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Pangyo Techno Valley: Leading the Charge in ESG Management and Building a Sustainable Industry Ecosystem

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Data from the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance highlights a staggering 605% increase in Sustainably-Themed Investing in 2020 compared to 2016. Moreover, governments worldwide are laying down frameworks for ESG-related protocols.

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Robo-advisor StashAway gets $25M Series D led by Sequoia Capital India

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Founded in September 2016, the company will also offer to buy back up to $3 million in stock options from its employees. Its Series D brings StashAway’s total paid-up capital to about $61.4 The new funding will be used on expanding StashAway’s product and engineering teams to continue feature and product development.

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African payments company Flutterwave raises $170M, now valued at over $1B

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Launched in 2016 as a Nigerian and U.S.-based He makes a bold statement by saying that under the current CBN governor’s administration, the Central Bank has shown a consistent regulatory framework that has allowed fintechs like Flutterwave to thrive. However , Agboola thinks the reverse is the case.

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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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The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission Mini-Grid Regulation (2016) stipulates the transfer of assets and financial compensation for mini-grid operators in cases where the national grid finally connects the regions where private mini-grids are operational.

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Fintech companies must balance the pursuit of profit against ethical data usage

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After investing more than $1 trillion in new technology from 2016 through 2019, the majority of banks globally have yet to see any financial boost from digital transformation programs, according to Accenture. Never before has this gap been more prevalent than amid the pandemic as customers migrated online en masse.

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Cranium launches out of KPMG’s venture studio to tackle AI security

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And they can establish an AI security framework, providing their security and data science teams with a foundation for building a security program. “Many of our risks are identified in other frameworks. . “Many of our risks are identified in other frameworks.

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Unsung Hero Spotlight: Christina Theodoraki

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2016), Exporation of the French Entrepreneurial Support Ecosystem, Labex Entreprendre Publications, n°14, p. Theodoraki, C. 2019), The Development of Sustainable Entrepreneurial Ecosystems through Social Capital: The Cases of Academic Incubators, TBSearch, p.5. Theodoraki, C., Messeghem K., Beylier R.-P., Theodoraki, C., Messeghem, K.