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Chile Plans to Nationalize Its Vast Lithium Industry
The shock move in the country with the world's largest lithium reserves would in time transfer control of Chile's vast lithium operations from industry giants to a separate state-owned company.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Latin America
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BII and Shell Foundation to Invest $245 Million in Clean Energy
The partnership aims to support the deployment of renewable energy through the financing of start-up companies in Africa and South Asia.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Global
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Edves Announces a Strategic Partnership With “1 Million Teachers”
The partnership came about in order to address the dire teacher shortage worldwide and improve the quality of education in Africa.
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- Education, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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ASEAN Social Enterprises Development Programme (ASEAN SEDP) 2023
This programme will provide social enterprises in the ASEAN region with access to opportunities to improve their ventures through increasing access to finance.
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- Social Enterprise
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- Asia Pacific
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Forget about Mobile Money, Invest in Insurtech Instead: The Untapped Triple Bottom Line Opportunity in Nigeria
Nigeria has one of the lowest insurance penetration rates in the world, at just 0.5%. But as Brian Yu at Shecluded explains, this low uptake means the industry is poised for disruption and growth. He explores how insurtech innovators are addressing the key problems plaguing the sector — namely, a lack of accessibility, affordability and customer trust — and calls for funders to look past their traditional focus on mobile money and invest in the insurtech businesses that are transforming the way the industry serves low-income customers.
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- Finance, Investing, Technology
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Ukrainian Startup Zeely Raises $1 Million for Small and Medium Business Growth App Aimed at US, UK, Brazil, Mexico
Zeely plans to use this new investment to implement its integration with TikTok and payment systems and the expansion of their AI’s capabilities.
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- Technology
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- Global
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Press Release: UNDP to Support Seven Innovative Financial Solutions for Clean Energy in East Africa
The seven solutions are the winners of the UNDP Climate Aggregation Platform Financial Innovation Challenge which aims to crowdsource innovative financial aggregation solutions for clean energy assets in East Africa.
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- Environment, Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Google, Others Say Uganda Anti-LGBTQ Bill Bad for Business
A business group in Uganda including corporate giants such as Google says it opposes the country's anti-LGBTQ legislation.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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