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Press release: Startup Accelerator Programs Work, New Report Finds
The Global Accelerator Learning Initiative’s third report reveals that accelerated ventures perform better.
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Press release: Experian: 78 percent of lenders believe alternative credit data improves financial inclusion
First-ever State of Alternative Credit Data report says lenders believe factoring in alternative credit data allows greater access to credit, consumers willing to provide additional information if it increases chances of approval or better terms
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- North America
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How This Entrepreneur is Creating Social Impact Through Data
Her research startup has changed the way data is collected and utilized for social schemes and programs by academics, policy makers, private stakeholders and the Indian government.
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- South Asia
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Viewpoint: Big Tech is an extractive industry, it must be regulated as such
Web activists have long bemoaned the dangers to privacy posed by these firms. But now the squeaky clean liberal image of Big Tech has been shattered by the scandal around Cambridge Analytica's use of personal Facebook data to help win the Brexit and Trump votes.
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- Technology
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Using big data to link poor farmers to finance
The global growth of microfinance banks has created new opportunities for financial inclusion, with outstanding lending of $100 billion to around 200 million clients. Yet the majority of lending from microfinance institutions has been to urban populations and not to the rural poor or small farmers.
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- Agriculture, Finance
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Gramophone: Farm doctors at your service
The Indore-based startup is leveraging technology to make farming more predictable and profitable for farmers in Madhya Pradesh, India.
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- Agriculture
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The Teacher-Researcher Divide: How Can Educators in Emerging Markets Make Better Use of Data?
Despite an explosion of high-quality research into K-12 learning outcomes in emerging markets, the data from those studies can be hard to interpret, leading educators to defer to their own experience and/or that of their peers instead. As a result, the best evidence on methods and strategies often goes unused by teachers. Sean Geraghty of the private school operator Bridge International Academies considers a recent partnership with the Liberian government and asks: How can educators truly incorporate the latest research into their lessons?
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MENA startup data platform closes $1 million seed funding round
Having released over 20 reports since inception, a core focus of the MAGNiTT platform is education through data-driven analysis for its subscribers. The platform currently hosts 5,500 start-ups, over 12,000 users including over 300 individual investors and more than 150 funding institutions, be VCs or Angel Investors.
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- North Africa & Near East
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