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Viewpoint: Has Narendra Modi been good for business?
During his election campaign in 2014, Modi sold himself to voters as the man responsible for turning his home state into an economic success, dubbed the "Gujarat miracle." He pledged to bring the same pro-business, market-oriented principles to the rest of the nation.
Now, as Modi seeks a second term in elections expected in May, the question is: has the prime minister delivered the reforms he promised?- Region
- South Asia
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Wall Street, Seeking Big Tax Breaks, Sets Sights on Distressed Main Streets
Hedge funds, investment banks and money managers are trying to raise tens of billions of dollars this year for so-called opportunity funds, a creation of President Trump’s 2017 tax package meant to steer money to poor areas by offering potentially large tax breaks.
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- Investing
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- North America
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Survey: Kenya ranks highly in bridging mobile ownership gap
Overally, GSMA 2019 mobile gender gap report indicates that 80 per cent of women in low and middle-income countries are now mobile owners.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- fintech
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Viewpoint: Here is Why Fintech Startups Should Invest in Cyber Insurance
Given the quality and quantity of data fintech startups deal with, they are more prone to a cyber-attack than any other industry.
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- Finance
- Region
- South Asia
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Mexico pushes mobile payments to help unbanked consumers ditch cash
It is planning a digital payments system run and built by the central bank that will allow Mexicans to make and receive payments through their smartphones free of charge. A pilot roll-out for the platform, known as CoDi, is expected by March.
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- Finance
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- Latin America
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Behind the numbers: Retail investors a growing force in sustainable funds
Ethical funds have been growing in popularity, with managers starting to address the demand
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- Investing
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- impact investing
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A stumbling block to growth trips up companies trying to do good
When established social enterprises do secure funding to support their growth it is not necessarily the end to their woes.
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- Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- philanthropy, scale
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Telecom companies in Uganda face legal battle on unclaimed Mobile Money balances
Gideon Tugume, the Executive Director of Human Rights Defenders – Uganda dragged the telecoms to court demanding that they submit all unclaimed Mobile Money and Airtime balances to the state. He says the money should be sent to the consolidated fund instead of reverting to the service provider.
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- Finance, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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