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Credlix Acquires Nuphi, Grows Supply Chain Financing Business to $100 Million
NuPhi is a Singapore based fintech company offering invoice factoring solutions to MSME exporters in India and SouthEast Asia.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Global
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Africa’s COVID-19 Response: It’s All About the People on the Ground
High rates of infection are setting Africa back but young innovators across the continent are deploying a social entrepreneurship skillset to fight the pandemic from the ground up.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care, Social Enterprise
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- Global
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- impact investing, vaccines
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Countries Commit To Develop Climate-Smart Health Care at COP26 UN Climate Conference
A group of 50 countries have committed to develop climate-resilient and low-carbon health systems at the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow (COP26), in response to growing evidence of the impact of climate change on people’s health.
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- Health Care
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A New $10.5 Billion Fund Aims To Spur Green Energy Projects in Poor Countries
A group of philanthropic foundations and international development banks on Wednesday announced a $10.5 billion fund to help emerging economies with growing energy needs make the switch from fossil fuels to renewable sources.
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- Energy, Environment
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Press Release: Opportunity International and Oikocredit Announce USD $100 Million Impact Investment Agreement to Advance the Education Sector in Low-income Countries
Opportunity International and Oikocredit announced an innovative, three-year collaboration to increase access to and quality of education in low-income countries through the investment of up to USD $100 million in financial institutions.
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- ESG, impact investing
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World Bank Plans To Replace Cancelled ‘Doing Business’ Report in Two Years
The flagship report on countries' business climate was cancelled after a data-rigging scandal.
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- Environment
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- data
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Okra Solar and Sao Group Partner to Power Over 10,000 Households, Primary Healthcare Centers and Digital Literacy Centres Across Nigeria
Okra Solar, an Australian technology company using advanced digital monitoring, billing and mesh-grids to make electrification more affordable to underserved communities in Africa and Asia, has signed an MoU with SAO Group.
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- Energy, Technology
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Social Impact Capital Closes $42 Million To Invest in the ‘Best Ideas in Impact’
Woman-led social impact venture capital firm, which has already invested in two 'impact unicorns,' is supported by some of the most celebrated LPs in the industry
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- Investing
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