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Clean energy firm Husk signs UN energy compact as it begins solar mini-grid expansion in Nigeria, rest of Africa

TechCrunch

MSMEs are the engine of economies in Africa, and powering existing small businesses and encouraging the formation of new MSMEs helps create the type of economic growth and social benefit that carries over to households by creating more opportunity and more jobs,” the company’s CEO and co-founder Manoj Sinha, told TechCrunch.

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Mobilising the Full Potential of the Social Economy in Europe

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Entitled “ Building an economy that works for people: an action plan for the social economy”, the document, in a nutshell, states European Union’s policy and approach for unleashing the sector’s economic and job-creation potential, enhancing its contribution to a fair and inclusive recovery, and boosting the green and digital transitions.

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

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

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Petroleum and other liquids transiting the Strait of Malacca increased for the fourth time in the past five years in 2016, reaching 16 million barrels per day (b/d). If China needed to dramatically slow its economic growth to buy itself time to shore up its energy supplies, the Party would likely be perfectly willing to execute said policy.

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