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Rural education firm Hippocampus raises $2.4M from ADB, Unitus, Khosla Impact
Hippocampus operates 128 learning centres in Karnataka with a student base of over 7,500.
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Mobile money and digitized payments have few takers in India
Lack of awareness and difficult access are the main hurdles
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Social entrepreneur incubator launched in Taiwan
A social entrepreneur incubation platform based on the U.K.’s UnLtd model was launched July 1 in Taiwan, according to program operator Social Enterprise Insights.
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Indonesia Receives Us$500 Million from World Bank in Support of Financial Sector Reform Policies
WASHINGTON, July 1 -- World Bank issued the following news release:The World Bank'sBoard of Executive Directors approved today a US$500 millionFinancial Sector Reform and Modernization Development Policy Loan for the Government of Indonesia. The loan supports Indonesia's policies aimed at reinforcing the stability of the financial system, diversifying the financial sector, and expanding financial inclusion to reach the poor and other underserved groups.
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Impact investor money chasing very few investible companies in India
Venky Natarajan, Managing Partner at impact investment fund Lok Capital, speaks to BUSINESS TODAY about impact investing in India.
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Text and voice messages help close Bangladesh health gap
DHAKA, 1 July 2014 (IRIN) - Bangladesh is moving to boost maternal health services in poorly-served rural areas by targeting voice and text messages at expectant and pregnant mothers and their families. The aim is to educate and support mothers in places where health services are weak.
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HP Will Expand Its Cloud-enabled Rural Health Care Centres In India
HP's two day long summit is on in Mumbai, India. Today world's major technology and data solutions company, HP, revealed a lesser known fact.
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Online facility for Diaspora doctors to serve in India opened by Health Minister
Report by India Education bureau, New Delhi: The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in a speech which was read out by the Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan last night to a gathering of US-based Indian medical professionals said that the aim of his government is to bring about a “complete transformation” of the health sector through research, innovation and the latest technology.
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