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Lubrizol Commits Largest India-Based Investment in Company’s 50+ Year History in Region
Chemical leader, Lubrizol Corporation, commits more than 150 million USD across multiple projects to accelerate growth in India.
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- Investing, Technology, Transportation, WASH
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Can Dropshipping Open Opportunities for the Next 10,000 Entrepreneurs in India?
Dropshipping, which requires little to no upfront investment, is already seeing an uptick in Tier II and III cities such as Lucknow and Kanpur.
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- Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Afreximbank Ploughs $900 Million into Special Economic Zones Creation
Special Economic Zones (SEZs) can catalyse industrialisation while building domestic supply chains. They also attract foreign investment and skills transfers.
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- Investing, Technology, Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The Global Impact of South-South Cooperation: The Case for Teaching Developing Countries’ Solutions to Business Students Worldwide
South-South Cooperation empowers developing countries to create home-grown solutions to development problems, and to share them with other countries in the Global South. According to Mette Morsing at Principles for Responsible Management Education, the business sector has a key role to play in scaling these solutions in both the Global South and North. But for that to happen, she argues that business schools must focus on increasing knowledge exchange between emerging market innovators and their peers in the developed and developing worlds.
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- Education, Technology
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Indonesia’s Evermos Raises $39 Million Funding Led by IFC to Fuel Business Expansion
Evermos said it will channel this latest funding towards strengthening its reseller network.
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- Investing
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- South Asia
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Spiro Reaches 1 Million Battery Swaps With Its Electric Two-Wheelers in Africa
In Uganda, Spiro recently signed a landmark agreement with the Ugandan government to replace boda-bodas with electric motorbikes.
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- Technology, Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Clime Capital, Touchstone Partners Back Solar Cleantech Platform ‘Stride’ to Accelerate Vietnam’s Low-Carbon Transition
Stride helps residential and small business consumers take the next step toward a clean energy future.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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era92 Fund Raises $425,000 From Angello and PVL to Back Micro and Social Ventures in Uganda
era92 Fund backs companies solving our society’s biggest challenges to build a prosperous Africa.
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- Investing, Social Enterprise
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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