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Can Blockchain Tech Revolutionize The Global Aid Industry?
Powered by the ethereum blockchain, Disberse is building a distributed financial network that helps to improve transparency and efficiency in the aid sector
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Press Release: VisionFund International Celebrates 15 Years
Operating through a network of microfinance institutions in 28 countries, VisionFund works alongside World Vision to empower families living in impoverished communities with limited access to formal financial services to overcome poverty.
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- Finance
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India’s Open ‘Neo-Bank’ Raises $30 Million to Help Businesses Automate Their Finances
Open operates as a neo-bank that offers nearly all the features of the bank with additional tools to serve the needs of a business.
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- Finance
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- South Asia
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- startups
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Press Release: ImpactAssets Celebrates Ten-Year Anniversary As Assets Top $1 Billion
In less than six months, ImpactAssets has more than doubled assets from $483 million at the end of 2018 to $1 billion as of June 2019, and grown to more than 1,200 client accounts. The rapid growth reflects the intellectual and structural ecosystem that ImpactAssets has created over the past decade—as a leading field builder, thought leader and impact investment innovator.
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- Investing
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Why Zimbabwe Has Banned Foreign Currencies
Zimbabwe's government has taken the controversial decision to ban local trading in foreign currencies, including the US dollar, with immediate effect.
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- Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public policy
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New Report Shows Impact of Mutual Microinsurance on Vulnerable Communities Recovering From Natural Disasters
Despite the fact that the mutual insurance sector holds 27 per cent of the global insurance market and that the sector is the fastest growing part of the total market there has been very little independent research into the viability of mutual microinsurance as a business model and its value in improving the conditions of individuals, their families and communities.
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- Environment, Finance
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Lagos Has Become One of Airbnb’s Fastest-Growing Markets Globally
That growth trajectory is reflected in the growing supply of Airbnb listings in the city, as data from vacation rental data firm AirDNA shows. Between May 2018 and May 2019, available Airbnb listings in Lagos have nearly doubled.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: WDI Helps Launch New Student-Run International Investment Fund
The fund, called the International Investment Fund (IIF), will target small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in India. Graduate students enrolled at Ross and in joint-degree programs with other U-M schools and colleges will be responsible for investing, managing and growing the investment portfolio as part of a course at Ross. WDI has worked closely with Kaul to develop the fund and made an initial financial commitment to the fund.
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