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GrEEn Project Partners with Fidelity Bank and Viamo to Improve Access to Financial Services
Fidelity Bank and Viamo are partnering with GrEEn Projects to bring financial innovation to the Ashanti and Western regions.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Unilever Unveils Program to Support Women in Businesses
Unilever’s Sunlight, has invested in a five-year program to support women in business through various initiatives such as financial literacy training and advertising.
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- Entrepreneurship
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Expanding Digital and Financial Inclusion: World Bank Supports Morocco’s Reforms for Social and Economic Resilience
The World Bank today approved a US $450 million loan to support momentum in Morocco for reforms designed to increase public access to financial and digital services.
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- Coronavirus, Entrepreneurship, Finance
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- North Africa & Near East
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Analysis: COVID-19 Has Devastated India’s Self-Employed Women. Here’s How To Support Them.
Women employed in India's huge informal economy have been hit disproportionately hard as millions of livelihoods have become even more precarious or evaporated completely during the pandemic.
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- Coronavirus
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- Asia Pacific
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Press Release: G7 Development Finance Institutions and Multilateral Partners to Invest over $80 Billion into African Businesses over the Next Five Years
The G7 DFIs, the IFC, the private sector arm of the African Development Bank, EBRD, and the EIB today announced that they were committed to investing $80 billion in the private sector over the next five years to support sustainable economic recovery and growth in Africa.
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- Coronavirus, Finance, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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UNICEF Invests in Blockchain Startups for Financial Inclusion
UNICEF Venture Fund is awarding up to $100,000 to blockchain startups, including India’s GovBlocks, in its latest funding round. Here are the other projects.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Global
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Agritech Startup Thrive Agric Receives $1.5 Million Grant to Boost Incomes of 50,000 Farmers
Building on its work to boost food security in Nigeria through technology-driven agricultural services, Thrive Agric has launched an ambitious 1-year project to support 50,000 smallholder farmers growing rice, maize, and soybean.
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- Agriculture, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: DFC Advances COVID-19 Response in Africa With $5 Million Investment in Africa Healthcare Network
The direct loan will help Africa Healthcare Network expand dialysis center operations across Sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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