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BPR Bank, Denmark Launch $5.6 Million Credit Guarantee to Support MSMEs
This innovative scheme, the first of its kind by IFU in Africa, targets critical sectors.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: WDI Receives Grant to Connect Young People Through Virtual Exchange
Today, the Stevens Initiative announced the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan is one of nine schools, higher education institutions, and nonprofit organizations to receive funding to run virtual exchange programs that connect young people in the United States and the Middle East and North Africa. The programs will help reach 8,000 young people along with the new J. Christopher Stevens Virtual Exchange Initiative Grantees, supported by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
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- Education, Environment
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- Global
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- academia, business education, youth
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FMCIDE Announces N2.8 Billion Google Fund to Accelerate AI Talent Development in Nigeria
This support, which is provided through a N2.8billion grant from Google.org to Data Science Nigeria, will bolster the Ministry’s ongoing AI-driven initiatives to upskill youth and under- and unemployed Nigerians.
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- Education, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: 251 Million Children and Youth Still Out of School, Despite Decades of Progress
The global out-of-school population has reduced by only 1% in nearly ten years, according to the UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report 2024 unveiled today. Chronic under-investment in education, particularly in low-income countries, is one of the main causes. In synergy with the G20, chaired this year by Brazil, UNESCO calls on its Member States to leverage innovative financing mechanisms such as debt-for-education swaps.
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- Education
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- Global
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- global development, SDGs, youth
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AFDB Approves $100 Million for Youth Entrepreneurship Investment Bank in Nigeria
The newly approved bank will provide assistance to young entrepreneurs through technical support, business incubation, quasi-equity, and debt.
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- Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Resolution Project and Enactus Global Combine to Create a Global Leader in Youth Social Entrepreneurship
The combined offerings of Resolution and Enactus Global create a comprehensive suite of services designed to support undergraduates in everything from initial social enterprise concepts to scaling and investment.
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- Social Enterprise
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- Global
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- innovation, nonprofits, scale, skill development, youth
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India’s Physics Wallah Raises $210 Million at $2.8 Billion Valuation Even as EdTech Funding Remains Scarce
One of Physics Wallah’s key strengths is the affordability of its courses, with prices starting as low as $50 for an entire year.
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- Education, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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UN Report Urges Immediate Global Action to Close Critical Gender Gaps
Investing in women and girls and ending discrimination are key to fulfilling the promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
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- Global