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AWS to Invest $12.7 Billion in India
Amazon plans to invest $12.7 billion into its cloud business in India by 2030.
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- Energy, Technology, Telecommunications
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- Asia Pacific
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Ghana Enterprises Agency Launches 2 Interventions to Boost Women, Youth-Led MSMEs
The Ghana Enterprises Agency (GEA) has launched two new interventions aimed at positioning women and you-led MSMEs.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- gender lens, MSMEs, scale
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Press Release: Mastercard and Egabi Collaborate to Expand Access to Digital Lending Solutions Across Eastern Europe, Middle East, Africa
Mastercard will activate egabi’s digital-lending capabilities and assets to provide an end-to-end lending proposition to financial institutions and fintech companies.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Global
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Press Release: Ignite Power Acquires Mwezi’s Solar Solutions Portfolio in Africa
Mwezi, a well-known distributor of solar solutions in Kenya, has been a key player in the country's solar energy sector for several years.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- distribution, scale, solar
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Analysis: Heat Last Year, Untimely Rains This Year: India’s Wheat Crop Takes a Hit Again
Devinder Sharma believes the existing crop insurance scheme has been designed to benefit the private insurance companies rather than the farmers.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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- agtech, climate change, data, impact measurement, insurance, scale
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Ashoka WhiteOak Emerging Markets Aims to Be First Investment Trust to Float in 18 Months
Ashoka WhiteOak Emerging Markets Trust PLC is planning to raise £100mln and be the first investment fund to list in London for over 18 months.
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- Investing
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- Global
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- scale
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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
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Dozer Raises $3 Million In Seed Funding
The new funding will contribute to the scaling of product and engineering teams.
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- Investing, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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- data, infrastructure, scale
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