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SEC Commissioner’s Speech Rankles ESG Industry
The speech, which took on environmental, social and governance ratings and proxy voting especially, was seen by some in the impact investing business as anything from surprisingly uninformed to a call to action for the ESG industry to do better.
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- Investing
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- ESG, impact investing
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India’s NiYO ‘Neo-Bank’ Raises $35m to Help Blue-Collar Workers Access Financial Services
NiYO Solutions serves as a “neo-bank” that relies on traditional financial institutions (Yes Bank and DCB banks, in its case) and offers to customers additional features such as lending and insurance. Blue-collared employees in India (and many other markets) continue to struggle in availing crucial financial services from banks that typically reserve them for the privileged segment.
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- Finance
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- South Asia
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Spotify Unveils ‘Lite’ App for Slower Phones in Emerging Markets
The company is counting on Spotify Lite for a much-needed boost in markets with lots of potential.
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- Technology
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The “Financial Inclusion Compass 2019”: e-MFP to Launch 2nd Annual Survey of Financial Inclusion Trends
A positive reception to the survey and the Compass has meant that, one year on, e-MFP is ready to launch the second annual survey.
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- Finance
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- Europe & Eurasia
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Ghana Is Now the Fastest-Growing Mobile Money Market in Africa
Ghana provides a unique case of governmental commitment to create a suitable working environment for innovation.
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- Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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White House Touts Help For Poor Areas — But Questions Endure Over Who’ll Benefit
Smith, who helps lead the White House efforts on the zones and other domestic policy matters, told NPR that the zones help cities and towns draw on private-sector investment in an innovative way. But the federal law does not specify how those funds should be used; investors might build affordable housing — or they might build high-end apartment buildings.
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- Finance
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- North America
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The Return of Michael Joseph at Safaricom
Following his appointment by the board as the interim CEO, Kenyans on social media argued that the company should have appointed a Kenyan, with one of the firm’s executives trending on Twitter.
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- Finance, Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Blockchain Blossoms in Haiti
As a developing economy, Haiti faces unique challenges — the country is more traditionally associated with earthquakes than with tech innovation. Haiti today is a hotbed of applied blockchain projects, projects that are expanding our understanding of the technology’s potential.
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- Technology
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- agtech, blockchain
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