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Amazon to Invest Additional $15 Billion in India Over Next Seven Years
The commitment is intended to strengthen Amazon’s e-commerce business in the country.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- e-commerce
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International Finance Corporation Invests $500 Million in Indonesian Bank
BTPN’s social and green bonds are set up to support climate action and women-led small businesses.
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- Investing
- Region
- South Asia
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UN, GGGI and Government of Cambodia Announce Support to Green Bond Issuers
ESCAP and its partners are pleased to announce that three private-sector bond issuers have been selected and will be provided with green and sustainability bond issuance support in 2023.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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United Bank for Africa Partners with Africa Continental Free Trade Area to invest US $6 Billion into SMEs in Africa
The partnership will aim to boost intra-Africa trade and provide financial services in four key areas.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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GGTech Secures a $12.4 Million Investment to Boost Its Gaming and Esports Projects
The Spanish company aims to consolidate its presence in 16 countries across 4 continents where it operates and will drive its entry into the USA.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Global
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MUFG, Partners Launch $1.5 Billion Climate Finance Platform
The structure and activities are intended to respond to the main obstacles and barriers limiting privately-financed investments in climate adaptation and mitigation projects in emerging markets.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Global
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Accelerating Social Unicorns: How an Impact Accelerator is Supporting the Innovators Who are Tackling the World’s Biggest Problems
The holy grail in venture capital is to invest in a “unicorn” — a startup that achieves a valuation of over $1 billion. But as Leslie Labruto at 100x Impact Accelerator explains, this approach overlooks the businesses and organizations that are tackling pressing societal issues at scale. She argues that it’s time to shift the focus to "social unicorns" that aim to make a massive positive social impact, and explores three keys to these enterprises' success.
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- Investing, Social Enterprise
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Developing Countries Need €2 Trillion for Clean Energies to Meet Climate Goals
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has said that financing for clean energy in developing and emerging economies – excluding China – must increase seven-fold within a decade if global warming is to be capped at tolerable levels
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- Energy, Investing, Technology
- Region
- Global
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