper Cash Raises $6m for Southern Africa Expansion
In September, Chipper Cash expanded into what is now arguably Africa’s largest fintech market, Nigeria. With its latest round, the startup has raised more than $8 million in seed capital.
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- Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Q&A: Help Others or Go Bust, Migrant Billionaire Tells Big Business
Hamdi Ulukaya says the days of companies being run solely to maximise profit for shareholders are over.
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- Uncategorized
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- North America
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Nomura Aims for More Sustainable Wall Street Role
Nomura's topsy-turvy history of trying to build a successful US investment bank has made it the butt of rivals' jokes. Now the Japanese group is taking another stab, buying renewable-energy boutique Greentech Capital Advisors.
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- renewable energy
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USAID, Awash Bank To Help Small Agribusinesses In Ethiopia
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Awash Bank announced a new partnership that provides $6.4 million to microfinance institutions and small- and medium-sized agricultural businesses in Ethiopia.
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Sustainability Investing Takes off in Southeast Asia
Socially responsible investing is on the rise globally, fueled by public concern about global challenges such as climate change, pollution, deforestation and social inequality.
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- Investing
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- Asia Pacific
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In Bihar, India, Solar-Powered Mini Grids Are Slowly Transforming Livelihoods
A silent revolution is unfolding not far from Bihar’s capital Patna, where residents are benefitting hugely from access to reliable, clean solar energy.
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- Energy
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- South Asia
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Should Surfing the Web Count as a Human Right? The View From South Africa.
Today, roughly half the planet’s population is online, and the gap between the vast universe they can access there – from information to employment to digital money – and the analog existence of the other half is opening wider every year.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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4 Trends Shaping the Future of the P2P Lending Regulation in Southeast Asia
The active inflow of investments made countries intensify their efforts in the development of fintech ecosystems and the regulatory environment.
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- Finance
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- fintech
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