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Press Release: FINCA Launches the FINCA Ventures Prize for Social Entrepreneurs
FINCA International is launching the FINCA Ventures Prize to support social entrepreneurs who share FINCA’s steadfast commitment to ending global poverty.
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- Social Enterprise
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- Global
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Report: Researchers Shed Light on Mysterious, Higher Energy Yields in Vertical PV Systems
Scientists in the Netherlands have sought to understand the reason for unexpected gains in vertical PV systems and found that these installations have a much higher heat transfer coefficient than their horizontally deployed counterparts.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Global
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- energy access, research, solar
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InDrive Launches Ventures and M&A Arm to Invest $100 Million in Startups Across Emerging Markets
InDrive will be investing vertically and horizontally from the ride-hail industry, with an eye toward either acquiring or using the services of those companies.
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- Investing, Transportation
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- Global
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Press Release: Illumina Launches Global Health Access Initiative to Support Acceleration of Pathogen Sequencing in Low- And Middle-Income Countries
The program, developed with guidance from customers, funders, and market facilitators including the nonprofit FIND, will provide reduced pricing structures for eligible sequencing products from Illumina to qualified global health funding entities and address key international logistics and supply chain challenges.
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- Health Care, Technology
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‘Too Big to Fail’: How USAID’s $9.5 Billion Supply Chain Vision Unraveled
Ten years ago, USAID unveiled the largest contract in its history, aimed at transforming health supply chains in lower-income countries. It has not gone according to plan.
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- Health Care, Technology
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Press Release: The Rockefeller Foundation Announces Over USD 11 Million Towards Climate Solutions
First round of funding from the Foundation’s USD 1 billion climate strategy goes to 25 grantees to improve global food and health security, curb coal, increase solar energy access, and more.
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- Environment, Health Care
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Press Release: BlueMark and CASE at Duke University Publish Impact Best Practices Guide for Asset Allocators
This new guide offers tools and tips for allocators to evaluate and engage with impact fund managers, as well as potential red flags.
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- Investing
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Press Release: VisionFund Celebrates 20 Years of Financial Inclusion Through Microfinance
VisionFund International proudly commemorates two decades of dedicated service in championing financial inclusion and fostering rural economic growth.
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- Finance
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- Global
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