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Analysis: How Indian Companies Are Using Technology To Reach New Consumers
The majority of Indians don’t have access to indoor plumbing or electricity; many rural citizens, in particular, don’t have access to high-quality health care and school — but digital technologies have the potential to address many of those challenges.
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- Entrepreneurship, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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When the Economics Don’t Work: Realigning Capital Markets with Development Impact
Agricultural SMEs in Africa face a daunting finance gap, and as Brian Milder, founder and CEO at Aceli Africa points out, current lending approaches aren't enough to fill it. He explores Aceli's solution: taking blended finance a step further by creating a mechanism to align impact with financial sustainability for capital providers across the entire marketplace.
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- Agriculture, Finance, Investing
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AirAsia Teams up With Google Cloud To Drive Digital Skills Training in Malaysia
Redbeat Academy aims to up-skill AirAsia employees; corporate and SME customers; government agencies, universities and public individuals.
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- South Asia
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Gender: The Blind Spot of the COVID-19 Response in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
The COVID-19 pandemic is imposing a disproportionately higher socio-economic cost on women. As Melinda Gates put it, “COVID-19 is gender-blind, but not gender-neutral.” Analysts at MSC discuss four potential types of fallout from COVID-19 that will have lasting socio-economic impacts on women in India and other low- and middle-income countries, based on multiple studies that MSC conducted between March and July of this year.
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- Coronavirus, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Technology
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Samunnati Raises $20 Million Direct Debt From U.S. International Development Finance Corporation
U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has committed a $20mn direct loan to Samunnati Financial Intermediation & Services Pvt. Ltd., a non-banking financial company (NBFC) in India to help the company expand financing and technical assistance to low-income farmers and enterprises throughout the agricultural value chain in India.
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- Agriculture, Finance, Investing
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- Asia Pacific
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Analysis: Global GDP Could Rise by 3% if Gender Disparity Gap Is Closed
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) estimates that approximately 80% of women-owned businesses with credit needs in low-income countries are either unserved or underserved.
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- Entrepreneurship, Finance
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Press Release: Asian Development Bank, KfW Partner To Boost COVID-19 Response and Financial Inclusion in Indonesia
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and KfW, the German state-owned development bank, today signed agreements for €450 million (about $525 million) in cofinancing to improve Indonesia’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic response and enhance financial inclusion in the country.
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- Coronavirus, Finance, Investing
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- South Asia
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Can Agile Fintech Startups Be the Answer To Food Insecurity During the COVID-19 Crisis?
COVID-19 lockdowns have threatened small and medium enterprises and vulnerable families around the world. And as Malika Anand and Michelle Hassan at BFA Global point out, inclusive fintech startups are often better-placed than aid agencies to support communities and businesses in urban settlements during the pandemic. They explore how one innovative startup, Sokowatch, has developed a quick and effective way to fight food insecurity in Kibera, Nairobi – while also supporting small local retailers.
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- Coronavirus, Entrepreneurship, Finance
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