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How to Build a Career that Will Change the World: Six Keys to Shifting Your Work Toward Social Impact
With the rise of remote work, the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed many people's professional lives. But Roshan Paul at the Amani Institute points out that the crisis has also had a profound impact on young professionals, prompting a global reassessment of the meaning of work. With millions of people questioning the very purpose of their work and pushing their organizations to address social problems, he explores the movement towards impact-first work, sharing insights from his new book “The New Reason to Work: How to Build a Career That Will Change the World.”
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- Education, Social Enterprise
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Analysis: Inside Facebook’s African Sweatshop
Here in Nairobi, Sama employees who speak at least 11 African languages between them toil day and night, working as outsourced Facebook content moderators.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Funding Societies Raises $294 Million to Back South-East Asia’s SMEs
Small businesses suffer from the same problem: all too often they struggle to access the finance they need to grow. That requires new solutions – and in South-East Asia, Funding Societies thinks it can help.
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- Uncategorized
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- South Asia
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Indonesia-Based Agritech Startup Semaai Raises $1.25 Million in Pre-Seed Round Led by Sequoia Surge, Beenext
While Semaai primarily operates in Central Java, Indonesia, a large part of the funding will be channelled into expanding the startup’s engineering and product teams in India.
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- Agriculture, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Innovations in E-Mobility: An Electric Vehicle Startup Seeks to Gain Traction in Mexico
Mexico City is the fifth most populated city in the world – and the most congested city in North America. Over the years, traffic and pollution levels have spurred government efforts to improve mobility in the city. But momentum is also building in the private sector, as illustrated by the startup Zacua, Mexico's first electric vehicle brand. Diana Páez at the William Davidson Institute spoke with Nazareth Black, Zacua’s CEO and a prominent e-Mobility advocate, to learn more about the company’s efforts to accelerate the adoption of e-Mobility solutions in the country.
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- Energy, Technology, Transportation
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DEG Backs Two African Funds with $41 Million
DEG’s funding will provide growth capital to support African businesses in their pursuit to expand and densify the digital infrastructure for Africa’s ongoing digital transformation.
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- Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Apollo Hybrid Value to Invest $125 Million in Hero FinCorp, One of India’s Fastest Growing Non-Bank Financial Companies
Apollo announced that funds within its Hybrid Value strategy have committed to invest $125 million in Hero FinCorp Limited.
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- Asia Pacific
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Clikalia Clicks on $86 Million to Expand its iBuyer Marketplace Across Europe and Latin America
Clikalia, another player in the so-called iBuyer space, has raised $86 million to take that model to markets in Europe and Latin America.
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- Investing
- Region
- Latin America