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Key Announcements from Amazon Smbhav to Help Boost Indian MSMEs
These announcements take Amazon closer to fulfilling its pledges—digitise 10 million MSMEs, generate $20 billion in cumulative e-commerce exports and create 2 million jobs in India by 2025.
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- Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Goldman Sachs-Backed Digital Bank Starling to Expand in Hotly Competitive Asia-Pacific Market
Starling, which is backed by Goldman Sachs, is in talks with an Asian bank about launching its Engine banking-as-a-service platform in the Asia-Pacific market.
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- Finance
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- Asia Pacific
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The Coca-Cola Foundation to Support Under-Represented Entrepreneurs
Kiva assists people who do not have access to commercial bank services to lenders through crowdfunding microfinance.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Finance, WASH
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- Global
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Viewpoint: Russian Roulette: Unilever Has Failed Its Moral Duty to Ukraine
The new Unilever chief has pledged to review its Russian operations with a ‘fresh pair of eyes', but 18 months on from the Ukraine invasion, what will it achieve?
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- Technology
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- Europe & Eurasia
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- corporations
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Paymentology and Mastercard Join Forces to Foster Financial Inclusion in Northern Central America
Mastercard has committed to bringing 5 million people and 1 million micro, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) into the digital economy.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Latin America
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Mastercard to Purchase a Minority Stake in MTN’s $5.2 Billion Fintech Business
According to MTN Group president and CEO Ralph Mupita, the deal will be structured as a commercial partnership on payments and remittances.
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- Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- corporations, fintech, remittances
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Uber Partner Moove Secures $76 Million in Funding Led by Mubadala
African mobility startup Moove operates the largest EV fleet by supply hours on the Uber platform in the UAE, and new funds will fuel global expansion.
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- Technology, Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Starlink in Africa is a Dream of Connectivity Amidst Reality
While Starlink's entry into Africa marks a significant step towards improving internet connectivity, it is just one piece of a larger puzzle.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa