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Syrian refugee finds purpose at business school – and in life
She defines herself as a social entrepreneur, a blend of “doing well for yourself but also doing good in the world.”
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- Education
- Region
- North America
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Can Mobile Money Boost Financial Inclusion in Southern Africa?
Mobile money offers opportunities for the unbanked to save, spend, and transfer money using just a cell phone. Linda Du ’19, an MBA student at Yale SOM, traveled to Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique to talk with providers, customers, and others about the technology’s potential to give the poor access to the financial system.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Viewpoint: Impact Investing is Driving the Most Exciting Emerging Technologies
“The advent of very powerful emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics, blockchain, and XR can make big differences when combined with smart money coming from venture capital."
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- Investing, Technology
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- ESG, impact investing
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A Peter Thiel-Backed Credit Card Company That Caters to People with Little to No Credit Just Raised $30 Million
Peter Thiel has doubled down on his investment in a credit card company geared towards people that might typically be turned down by traditional banks.
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- Finance, Technology
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China Wants to Boost Loans to Small Businesses. Tech Companies May Be the Answer
China's push to encourage lending to smaller companies has created a business opportunity for large financial technology companies.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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What Larry Fink’s 2019 Letter Means for the Future of Business
Last year, Larry Fink’s annual letter to CEOs forged its way into public and corporate consciousness. This year’s highly anticipated letter from Fink reiterated and expanded upon many of his 2018 points.
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A new source of clean energy? Urine luck!
Robial, a new spinout company from the University of West England, is planning to commercialise a technology that converts urine and wastewater into electricity, powering lighting, mobile phones and other devices. But just how far can you get on pee power?
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- Energy
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- renewable energy
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Nigeria Loses N197 Billion to Financial Services Fraud Annually – Osinbajo
Osinbajo, who was represented at the event by Barr. Bolaji Owoseye said the positive developments in the nation's telecom sector attract new dangers because fraudsters have also infiltrated the system to compromise telecom platforms, thus putting all these positive outlooks from mobile money and financial services at risk.
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- Finance, Telecommunications
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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