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Pomelo Exits Stealth Mode With $20 Million Seed to Rethink International Money Transfer
Pomelo wants to make it easier to send remittance payments and conduct international money transfers, with a credit twist.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Analysis: Expanded Access to Solar Power in Africa Can Stimulate Economic Development – But There Are Risks
UN SDG7 aspires to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all by 2030. But in Africa, around 600 million people continue to live without access to electricity.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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A $200 Million Injection From the U.S. Will Allow Aspen to Produce More Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccines for Africa
The investment will allow the plant to expand its capacity beyond its current rate of 300 million doses per year.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Votorantim Partners With Temasek to Launch $700 Million Fund to Invest in Brazil
Brazil's Votorantim group and Singapore's Temasek Holdings teamed up to launch a $700 million fund to invest in Brazilian companies, they said in a joint statement on Tuesday.
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- Investing
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- Latin America
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Viewpoint: Who Wins From Exploiting Africa’s Oil and Gas?
When the environmental imperative to abandon fossil fuels is so strong, what are the arguments for developing them and who will really profit from it?
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Report: Quality Data Is Crucial to Accelerate Progress on the SDGs
New resource from GRI and UN Global Compact to spearhead global momentum on SDGs reporting.
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- Impact Assessment
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- Global
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- global development, SDGs
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To Tax or Not to Tax Mobile Money: The Impact on Digital Financial Services in Africa and Beyond
Mobile money is widely seen as a promising engine for global development. But governments in Africa are also increasingly viewing it as a lucrative source of tax revenue. With critics raising concerns about the impact of taxing mobile money and other digital financial services, Adrienne Lees and Phil Mader at the Institute of Development Studies explore whether existing research can inform any confident predictions about the effects of these taxes on providers, customers and the broader financial inclusion sector.
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- Finance, Telecommunications
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Fashion Group H&M to Exit Russia Over ‘Impossible’ Situation
Swedish retailer Hennes & Mauritz AB will start winding down its operations in Russia, having halted all sales in the country in March after Russia’s attack on Ukraine.
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- Uncategorized
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- Europe & Eurasia