Canada’s bilateral Development Finance Institution, FinDev Canada, alongside Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), and partner Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) and bilateral agencies, including British International Investment (BII), Export Finance Australia (EFA), and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), have announced the successful signing of a $350 million loan to Vietnam Prosperity Joint Stock Commercial Bank (VPBank) to advance sustainable development in...

Google.org has on Monday announced the expansion of the its AI Opportunity Fund by $12 million, to help more workers, small businesses and nonprofits in Asia Pacific (APAC) to make the most of artificial intelligence (AI) in their communities. The firm said in a statement that this includes $10 million in additional support to AVPN to continue equipping APAC workers for the changing job market, with the goal to train 720,000 workers and 100,000 micro, small and medium-sized enterprises...