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Talstack Launches With $850,000 Pre-Seed Funding to Upskill Africa’s Workforce
Talstack launches to enable businesses upskill their employees with tools, content, courses, and insights from top African professionals and entrepreneurs.
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- Education
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: World Bank Supports Ghana to Expand, and Enhance Social Safety Nets, Including for 3.6 Million School Children
As part of Ghana’s program with the IMF, the Government of Ghana has made commitments to safeguard and increase social spending to protect the poor and vulnerable during this time of fiscal distress.
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- Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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IPD, Mastercard Foundation Commit $45 Million to Expand Vaccine Manufacturing in Africa
The organisations announced the partnership dubbed MADIBA (Manufacturing in Africa for disease immunization and building autonomy).
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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India’s Scaler Acquires Local Edtech Firm to Bolster Offerings
Scaler, an India-based edtech firm, has acquired Pepcoding for an undisclosed amount.
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- Education, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Scale vs. Systems Change: Three Ways Impact-Led Organisations Can Achieve Both
The social impact sector is increasingly recognizing that scaling a solution does not always result in lasting change. According to Emma Colenbrander at Spring Impact, Nell Lemaistre at 100x Impact Accelerator, and Kasthuri Soni and Sharmi Surianarain at Harambee, this realization may seem to force businesses and organizations to choose between scaling their own work and attempting to change the broader system. But they explore how these two goals can actually be pursued simultaneously — if organizations leverage the right kind of funding, mindsets and support.
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- Social Enterprise
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Amazon Lays Off 500 Employees in India Across Functions
The Seattle-based technology giant is letting go of at least 500 employees in India, and the process is ongoing, they said.
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- Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- corporations, employment, failure
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ZestMoney Founders Resign as Goldman Sachs-Backed Fintech Struggles to Raise Funds
Founders of ZestMoney have resigned from the startup, the latest twist in the fate of the Indian fintech.
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- Finance, Investing, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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- corporations, employment, failure, fintech
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Kerala to Open 210 Skill Development Centres for School Dropouts
Kerala education department and Samagra Shiksha Kerala are launching these under the World Bank-supported STARS programme.
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- Education
- Region
- Asia Pacific