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Press release: Impact Investing Leaders Introduce Opportunity Zones Reporting Framework
The U.S. Impact Investing Alliance and Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation at Georgetown University collaborate to create a shared framework to guide best practices in the Opportunity Zones market.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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Viewpoint: It’s time for data to serve a higher social purpose
The bottom line is this: data and humanity – and data and business – are now intertwined, and there is no going back.
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- Technology
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- data, global development
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The Chinese New Year is a mobile cash bonanza
Baidu, known as China’s Google, offered a whopping 900 million yuan ($133 million) in cash prizes on Lunar New Year eve. The search giant partnered with CCTV New Year’s Gala, the most watched entertainment show in the world.
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- Finance
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- digital payments, fintech
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Press release: Shortlist announces $2 Million Series A Investment
This funding will allow us build out our vision for how companies in Africa and India build their teams, grounded in the belief that potential and motivation matter more than a CV, and that both companies and job-seekers deserve better than the status quo.
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- Investing
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FirstBank, Azuri partner to bring solar to millions and deepen financial inclusion in Nigeria
More than 60 million of Nigeria’s roughly 200 million people do not have bank accounts and as little as 6% of people have a mobile money account.
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- Energy
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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India most digitally mature country, finds Dell Technologies study
India has emerged as the most digitally mature market in the world, according to a study by Dell Technologies. India secured a score of 58, which is higher than the average score of 50 for emerging economies.
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- Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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Press release: New Report Makes Case for Tobacco Divestment
"Though individual investors may not realize they're funding the proliferation of harmful tobacco products, it's common practice in the asset management industry to use tobacco stocks to diversify," said Genus' VP of Sustainable Research, Mike Thiessen. "Our tests show that divesting from tobacco as far back as 1999 would not have negatively affected financial returns for investors. As such, we're proud to be among the first firms in Canada to go tobacco-free."
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- Investing
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- ESG, impact investing, public health
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Globacom set for Nigeria mobile money launch
The service can be used on smartphones or basic handsets and, the company said, will require fewer details to register than traditional bank accounts.
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- Finance, Telecommunications
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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