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Amazon Will Donate $10 Million to Help a Million People Get Access to Safe Water
Amazon is helping to launch one of the largest private investment portfolios in water and climate, bringing lasting water access for 100 million people.
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- Asia Pacific
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Prism+ Obtains $45 Million in VC Funding, Eyes Philippines as Its Next Market
Consumer electronics firm Prism+ has announced plans to enter the Philippine market after obtaining $45 million in institutional funding from VC firm TNB Aura.
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- Investing
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- South Asia
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World Bank’s IFC to Invest $160 Million in Safaricom Ethiopia
The World Bank is investing US$160 million into the Safaricom project to build a new network in Ethiopia.
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- Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Husk Power Systems Secures $6 Million from EU-funded EDFI ElectriFI
Bihar-based Husk Power Systems will use $6 million of newly acquired funds to build solar hybrid microgrids in 80 communities in rural India.
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- Asia Pacific
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Pan-African ‘Gender Equal Investor’ Janngo Capital Hits First Close of €60 Million Fund
Janngo Capital is looking to “invest 50% of its proceeds in companies founded, co-founded, or benefiting women.
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- Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Kippa Reveals $8.4 Million in Funding for Merchants’ Financial Management Platform
Kippa, the financial management and payments platform for Nigerian small businesses, has announced that it has raised $8.4 million in a new financing round.
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- Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Bringing a Gender Lens to Technical Assistance: New Research Reveals the Benefits and Costs of Gender-Smart TA to SMEs and Investors
There’s growing momentum behind gender lens strategies in impact investing. But according to Yaquta Kanchwala Fatehi at the William Davidson Institute and Lisa Willems and Ladé Araba at the AlphaMundi Foundation, investors tend to apply a gender lens to their investing and pipeline development activities – but not to technical assistance and other types of post-investment support. They share findings from a recent study from the Gender-Smart Enterprise Assistance Research Coalition (G-SEARCh) consortium, which explores the business case for gender-smart technical assistance for small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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Islamic Development Bank Approves $1.12 Billion in Development Financing for Nine Member Countries
The bank approved a $1.79m grant for projects in key sectors such as food security, health, transport, energy, urban development, education, water, and sanitation.
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- Investing
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- Global