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Analysis: How COVID-19 Is Likely to Slow Down a Decade of Youth Development in Africa
Until COVID-19 hit, the quality of life of youth (age 15-24) in sub-Saharan Africa had been steadily improving.
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- Coronavirus, Entrepreneurship
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Kenya’s Kidato Raises $1.4 Million to Take Quality and Affordable Education Across Africa
Kidato is an edtech startup that brings education to students in the comfort of their homes using an online platform built around Zoom.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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COVID-19 Pandemic Leads to Drop Of Maternal Health Care in Africa
While almost every country has experienced disruption to its health services since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, several countries in Africa have been severely impacted, leading to the suspension of maternal, neonatal, and child health care.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Atal Innovation Mission, Amazon Web Services Collaborate to Accelerate Ed-Tech Entrepreneurship in India
The Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) of NITI Aayog and Amazon Web Services (AWS) Thursday collaborated to promote ed-tech entrepreneurship through incubation centres and build ed-tech solutions using cloud computing.
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- Education
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Press Release: One in Five Children Globally Does Not Have Enough Water to Meet Their Everyday Needs – Unicef
Globally, more than 1.42 billion people, including 450 million children, live in areas of high, or extremely high, water vulnerability, according to a new analysis released by UNICEF. This means that 1 in 5 children worldwide does not have enough water to meet their everyday needs.
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- WASH
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African Development Bank Grants $11.26 Million for Women and Girls’ Education in Chad
The African Development Bank has approved a grant of $11.26 million to the Government of Chad to finance the Girls’ Education and Women’s Literacy Project– the first Bank grant exclusively targeting women and girls.
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- Education
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Asian Development Bank Approved $93 Million Loan to Boost Skills Development and Inclusive Growth in Uzbekistan
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today announced that it has approved a $93 million loan to help enhance competitiveness in Uzbekistan and boost inclusive growth by improving market-relevant skills development for young people and unemployed job seekers.
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- Entrepreneurship
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$500 Million Asian Development Bank Loan to Expand Financial Inclusion in Indonesia
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $500 million policy-based loan to support the Government of Indonesia's efforts to expand financial access among micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises and marginalized groups such as women and youth.
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- Finance
- Region
- South Asia
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