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GeeRemit App Moves Money and Saves It Too

Cars That Think

EUREKA MOMENT After a 2007 visit to the Elmina Slave Castle , a former slave-trading depot in Ghana, Johnson had what she calls a “eureka moment.” The issue with a money-transfer protocol is that it needs to be fast and low-cost. The early adopters who are using the app are so far only transmitting money to Ghana and Kenya.

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New international Climate and Clean Air Coalition to focus on reduction of short-lived climate pollutants

Green Car Congress

The founding coalition partners are Bangladesh, Canada, Ghana, Mexico, Sweden, and the United States, together with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). Moreover, many of these benefits can be achieved at low cost and with significant energy savings.

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