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Access Alone is Not Enough: Why a Holistic Approach is Necessary to Develop Lasting Energy Solutions
With about 800 million people lacking reliable electricity, energy access is one of the defining issues – and opportunities – of our time. According to Peter Weston at Energy 4 Impact and David Nicholson at Mercy Corps, that's what drove the recent merger of their two organizations. But as they explain, to unlock the full impact of energy access, it's important to ensure that people, businesses and communities can capitalize on it. They explore how a comprehensive market system approach can produce energy solutions that work for farmers, entrepreneurs and others.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Environment
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AgDevCo Secures $90 Million of DFI Funding to Further Invest in African Agribusinesses to Deliver Jobs, Incomes, and Food
AgDevCo announced a $90m package of new funding from the CDC Group, Norfund and DFC which will allow AgDevCo to continue to grow its investment activities in agriculture across Sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- gender equality
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The Power of Women in Cocoa: Supporting Female Farmers Could Boost Liberia’s Access to Lucrative Premium Markets
Women farmers are essential to the production and trade of cocoa in West Africa, and often comprise a majority of the farming workforce. But as Sabine Garbarino, Amelia Duggan and Kim Beevers at GROW Liberia explain, women's importance to the sector is not always recognized, despite the key role they play in maximizing the quality of cocoa beans. They explore how the work of female farmers drives the cocoa industry in Liberia – and why efforts to support these farmers can open the door to more lucrative market segments and greater social impact.
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- Agriculture
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AFEX to Open Second Round of $240 Million Funding Series to Strengthen Africa’s Agro-Processors
AFEX, Nigeria's leading commodities market player and the country's first private sector commodities exchange, has announced the reopening of its $240m (₦100bn) Asset-Backed Commercial Paper (ABCP).
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: The Currency More Valuable Than Crypto: Trust
With the pandemic deepening inequality and underscoring the need for healthcare, education, environmental action and so many other services provided by nonprofits, building trust with stakeholders is more important than ever.
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- Agriculture, Impact Assessment, Investing
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- Global
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- data, poverty alleviation
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NextBillion’s 2022 Reader and Guest Writer Survey: Share Your Views and Help Shape Our Coverage
As an open forum for the development through enterprise sector, almost all of NextBillion's content is guest written. That's why it's important for us to check in periodically with our writers and readers, to get a better sense of how well our coverage is suiting your needs – and what we could do better. To that end, we've put together a brief, six-question survey, and we invite both writers and readers to share your views. Your input will be highly valuable as we work to highlight the businesses, innovations, debates and leaders that are shaping the sector.
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus, Education, Energy, Environment, Finance, Health Care, Impact Assessment, Investing, Social Enterprise, Technology, WASH
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Indonesia-Based Agritech Startup Semaai Raises $1.25 Million in Pre-Seed Round Led by Sequoia Surge, Beenext
While Semaai primarily operates in Central Java, Indonesia, a large part of the funding will be channelled into expanding the startup’s engineering and product teams in India.
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- Agriculture, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Risky Business: How an Innovative Partnership is Addressing Growing Threats to the Coffee Supply Chain
For smallholder farmers, growing coffee has become a risky business. Plagued by low profitability and the effects of climate change, many struggle to earn a livable income. And with smallholders accounting for 80% of global coffee production, their struggles put the entire coffee industry at risk. Carolin Ehrensperger at Neumann Gruppe GmBH and Laura Harwig at Feed the Future Partnering for Innovation discuss a partnership that aims to build a sustainable coffee supply chain by providing farmers with critical opportunities and resources to grow and adapt.
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- Agriculture, Environment
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