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Facebook Partners with Reuters to launch free online course for journalists

It focuses on digital news gathering, verification and reporting, and publishing on social media June 23, 2021/Facebook The Facebook Journalism Project has partnered with Reuters to launch a free online training programme for Journalists, called the Reuters Digital Journalism Course (https://bit.ly/3qlA8R1). The Project works with publishers around the world to […]

FSD Africa Investments Invests $4.5m in Nithio FI to Boost Off-Grid Energy Access in African markets

Funding contributes to Nithio FI’s first raise of US$23 million to scale off-grid energy financing in Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda.    June 22, 2021/Hudson Sandler FSD Africa Investments (FSDAi), the investing arm of FSD Africa,has today invested US$4.5m in Nithio FI, a renewable energy financing intermediary focused on the Pay as You […]

IMF Board Approves Temporary Increases to Access Limits Under the Large Natural Disaster Window of the Rapid Credit Facility and of the Rapid Financing Instrument

June 21, 2021/IMF On June 21, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved temporary modifications to access limits under the large natural disaster (LND) windows of the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF) and of the Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI) . The LND windows were introduced in 2017 to […]