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IFC launches new platform to bolster digital economy in Africa, Middle East, Central Asia, and Pakistan

AsiaTechDaily

This will be used to strengthen venture capital ecosystems and invest in early-stage companies in order to address development challenges through technological innovations in climate, health care, education, agriculture, e-commerce, and other sectors. In the Middle East and North Africa, technology is expected to boost GDP by 40% or $1.6

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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

The startup, currently with operations in Nigeria, Tanzania and India (Uttar Pradesh and Bihar), has set an ambitious goal of installing at least 5,000 mini-grids by 2030 and in the process make 1 million connections – half of which will be micro, small and medium-sized enterprises.

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Role of Education on Climate Change

Impact Hub

But according to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development , children can only explore who they really are once they have become free from the shackles of poverty, ill-health, and gender disparity, among others. Sure, children should learn ample life skills that will help them attain good livelihoods.

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Spanish scale-ups club together to shift the tech policy agenda

TechCrunch

“We are convinced that the contribution of these type of companies, especially the scale-ups, is super significant to the prosperity and to the economic growth of the country. The wider ecosystem of circa 450 scale-ups that EsTech intends to represent will have a goal of reaching 40% tech GDP in 2030.

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Summit of the Americas inspires commitments on migration, green energy and climate?

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

The United States and partner nations across the Western Hemisphere came together at the ninth Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles to forge regional agreements and partnerships on subjects from green jobs to COVID-19 aid and economic growth. To spur economic growth with partner nations, Vice President Harris announced more than $1.9

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