USAID Announces New Partnership with Root Capital, Keurig Dr Pepper, and Ezrah Charitable Trust to Protect Supply Chains and Agribusiness Amid COVID-19
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Today, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced the Feed the Future Partnership for Sustainable Supply Chains, a new collaboration with Root Capital, Keurig Dr Pepper, and Ezrah Charitable Trust to help small agricultural businesses around the world stay afloat during the pandemic of COVID-19 and rebuild in its wake. The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) will complement the partnership with a $35 million loan guarantee.
Government-imposed measures to contain COVID-19 have hit small businesses especially hard. The Feed the Future Partnership for Sustainable Supply Chains will help small agribusinesses, particularly those owned or led by women in Latin America, Africa and Asia, navigate operational uncertainties and limited connectivity to markets through business
Kushner to lead U.S. delegation to Israel, Morocco I am so proud that our grandfathers and grandmothers can visit Morocco while still alive. This is peace, said Regev, who is descended from Moroccan Jewish immigrants to Israel.
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Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner walk on the South Lawn of the White House upon their return to Washington with U.S. President Donald Trump from Camp David, Nov. 29, 2020. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (Reuters) White House senior adviser Jared Kushner will lead a U.S. delegation to Israel and Morocco next week for discussions on the normalization deal the two Middle East countries reached last week, a senior administration official said on Tuesday.
Iliad (Free) stirs the 5G pot in France
Oi mobile gets snapped up by rival trio
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A crackdown on the Big tech firms by the European Commission, 5G competition in France and M&A in Brazil are at the front of today’s lengthy news queue.
The
European Commission is set to crack down hard on the Big Tech companies starting in 2021 with the threat of major fines – up to 10% of global turnover – if they break rules outlined in the
Digital Services Act and the
Digital Markets Act.
“Many online platforms have come to play a central role in the lives of our citizens and businesses, and even our society and democracy at large. With today s proposals, we are organising our digital space for the next decades. With harmonised rules, ex ante obligations, better oversight, speedy enforcement, and deterrent sanctions, we will ensure that anyone offering and using digital services in Europe benefits from security, trust, innovation a
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NEW YORK, Dec. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ The U.S. Impact Investing Alliance ( Alliance ), a non-profit organization dedicated to building the impact investing ecosystem, today announced the publication of a new report:
Private Capital, Public Good: Leveraging Impact Investing to Support a Just and Equitable Recovery. The full report is available at www.impinvalliance.org/privatecapital-publicgood.
This comprehensive report, released in advance of a change in Congress and in the White House, includes 12 specific policy recommendations and ideas with the potential to catalyze more impact investments towards pressing challenges. The report highlights the need for Congress and the White House to be champions for this change and urges government leaders to rise to the moment and take swift action over the next two years.
Kushner to lead U.S. delegation to Israel, Morocco I am so proud that our grandfathers and grandmothers can visit Morocco while still alive. This is peace, said Regev, who is descended from Moroccan Jewish immigrants to Israel.
Written By:
Steve Holland / Reuters | 10:58 am, Dec. 15, 2020 ×
Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner walk on the South Lawn of the White House upon their return to Washington with U.S. President Donald Trump from Camp David, Nov. 29, 2020. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (Reuters) White House senior adviser Jared Kushner will lead a U.S. delegation to Israel and Morocco next week for discussions on the normalization deal the two Middle East countries reached last week, a senior administration official said on Tuesday.