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Kenya’s Off-Grid Solar Provider d.light Secures $10 Million From Proparco
d.light, a Kenyan based off-grid solar provider has secured US$10 million in equity financing from Proparco.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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An Engaging Approach to Entrepreneurship Training: Four Free Case Studies Highlight Solutions to Business Dilemmas in Emerging Markets
Entrepreneurs in emerging markets face a number of common challenges when growing their businesses, yet there is a lack of affordable and accessible training tools geared specifically to their needs. To help fill that gap, the William Davidson Institute (WDI)'s Entrepreneurship Development Center has published four free case studies exploring dilemmas faced by small businesses on the path to growth. WDI's Amy Gillett and Kristin Babbie Kelterborn highlight these studies, which can be put to use in entrepreneurship training programs or used by entrepreneurs themselves.
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- Entrepreneurship
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Analysis: Here Are 3 Ways Businesses Can Build Vaccine Confidence
The past year has provided a sobering glimpse of life in a world ravaged by infectious disease. A world in which lives, livelihoods and entire economies are devastated by a rapidly expanding global pandemic.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- business, coronavirus, employment, healthcare, jobs, pandemics
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Analysis: COVID Accelerates India’s Millionaire Exodus
India's wealthy have topped a list of people seeking to relocate abroad through visa programs that offer citizenship or right of residence in other countries in return for investments.
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- Coronavirus, Investing
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- Asia Pacific
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Analysis: Keeping Girls in School Is Worth Billions To Developing Nations
New analysis finds that investing in girls' education will forge fairer and wealthier societies.
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- Coronavirus, Education
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How Fintech Can Help South-East Asia’s MSMEs Recover From COVID-19
Fintech is emerging as a crucial means of support for MSMEs during the pandemic as well as an opportunity to stimulate their growth in ways that benefit wider society.
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- Coronavirus, Finance
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- Asia Pacific
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What Startup Funding Will Look Like in a Post-COVID-19 World
A lot of VCs will take this time to do more of a reappraisal of their current portfolios than taking up new deals. However, some startups are still well poised to still garner some support in the funding sphere.
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- Coronavirus, Entrepreneurship
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Protecting Young Startups During COVID-19
The Asia-Pacific region is home to more than 60 percent of the world’s youth, about 700 million young people. It is estimated that they account for half of the jobless people in the region. Entrepreneurship offers a way out, and many are already taking this route.
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- Coronavirus, Entrepreneurship
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- Asia Pacific
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