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Medusa Submarine Cable Linking Europe to Sub-Saharan Africa Begins Deployment
The initiative, led by Barcelona-based AFR-IX Telecom, will establish a major data corridor over an 8,700-kilometre path.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
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- Global
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GIIN Report: Impact Investing Surges Despite Global Headwinds
Despite strong growth, investors highlighted several persistent challenges. The leading concern, selected by 62% of surveyed investors, was “impact washing.” Unsurprisingly, the current ESG backlash was also cited as a key issue.
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- Investing
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- Global
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- ESG, greenwashing, impact investing
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PayPal Commits $100 Million to Accelerate Digital Growth Across the Middle East and Africa
This strategic investment will be deployed through a mix of minority investments, acquisitions, PayPal Ventures funding, people, and technology deployments that will help local businesses scale, etc.
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- Technology
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- Global
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A $3.7 Million Initiative aims to Advance Evidence-Informed Deployment of AI Solutions for Social Good in Africa
It will bring together AI solution developers, policymakers, civil society and social science researchers to fund research to generate evidence on the social benefits and harms of AI solutions in Africa and Asia.
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- Technology
- Region
- Global
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Habitat for Humanity International and Symbiotics Join Forces to Accelerate and Scale Affordable, Inclusive and Sustainable Housing Finance
“One in 3 people on Earth don’t have a safe, affordable home, and the global need has accelerated in recent years as more and more housing markets have broken,” said Habitat for Humanity International CEO Jonathan Reckford.
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- Finance
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Carbon Offsets Fail to Cut Global Heating Due to ‘Intractable’ Systemic Problems, Study Says
While the industry and diplomats have made efforts to improve the system, it found much-awaited rules agreed at a UN climate summit last year “did not substantially address the quality problem”.
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- Environment, Finance
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- Global
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World’s Biggest Pension Fund Puts Impact Investing on the Agenda
GPIF President Kazuto Uchida has made clear he thinks that an investment approach targeting environmental and social goals "ultimately leads to” economic and capital markets growth.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Global
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P4G Awards $3.8 Million to 14 Climate Startups Driving Green Innovation in Emerging Markets
This funding will help these early-stage businesses grow breakthrough solutions making them investment-ready to accelerate green growth in emerging markets.
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- Energy, Finance, Technology
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- Global
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