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Press Release: USAID Announces Four New Public-Private Partnerships Under the Digital Invest Program to Support Digital Finance and Internet Service Providers
This year, USAID will launch the following new partnerships, expanding and diversifying the Digital Invest portfolio.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Global
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DOE Launches $10 Million Prize to Accelerate Community Solar in Underrepresented Communities
DOE’s Community Power Accelerator™ will help create pipeline of projects ready for financing, award-winning projects demonstrate best practices in community solar.
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- Energy
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- North America
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Press Release: At U.S.-Africa Business Forum DFC Announces Active Commitments in Africa Top $11 Billion
DFC announced $369 million in new projects including in health, energy and food security.
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- Agriculture, Health Care, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Gates Foundation Pledges $7 Billion for Health, Farming in Africa
Bill Gates, on a visit to Kenya, has announced his foundation will spend $7 billion to improve health, gender equality and farming in Africa.
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Seven Keys to Successful Business Mentorship Programs: How Entrepreneur Support Organizations Can Maximize Their Impact
Building a business can be exciting and rewarding, but it also requires personal sacrifices that can put both an entrepreneur's well-being and their enterprise’s success in jeopardy. As Amy Gillett and Kristin Babbie Kelterborn at the William Davidson Institute explain, mentors can play a key role in helping entrepreneurs deal with these unique difficulties. They share seven insights that can help entrepreneur support organizations like accelerators, incubators and investment companies implement successful business mentorship programs.
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- Education
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Aspen Power Partners Announces $350 Million Investment from Carlyle to Fuel Growth and Acquisition Strategy
The acquisition of Safari represents one of the industry’s largest distributed solar C&I transactions to date.
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- Energy, Environment, Investing
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- Global
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Jobtech Alliance Launches Startup Accelerator Programmes to Improve Livelihoods in Africa
The Jobtech Alliance has launched two programmes to support digital platforms that connect people to work opportunities that build livelihoods.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- accelerators
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Indonesia To Put 2 Million Electric Motorbikes On Road By 2025
Indonesia is hoping to reach zero emissions by 2060 and reduce its carbon footprint by 29% by 2030.
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- Energy, Technology, Transportation
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- Asia Pacific