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Indian Bond Market Gears up for Infrastructure Boom
Competitive pricing is attracting a substantial number of investors looking for stable and lucrative opportunities.
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- Energy, Investing, Technology, Transportation
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- Asia Pacific
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Design as a Catalyst for Impact: How a First-of-its-Kind Design Policy in Kerala Could Foster a New Approach to Public-Private Partnerships in India
The Indian state of Kerala recently approved a State Design Policy — the first of its kind in the country. As Manoshij Banerjee and Mohammed Shahid Abdulla explain, design policies aim to increase citizens' quality of life by providing guidance to help optimize the design of everything from infrastructure to government policy. They share examples of strategic design choices that have made a major impact on businesses, governments and the communities they serve, and explore how Kerala’s design policy could lead to new opportunities for public-private partnerships in India.
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- Technology, Transportation
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Africa50 Joins IRENA’s ETAF Platform to Accelerate Renewable Energy Deployment in Africa
The partnership aims to reinforce efforts towards sustainable development and climate action across the continent.
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- Energy
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: BII Signs Agreement With Meridiam to Provide $15 Million to Rift Valley Energy to Expand Access to Sustainable Energy in Tanzania
This agreement will provide energy to about 170,000 people per year and connect 4,000 businesses and households to the grid for the first time.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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At €20,000, Will Volkswagen’s Future EV Be Affordable for Africans?
In Africa and Asia, where purchasing power is low, household spending priorities lie elsewhere, despite the desire to go all-electric.
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- Energy, Transportation
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- Global
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Press Release: Cashew Coast Raises €9 Million From AgDevCo to Expand Its Traceable Organic Cashew Processing Business in Cote D’Ivoire
Cashew Coast is a fast-growing cashew nut processing business, which employs 750 people and sources from more than 7,000 smallholder farmers.
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: The Indo-Pacific Partnership for Prosperity, Global Infrastructure Partners and KKR Lead Creation of Coalition to Mobilize Infrastructure Investment in the Indo-Pacific Region
The coalition aims to accelerate investment in infrastructure and support IPEF economies in achieving their economic development, human capital and sustainability goals.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
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Safaricom Ethiopia to Use Locally Manufactured Telecom Towers
Safaricom Ethiopia hopes the new towers will help it expand its network and customer base which now stands at 4.4 million.
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- Telecommunications
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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