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How Can Smart Cities Benefit Emerging Countries?
Creating and upgrading smart cities is seen as a key route to maintaining the standard of living in a sprawling city.
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- Energy, Technology, Transportation, WASH
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- Global
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With $200 Million, Spiro Will Deploy 140,000 Electric Motorcycles in Uganda
The investment should help decarbonize the transport sector Uganda, which is increasingly courted by car manufacturers.
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- Environment, Transportation
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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European Union Approves $378 Million For Electrification Of Bus Rapid Transportation Project In Kenya
The European Union has approved a $378 million financing for Kenya to boost the country’s Bus Rapid Transport System.
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- Transportation
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- e-mobility, transportation
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Indonesia Lowers Value-Add Tax on Electric Vehicles from 11% to 1%
Indonesia has lowered its value-add tax on battery-based electric vehicle sales.
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- Energy, Transportation
- Region
- South Asia
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Indonesian EV Battery Startup Swap Energy Raises $7.2 Million
Indonesia-based Swap Energy has raised about $7.2 million in a pre-Series A funding.
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- Energy, Technology, Transportation
- Region
- South Asia
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- e-mobility, mining, startups, transportation
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Cabify Secures $110 Million In New Funding Round
The Madrid-headquartered company plans to invest the funds in expanding its presence in Latin America.
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- Technology, Transportation
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- Latin America
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- transportation
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Malaysia’s Blueshark Launches Initiative to Accelerate Electric Motorcycles Adoption and Development
Malaysia Electric Vehicle Empowerment (MyEVE) has been created to accelerate the adoption and development of electric motorcycles in Malaysia.
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- Energy, Technology, Transportation
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- South Asia
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How U.S. Businesses Can Compete with China in Emerging Markets: Transitioning from a ‘Death Economy’ to a ‘Life Economy’
For decades, American businesses working in emerging markets have prioritized profit maximization regardless of the social and environmental costs — an approach that economist and author John Perkins describes as the "death economy." But as China has supplanted America as the top investor and trading partner in many of these markets, Perkins attributes its success to its embrace of the ideals — if not always the practices — of sustainable development. He explores how China's promotion of a regenerative "life economy" has resonated in developing countries, and how U.S. businesses can respond.
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- Environment, Investing, Transportation
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