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Vodafone M-Pesa partners with WaterHealth India to serve the underserved ‘Bottom of the Pyramid’ customers
WaterHealth is a global leader in setting up decentralized water purification systems that provides safe drinking water to over five (5) million people globally. Vodafone India has partnered with WaterHealth India to facilitate its cash collection process across 450 locations in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Gujarat, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
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- South Asia
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- public health
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Women in business: Can P2P lending bridge gender gap in access to capital in India?
For a country like India where there is a distinct buzz around startups and entrepreneurship, the number of women entrepreneurs and women in business still continue to be far and few.
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- South Asia
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- lending
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Solar power enterprise gives light, livelihood to the poor
In the slums of Tondo, Manila, hope flickers in broad daylight for poor communities in the form of solar power technology.Amid makeshift houses, piles of garbage and mud-covered walkways, young mothers are operating a container van which has been transformed into a renting station of solar-powered rechargeable lamps in Sitio Damayan (Smokey Mountain).
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- Energy
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- South Asia
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- social enterprise, solar
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TPC the First Microfinance Institution in Cambodia Certified for Commitment to Client Protection
Thaneakea Phum Cambodia (TPC) has been formally recognized as “Client Protection Certified” by the Smart Campaign for meeting strong standards of client care. TPC is the first microfinance institution in Cambodia to be awarded this prestigious certification and one of the 10 MFIs pursuing such recognition supported by funding from the French Development Agency (AFD) under the "Client Protection Initiative" project Implemented by Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA).
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- Uncategorized
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- South Asia
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- microfinance
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Aavishkaar Raises Rs 500 crore for Foreign Investments
Aavishkaar, India's biggest social entrepreneurship focused venture capital fund, would be investing about Rs 500 crore ($75 million) in start-ups from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Indonesia.
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- Health Care, Investing
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- South Asia
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- venture capital
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Bandhan Bank Is Born: Chandra Shekhar Ghosh’s Incredible Journey From a Sweet Shop to Owning a Bank
In most Indian languages, the word Bandhan means bond or togetherness. His bond with the credit-deprived poor in Eastern India’s villages and a Rs 2 lakh loan were the initial capital for Chandra Shekhar Ghosh, the son of a small sweet-shop owner from Bengal, to begin a microfinance institution, Bandhan Financial Services Ltd, and grow it to a private bank in less than 15 years.
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Aavishkaar raises $75 million for foreign investments
Aavishkaar, India's biggest social entrepreneurship focused venture capital fund, will be investing about Rs 500 crore ($75 million) in start-ups from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Indonesia.
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- Investing
- Region
- South Asia
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ADB to Increase Lending to Support India’s New Initiatives
Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Takehiko Nakao today met with India’s Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to discuss ADB’s partnership with India. Mr Nakao also met with Minister of Urban Development, M. Venkaiah Naidu and discussed ADB’s support to the government’s new urban initiatives. He stressed that ADB is committed to strengthening its support to India’s new initiatives that target increased economic growth and reduced poverty.
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- Uncategorized
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- South Asia
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