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Wave Raises $137 Million in Debt to Expand Mobile Money Services Across Africa
Wave's mobile-first approach, centred on low fees, has helped bring millions of previously unbanked individuals into the formal financial system.
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- Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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US Aid Cuts Halt HIV Vaccine Research in South Africa, with Global Impact
The news devastated the researchers, who live and work in a region where more people live with HIV than anywhere else in the world.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Report: A Path to Mobilising $1.3 Trillion in Climate Finance for Developing Countries
International climate change think tank E3G launched its latest report, Getting on the Path to $1.3 Trillion, at the State of Climate Politics Forum, E3G’s flagship event at London Climate Action Week.
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- Environment, Finance
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- Global
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Viewpoint: BRICS’ Fossil Fuels Fascination Undermines Largely Positive Declaration
"Undermining the positives of the BRICS declaration is the support for fossil fuels, with leaders alleging the notoriously dirty industry is promoting a just energy transition and emissions reductions: . . . "
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- Energy
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- Global
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Viewpoint: Open Source Software Trap: Our Fatal Business Model Flaw
"... as I watch our sector implode under the weight of USAID’s near-total elimination, I realize we’ve built a movement that’s structurally impossible to sustain."
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- Technology
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Rwanda Launches Innovate4DigiJobs to Boost Youth Opportunities in the Digital Sector
This program is focused on empowering young people in Rwanda with actionable digital skills and facilitating access to meaningful job prospects in the country’s rapidly evolving tech landscape.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Report: World is Off Track to Achieve Universal Energy Access by 2030
"While almost 92% of the world’s population now has basic access to electricity – an improvement since 2022 – over 666 million people remain without access . . . "
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- Energy
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- Global
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Analysis: Local Leaders Are Driving Systems Change. Philanthropy Must Follow.
Now is the time for funders to back local leaders who are making lasting improvements to people's lives and the systems that shape them, even amidst global disruption.
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- Environment
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- Global