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3 new ways to empower your entrepreneurial community

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Racial wealth disparity is a major barrier to thriving communities and economic growth. Creating inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystems can help close the wealth gap , as entrepreneurship offers one of the greatest opportunities for personal wealth building. Make your ecosystem inclusive. Make your ecosystem adaptable.

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Continued investment needed for economic growth

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In today’s world, a state’s economic growth demands investment in innovation and high-tech industries — especially for a natural resource-rich state like ours that must leverage our existing resource base to diversify our economy for the future. It’s a straightforward proposition. Let me start in the middle.

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Investing and Saving as a Woman Entrepreneur

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While the economy generally grew at a slow pace in 2016, employment in women-owned firms continued to increase according to the National Women’s Business Council. What women entrepreneurs do with their wealth will have a lasting effect on both economic growth and societal norms. Q: The Dow has been rallying since November 2016.

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

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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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MFS Africa leads $2.3M seed round in Ugandan fintech startup Numida

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Although these businesses drive economic growth and contribute up to one-third of the continent’s GDP, they are often financially excluded from credit and other financial services due to their size and informality. “That’s an opportunity we see in the future. And today, the company is announcing the close of its $2.3

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Open finance startup Ayoconnect’s APIs enable financial inclusion in Southeast Asia

TechCrunch

Founded in 2016, with a team of about 250 people, Ayoconnect is currently working toward more financial inclusion for Indonesian consumers and SMEs. As such, there is huge potential for open finance in the region and a ton of opportunities for the sector to grow further.

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Empowering European Women in Agrifood

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Female leadership and entrepreneurial potential remain – no doubts – an untapped source of economic growth that should be further encouraged and supported. Europe’s leading food innovation initiative, EIT Food , has been working to make the food system more sustainable, healthy and trusted since 2016.