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China Wants to Corner Another Segment of the Global Auto Industry: Car Shipping
Chinese state media described the specialized car transport ships as "money-printing machines at sea."
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- Technology, Transportation
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- Asia Pacific
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Press Release: Trade and Development Bank Group Extends USD $100 Million Financing to the Export Trading Group to Support Smallholder Farmers in Africa
In a region where the majority of employment is in agriculture, 285,000 smallholders are expected to benefit from value chain integration.
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- Agriculture, Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Business Will Help Halt and Reverse Biodiversity Loss
Businesses have a critical and irreplaceable role to play in delivering the innovation, investment and business models needed to achieve the goals of the Global Biodiversity Framework.
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- Environment
- Region
- Global
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Tanzania’s YC Alum Ramani Raises $32 Million to Digitize Consumer-Packaged Goods Supply Chains, Lend Resellers
Ramani, a Tanzanian startup focused on consumer-packaged goods (CPG) supply chains, plans to introduce new financial services as it expands its operations in the East Africa.
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- Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- data, supply chains
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A $500 Billion+ Market Opportunity for Real Impact: Three Ways Corporations Can Engage in Social Procurement
Social procurement – the practice of corporations buying products or services from social businesses – has gained substantial momentum in recent years. According to a report released earlier this year, the overall market volume of social procurement currently exceeds $2.5 billion, and it could reach $506 billion over the next decade. Jo Bautista at Yunus Social Business explores how corporations can get involved in social procurement, sharing three ways they can integrate social businesses into their value chains.
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- Investing, Social Enterprise
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Press Release: World’s Leading Consumer Goods Companies Put Transparency and Transformation at Forefront of Latest Deforestation Report
The Consumer Goods Forum's (CGF) Forest Positive Coalition of Action has today released its second Annual Report, sharing the Coalition's progress on commitments to remove deforestation, forest degradation, and conversion from key commodity supply chains.
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- Environment
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- Global
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AGRA Sets Out $550 Million to Tackle Food Insecurity and Climate Change in Africa
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has recently committed to the fight against food insecurity and climate change, pledging a $550 million fund for the next five years.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Venture Capital Investment in Agritech Sector Set to Drop After Boom in 2021
As food supply chains came under strain during the Covid-19 pandemic, venture capital investment in agritech reached an all-time high.
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- Agriculture, Technology
- Region
- Global