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						News: Mexico’s New Tariffs Hit Shein — And Millions of Local ResellersThe government hopes the 19% tax will push Asian e-commerce giants to grow their operations in Mexico, and make up for 79,000 textile jobs lost to fast fashion. - Categories
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						Upaya Social Ventures Invests In Ecoright to Drive Sustainable Fashion and Job CreationEcoright becomes the 41st addition to Upaya’s portfolio of early-stage social enterprises committed to generating dignified jobs in India. - Categories
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						Next Narrative Africa and HEVA Fund Launch $40 Million Fund to Empower Content Creators in Africa and the DiasporaNew fund supported by William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and Prosper Africa aims to drive economic growth, job creation and innovation in the African film and television industry. - Categories
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						Afreximbank Announces Aim to Double Creative Africa Nexus Funding to $2 Billion to Boost Africa’s Creative EconomyThe new funding will primarily focus on infrastructure development, which remains a key challenge in the creative sectors. - Region
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						Next Cohort Of Upaya’s Dignified Jobs Accelerator Focuses On Waste And CircularityUpaya Social Ventures has announced the launch of the Circular Innovation Cohort under the Dignified Jobs Accelerator to support for-profit, post-revenue businesses in India’s plastics, and textiles & fashion waste management sectors. - Categories
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						Press Release: Upaya Social Ventures Successfully Exits From Resham Sutra, Celebrates Creation Of Dignified Jobs In India’s Silk IndustryResham Sutra is a New Delhi-based social business dedicated to empowering local artisan communities by providing solar-powered silk yarn production machines. - Categories
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						Meta Gradually Opens the Door to Monetisation for Nigerian, Ghanaian, and Other African CreatorsContent Creators in Nigeria and Ghana are now eligible to earn money on Facebook and Instagram. - Categories
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						Federal Government Disburses 2nd Batch of ₦5 Billion Creative Fund to NollywoodThis funding presents a great local opportunity for Nigerian creatives, especially Nollywood filmmakers to make movies with Nigerians in mind as the primary audience. - Categories
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