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Analysis: Combatting India’s Learning Crisis Through Innovations in Financing: ‘How’ We Fund Is as Important as ‘What’ We Fund
Over the last few years OBF has created a paradigm shift for the way that capital is deployed to solve for intractable development challenges such as learning poverty.
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- Education, Investing, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Press Release: Bitget Launches $100 Million Web3 Fund to Support Next-Generation Crypto Projects in Asia
The fund will focus on investing in Web3-friendly venture capital and outstanding Web3 projects, with the goal of supporting the development of the next generation of crypto projects.
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- Asia Pacific
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Press Release: UNDP to Support Seven Innovative Financial Solutions for Clean Energy in East Africa
The seven solutions are the winners of the UNDP Climate Aggregation Platform Financial Innovation Challenge which aims to crowdsource innovative financial aggregation solutions for clean energy assets in East Africa.
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- Environment, Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Visa Foundation Commits $5 Million to Support Women Entrepreneurs in Africa
Visa Foundation says it expects to contribute $5 million in grants and impact investments in Africa that will support women’s participation in the digital economy.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: DFC Approves More Than $655 Million of Investments to Bolster Infrastructure, Energy Security, Food Security, and Healthcare in Q2 of FY2023
The transactions will support U.S. foreign policy and development priorities across the globe.
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- Energy, Investing, Technology
- Region
- Global
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New Report Shines Spotlight on E-Mobility Innovators Unlocking Access to the US $3.65 Billion Motorcycle Market in Sub-Saharan Africa
Electric motorcycles are set to be a dominant force in sub-Saharan Africa’s sustainable mobility transformation.
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- Energy, Technology, Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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BII Injects €20 Million Into Meridiam’s Urban Climate Resilience Fund By Benoit-Ivan Wansi in Africa
The UK's development finance institution, is injecting €20 million into the Urban Resilience Fund (Turf).
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Access Bank, AfriGOpay Partner To Boost Payment Ecosystem
Access Bank has partnered with AfriGOpay, a financial services business affiliated with the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) to launch the first Nigerian national domestic card.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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