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Snack-bag of African nuts feeds ambitions of Montreal entrepreneurs
“Bring back some precious stones or money,” Thamarah Mathurin told her partner, François Boisrond, when he left home in 2014 to set up an export venture in Africa. However, the Haitian-born entrepreneur found the continent’s gemstone trade too precarious, unregulated, and too dangerous in some countries for business investment.
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New method could deliver DNA-based vaccines in pill form
A microscopic corn-and-shrimp cocktail could eventually make DNA-based vaccinations and cancer-treating gene therapies an easier pill to swallow, according to new research from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
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Trump Wants To Cut An Agency That Helps Small Farmers — And Makes Money For U.S. Taxpayers
Donald Trump doesn’t know my colleague Richard Tugume. Richard has spent the last decade traveling around East Africa investing in early-stage businesses. Businesses like Furaha, a coffee cooperative that received and later repaid a loan that, in the end, generated a profit for American taxpayers. So you can imagine my surprise when I discovered that President Trump’s budget blueprint threatens to eliminate the very source of this investment capital and the benefits that it delivers.
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Launch of New FundX Sustainable Impact Fund Brings Momentum to ESG Investing
FundX Investment Group announced today that it has launched the FundX Sustainable Impact Fund (Ticker: SRIFX). The new fund seeks to help investors own funds with strong returns and robust environmental, social and governance ("ESG") standards.
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Ethical Investment Tide Lifts ‘Greenwash’ Concerns
Investors are plowing ever more into ethical funds to back their views on issues such as global warming and gender equality, but such investments can be confusingly similar to standard funds, except for higher fees and 'green halo' marketing. The $23 trillion "sustainable, responsible and impact" (SRI) investment sector has received a rush of money since the Paris climate agreement and, more recently, in protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's plans to slash environmental regulations.
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Meet the 2017 Skoll Awardees for Social Entrepreneurship
Kicking off next week’s 14th Annual Skoll World Forum, the Skoll Foundation announced the four recipients of the 2017 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship. The Skoll Awards distinguish transformative leaders whose organizations disrupt the status quo, drive sustainable large-scale change, and are poised to create even greater impact on the world.
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Tackling Global Health Care: Tips for Aspiring Entrepreneurs
Imagine a vaccine vial with a temperature-sensitive label that changes colors when exposed to excessive heat. That's the sort of technology that can make a huge difference for doctors working in challenging conditions, allowing them to determine at-a-glance whether heat-sensitive vaccines are viable.
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US-based Tricolor Cleantech Capital to invest up to $5 mn in JanaJal
US-based social impact fund Tricolor Clean Capital has committed to invest up to $5 million (around Rs 33 crore) into hybrid drinking water dispenser maker JanaJal, the company announced in a statement.
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- Environment, Impact Assessment
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