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Press release: Bain Capital Double Impact Makes Flagship Community Building Investment in Rural Sourcing
Bain Capital Double Impact, the impact investing business of Bain Capital, today announced it has acquired a majority stake in Rural Sourcing, a leading provider of onshore outsourced digital technology and IT services that taps talent located in small and mid-size cities across America.
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- Investing, Technology
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- impact investing, IT, technology
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Press release: OPIC launches Connect Africa initiative to invest more than $1 billion supporting infrastructure, communications, and value chain connectivity
“Africa is home to many of the world’s fastest-growing economies and presents both a great need for investment and a great opportunity for American businesses,” Washburne said. “But, too many barriers remain to the flow of goods and services. By focusing on connectivity, we’re not only helping build means for economic development, but also laying the foundation for future trade partners.”
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Local entrepreneur starts Jamaica’s answer to Amazon
Jamaica's leading information technology magnate Douglas Halsall still has a little way yet to complete his current fixation, which is to fully digitalise operations at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), Mona.
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- North America
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Five African tech trends to look out for in 2018
The BBC's Clare Spencer picks five African tech trends to look out for in 2018.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Report: The African digital revolution is gaining pace
Consumers in Africa expect interactions with brands and businesses to be seamless, convenient and immediate and businesses across the continent are seeing the digital transformation as a way to develop new operational business models that can deliver on these demands.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Dell EMC eyes Jan Dhan, Aadhaar and mobile to increase market share
We have both on-premise as well as cloud solutions to offer our clients. Our solutions have embedded artificial intelligence which helps the software in learning from user behaviour and adapt to evolving requirements, says Rajesh Janey, president & MD, India Enterprise, Dell EMC.
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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- digital revolution, IT, technology
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A new wave of tech talent is emerging, not from India’s classrooms but its hinterlands
Despite finishing school and college, Mandal couldn’t find stable employment in his village in West Midnapur district of India’s West Bengal state.
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- Education, Technology
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- South Asia
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- education, IT, technology