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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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- Global
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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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- Global
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- renewable energy, solar
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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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Verizon Business and Visionable Join Forces To Make Connected Healthcare a Reality
Verizon Business and Visionable have partnered to deliver a single secure infrastructure for healthcare providers across the APAC and EMEA regions
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- Health Care, Technology
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Why Water Is the Next Net-Zero Environmental Target
The UN, whose COP26 climate conference takes place this week, is predicting that there will be a 40% shortfall in freshwater resources by 2030.
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- WASH
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- Global
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- climate change
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Press Release: Opportunity International and Oikocredit Announce USD $100 Millon 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
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BlackRock Raises $673 Million for Climate-focused Infrastructure Fund
The world's largest money manager hopes the fund, announced on Tuesday and dubbed the Climate Finance Partnership, will show how to mobilize private capital in developing countries to tackle climate change, a sticking point at United Nations climate talks underway in Glasgow.
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- Environment
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Triodos Launches Renewable Energy Fund Focused on Emerging Markets
The new fund will aim to provide senior debt to utility-scale wind, solar and run-of-the-river hydroelectrical projects.
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