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This entrepreneur says health care for all starts with keeping local talent
"But if you look at a country like Uganda, my home country, the doctor-patient ratio is one doctor for every 24,000 people. I see myself in these people all the time, because, at one point, I was them."
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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An ad-supported internet isn’t going to be sustainable in emerging markets
As billions more digital citizens connect this decade, a critical question arises: Does the internet’s current business model work in newly-connected regions?
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Juvo raises $40 million to bring financial inclusion to emerging markets
Juvo joins companies like Branch and Tala in bringing financial services to the underserved in developing markets.
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Of Course Research Has Impact. Here’s how.
Such impact is more often drip, drip than earth shattering light bulb moment.
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New Report Details How Legacy Financial Institutions Are Deepening Financial Inclusion Through Fintech Partnerships
The report, "How Financial Institutions and Fintechs Are Partnering for Inclusion: Lessons from the Frontlines" is based on 24 in-depth interviews with firms and experts from around the world, and highlights 14 partnerships in as many countries.
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Building a Financially Sustainable Social Enterprise in Emerging Markets
Six lessons on achieving financial independence in a resource-constrained era.
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Ford Foundation, ACA convene push for impact investing in Nigeria
Impact investing models have been deployed in developing and emerging economies to solve problems in various sectors, such as sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, and microfinance. It has also been used to address such issues as affordable and accessible housing, healthcare, and education.
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- Investing
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UNCTAD adviser, Alibaba’s Jack Ma, launches African Young Entrepreneurs Fund
Mr. Ma said that he would also work with UNCTAD help bring 200 budding African businesspeople to his homeland China to learn from Alibaba hands on.
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