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A Non-Profit Venture Fund Aims to Back 200 Startups Established by Refugee Ukrainian Entrepreneurs
The fund hopes to help Ukrainian entrepreneurs who have fled to the West, founder Roman Tyan told Insider.
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- Entrepreneurship
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- Europe & Eurasia
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How the Founder of $12 Billion Startup Goodleap Is Revolutionizing Nonprofit Funding
Solar power entrepreneur Hayes Barnard discovered an innovative revenue model for charities, which fuels his nonprofit GivePower.
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- Global
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- clean energy, funding, investing, nonprofits, renewable energy, solar, startups, WASH, water
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Press Release: B Lab Global Announces New Lead Executive, Eleanor Allen, Accelerating Mission to Make Business a Force for Good
B Lab and the B Corp movement looks to shift power and builds a more inclusive, equitable, and regenerative economic system for all people and the planet.
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- Entrepreneurship
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- Global
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Google Announces New Initiatives to Boost Small Business Recovery
Google has committed support for startups, nonprofits and small, medium-sized and microenterprises (SMMEs) in South Africa to accelerate digital transformation and contribute to the country’s economic recovery.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Knowledge Institute Helps Solve World Problems with Data Analytics
Knowledge Institute will work with NGOs, governments and non-profit organizations to help tackle global problems such as climate change, hunger, poverty, deforestation and the extinction of flora and fauna using data and analytics.
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- Technology
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- Global
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- data, environment, humanitarian aid, NGOs, nonprofits, SDGs, social impact, technology
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The Key Ingredients of COVID-19 Adaptation: How Non-Profits Leveraged Flexible Funding to Navigate the Pandemic
In October 2020, Instiglio, an anonymous donor and the Global Development Incubator launched the COVID-19 Adaptation Fund, which supported the efforts of nine non-profits in Kenya and Rwanda to adapt their programming to the challenges of the pandemic. These non-profits recently shared their experiences utilizing the funding, and Mateo Zárate and Sebastian Chaskel at Instiglio highlight some key takeaways that can be useful to other impact-focused organizations working to maintain services during the pandemic – and prepare for future crises.
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- Coronavirus, Technology
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Productive Use of Energy in Africa Is Powering Socio-economic Transformation While Offering Investment Opportunities
The programme enables African businesses to harness clean energy to improve incomes, build climate resilience and reduce reliance on fossil fuels.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Amazon Launches Its Global Computer Science Education Initiative in India
Amazon will partner with multiple education-focused non-profit organisations to take quality computer education to students of government schools across Karnataka, Delhi, Haryana, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, and Telangana.
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- Education, Technology
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- Asia Pacific