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The Indian Institute Of Skills Is Here & Ready To Train Future Entrepreneurs
Envisioned as a world class skilled training centre integrated with best practices from well known international skill institutions, the organization will facilitate learning and trainings through strong industry connect in both public and private sectors.
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- Uncategorized
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- South Asia
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Online Banking Still a Reserve for the Rich in Kenya – Survey
People in higher income brackets use their phones to obtain more information on products and services before purchase, and across all income brackets, users regularly keep track of their online fund balances.
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- Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Open Road Alliance Launches the Open Road Impact Fund to Bridge Financing Gaps for Social Entrepreneurs at Scale
$40 million fund to build on Open Road Alliance's market-leading expertise providing loans to help social entrepreneurs overcome unexpected funding obstacles; Offers investors access to high-impact investments across multiple geographies while also providing a financial return
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- Investing
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- impact investing
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Viewpoint: Africa Should Not Be Too Quick to Embrace the Fourth Industrial Revolution
As a new age of technology dawns, cyber attacks in South Africa and beyond underline the need for caution.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- employment
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Gates Foundation Identifies a Tech ‘Trinity’ to Bolster Digital Inclusion Around the World
The Gates Foundation’s annual Goalkeepers Data Report takes stock of progress toward the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals, a set of objectives to curb poverty, climate change, inequality and injustice by 2030. The latest report, just released, calls for renewed efforts related to primary health care, digital inclusion and adaptation to climate change.
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India’s Microfinance Industry To Self-Regulate With Code For Responsible Lending
Manoj Nambiar, Chairperson, MFIN, said: “This is a significant self-regulatory step across all RBI-regulated entities and others that aims at safeguarding the interests of low-income customers through enhancing transparency and compliance."
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- Finance
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- South Asia
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- microfinance, regulations
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Big Promises, Few Results: Chinese Farms Falter in Uganda
These projects fly under the radar, compared with China’s high-profile Belt and Road Initiative. But what was first touted as major progress in the making is seen by locals as merely an obstacle to individual livelihoods.
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Impact Tech Venture OpenSC Raises $4 Million in Seed Funding
The venture, co-founded by WWF-Australia and BCG Digital Ventures, will use the funds to further develop its technology platform for driving sustainable and ethical supply chains.
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- Investing, Technology
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