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Melinda French Gates Sets Path to Empower Women Globally

American Entrepreneurship

She offers that full participation of women results in further economic growth, women’s political participation decreases corruption and peace agreements written with the involvement of are more durable. Overall, improvement in women’s health could add as much as $1 trillion to the global economy by 2040.

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Kenyan fintech Pezesha raises $11M backed by Women’s World Banking, Cardano parent IOG

TechCrunch

“We are building for the future and this means tapping new innovations for additional liquidity that allows us to offer affordable loans to SMEs,” said Moraa, a two-time founder, who started Pezesha after successfully exiting Weza Tele in 2015.

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WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program Supports Detroit Businesses (Episode 217)

StartupNation

Goldman Sachs and the Goldman Sachs Foundation launched the 10,000 Small Businesses initiative to help entrepreneurs create jobs and economic growth by providing them with greater access to business education, financial capital and business support services. WJR Business Beat Transcript. Good morning, Paul.

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The New economy starts with Impact-Driven Entrepreneurs

Impact Hub

In 2015, Tika Oktorinad collaborated with Firly Savitri to create Ilmuwan Muda Indonesia. They are now preparing ten families to become partner farmers and are looking to rural areas to create economic growth in the communities that are worst impacted by COVID-19. Ilmuwan Muda Indonesia .

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Leaked Uber Files reveal history of lawbreaking, lobbying and exploiting violence against drivers

TechCrunch

But Macron, who in 2014 had just been appointed minister for the economy, thought Uber would help create new jobs and economic growth. French taxi drivers staged protests that often turned violent. “Uber will provide an outline for a regulatory framework for ridesharing,” an email from Kalanick to Macron reads.

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21 Facts and Statistics from 2015 Research Reports

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Here are 21 noteworthy facts and statistics from this year: Statistics from “ 2015 Kauffman Index of Startup Activity, National Trends “: 1. The Kauffman Foundation’s Startup Activity Index rose in 2015—reversing a downward trend that started in 2010—experiencing the largest year-over-year increase from the past two decades.

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Why the Former President of Nickelodeon Joined mitú as CEO.

Both Sides of the Table

30% of all real income growth in 2005–2015 was from Latinos (U.S. Or what about the largest driver of economic growth the country — housing? home ownership in 2015 (NAHREP). Latino purchasing power will reach $1.7 trillion in 2020 (U.S. Advertisers, wake the f**k up. How about your largest increases in car sales?

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