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Globacom’s Payment Service Bank Primed to Boost MSME Ecosystem in Nigeria
Central Bank of Nigeria has proposed Payment Service Banks aimed at deepening financial inclusion in Nigeria.
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- Finance, Technology
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- financial inclusion, MSMEs
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Facebook Parent Meta Launches Startup Accelerator With India’s It Ministry in Metaverse Push Manish Singh
Meta Platforms is looking at India’s burgeoning startup ecosystem as it bolsters its bet on the metaverse.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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‘Nearly Every Indicator of the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals Is off Track’: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Report
This year's report, "The Future of Progress," especially noted the impact of the pandemic, wars in Ukraine and Yemen.
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus, Education, Energy, Environment, Finance, Health Care, Investing, Technology, WASH
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- Global
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- SDGs
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Estonia and Ukraine to Collaborate on Digital ID Development
Estonia and Ukraine have signed a new cooperation agreement in Kyiv focused on fostering an exchange of knowledge in the field of digital transformation.
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- Technology
- Region
- Europe & Eurasia
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Colombian Fintech Start-Up Plurall Bags $20 Million Debt Funding
Plurall, a Latin American fintech start-up aiming to provide financial services for entrepreneurs, has raised $20 million in debt financing.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Latin America
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- financial inclusion, fintech, MSMEs, startups
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Press Release: Mesh-Grid Energizes Community in Nasarawa State at 30% Cost Saving Compared With Mini-Grid
Creeds Energy has energized 50 households in Bassa, Nasarawa State, with 24-hour solar energy access using mesh-grids from Okra Solar.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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R2 Closes $15 Million Series A Round to Provide Frictionless Credit to Small Businesses
87% of credit demand by small businesses in Latin America is unmet, and R2’s goal is to change this reality through an embedded lending infrastructure.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Latin America
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Analysis: These Four Countries Are Leading Africa’s Start-Up Scene — Here’s Why
The seventh edition of Disrupt Africa’s African Tech Startups Funding Report revealed that start-ups in the big four raised a combined $1.9 billion in 2021.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- startups
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