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Nomination Deadline: GSG Impact Summit 2017Blog Post
Investment in predictive algorithms for credit scoring is a no-brainer for sophisticated digital financial service providers. Brick-and-mortar financial institutions that are just beginning to explore technology applications should follow suit, according to BFA, because credit scoring optimizes three business layers that improve the overall bottom line.
Machine Learning Meets Credit Scoring: How it Can Help Reduce Loan Delinquency CostsBlog Post
Cardiotrack began as a three-lead ECG machine but has evolved into a complete cardiac care platform designed to make heart health care delivery more accessible, especially in underserved areas. The firm is now using artificial intelligence analytics, Internet of Things sensors and cloud-based storage to diagnose cardiovascular disease, and even (potentially) to predict and forestall heart attacks.
The Great Equalizer: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Heart Health Care More AccessibleNews
Amazon’s disruption in the retail and logistics space is unprecedented and in need of no introduction. However, in its typical style, while everyone has been focusing on what we perceive to be its core business, it has quietly been thinking of swallowing a completely different industry – in this case, pharmaceuticals.
Amazon poised to disrupt pharmaceuticalsBlog Post
A number of factors are combining to create a favorable environment for decentralized clean-energy systems – and strong investment opportunities – in emerging markets, according to Ankit Mishra of Premise Data. Most noteworthy, energy use in non-OECD countries is expected to rise by 71 percent through 2040, and the cost of renewable energy is projected to decline rapidly.
Investors and Entrepreneurs in Africa Take Note: Price of Solar’s Dropping While Demand’s Increasing
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Tedros has repeatedly mentioned the need to expand the WHO’s donor base, and he reiterated this during his first press conference as the newly elected director-general on Wednesday at Palais des Nations in Geneva, where the current 70th World Health Assembly is held. WHO’s funding unit requires upsizing in terms of size and skills of human resources, he said. WHO should look into what it can learn from other United Nations agencies, such as UNICEF, on the issue of fundraising.
Tedros’ fundraising strategy for WHO, global healthNews
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, a former Ethiopian minister of health, was elected Tuesday as the next director-general of the World Health Organization, becoming the first non-medical doctor and the first African tapped to lead an influential agency that helps set health priorities worldwide.
Ethiopia’s Tedros to be next leader of UN health agencyNews
Given that impact investment is growing rapidly and has become an important source of funding the SDGs, a blending with Islamic finance provides a formable partnership that could play a significant role in achieving the SDGs.
IDB-UNDP report identifies steps to leverage Islamic finance for impact investing
