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Nigeria-Born Banking Startups Target Emerging Market Gig Workers
The startups are not banks in themselves, but partnerships with lenders licensed by central banks make them de facto digital banks.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Lessons from a Decade of Investing in a Frontier Market: What Impact Investors Can Learn from Nepal’s First International Private Equity Fund
Over a decade ago, the first international private equity and impact fund dedicated to Nepal – Dolma Impact Fund — was launched. As Tim Gocher at Dolma Fund Management explains, in those days it was rare for Nepalese companies to receive any foreign direct investment, let alone institutional private equity or impact capital. He discusses the challenges Dolma experienced in bringing private equity investment to Nepal, and shares key lessons for other impact investors looking to enter frontier markets.
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- Energy, Environment, Investing
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ARE & REIAMA Partner to Boost Decentralised Renewable Energy in Malawi
This partnership is designed to address policy and regulatory challenges, strengthen capacity building, support private sector development, and advocate for policies that drive energy access, energy security, and climate action.
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- Energy
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The Global Struggle Over How to Regulate AI
Big AI companies have come out hard against comprehensive regulatory efforts in the West — but are receiving a warm welcome from leaders in many other countries.
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- Technology
- Region
- Global
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BII and FMO Invest $120 Million Into Southeast Asian Renewable Energy Project
The investment will see BII and FMO partner with Swiss-based SUSI Partners to develop a renewable energy platform from scratch.
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- Energy, Environment
- Region
- South Asia
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Indonesia’s Skor Technologies Raises $6.2 Million in Pre-Series a Funding Led by Argor Capital
The capital raised will be focused on helping the business achieve scale while growing the team with key talents across the organization.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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Analysis: How Life Sciences Innovation and Collaboration Could Halve Climate Change’s Adverse Health Effects
Investment of just 5% of the annual pharmaceutical industry's research and development (R&D) budget in climate-driven health solutions could save around 6.5 million lives and avoid $5.8 trillion in economic losses.
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- Environment, Health Care
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- Global
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WhatsApp Pay Becomes Available For All Users In India
With WhatsApp's massive user base of over 500 million in India, this development could significantly alter the competitive landscape of digital payments.
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- Asia Pacific
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