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Apple and Acumen Launch Cohort to Help Uplift Lives of Poor While Protecting Environment
The program has been designed to help social entrepreneurs scale and refine their businesses to transform the lives of people living in poverty, while also protecting the environment.
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- Energy, Social Enterprise, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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South African Fintech Startup Stitch Announces $25 Million Series A Extension Round
The funding will be used by Stitch to continue building its end-to-end payments solutions.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- business development, MSMEs, scale
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Malaysian Fintech Startup MADCash Secures $1 Million in Funding to Empower Women Entrepreneurs
MADCash funds and grows unbanked and underbanked women entrepreneurs, aiming to create an alternative credit scoring to increase their future bankability.
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- Finance, Investing, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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CAF to Allocate USD$5 Million to Finance Innovative Startups
The Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean approved an investment of USD$5 million in NXTP Ventures Fund III to foster the development of technology startups in the region.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Latin America
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- impact investing, innovation, MSMEs, scale, startups
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Press Release: Cassava Technologies and Atlas AI Partner to Drive Digital Transformation in Africa
Through this partnership, Cassava will be able to deliver cutting-edge AI development capabilities custom-built for its enterprise customers, catering to the unique needs of businesses on the African continent.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Apple to Scale Up Production over Five Times in India to $40 Billion
The company has for the first time made available the 'made-in-India' iPhones on the same day it started selling the devices in other parts of the globe.
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- Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- manufacturing, scale
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ADB Approves $500 Million Loan to Support Indonesia’s Development Agenda and Reform Priorities
The loan will support Indonesia’s development agenda and reform priorities in creating an enabling environment for investments.
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- Investing
- Region
- South Asia
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Press Release: IIX and NYIF Forge Strategic Partnership to Revolutionize Impact Investing Education
This alliance is poised to reshape the future of the financial sector, particularly in emerging markets, while simultaneously advancing global education in impact investing.
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- Global
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