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Expanding Access to Finance for Energy Enterprises: EnDev Partners with Kiva
Through this collaboration, Kiva will provide tailored financial solutions to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the energy access sector across EnDev’s portfolio in sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Report: Beyond Financial Inclusion: What Drives Financial Health for Women Entrepreneurs?
CARE’s new Strive Women report finds digital divide, financial stress and household responsibilities limit business success in emerging markets.
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- Finance
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- Global
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Amazon Injects $41 Million Into India Payments Arm
"Amazon is looking to strengthen its payments arm since the sector is booming with new players entering the space and existing players bolstering their platforms."
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- Finance, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Money Fellows Raises $13 Million in Strategic Funding to Enhance Financial Inclusion in Africa
The new investment aims to enhance and upgrade the company’s digital platform, especially as its user base expands to over 8.5 million users and it continues to collaborate with more than 350 local and regional partners.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Visa Launches Stablecoin Payments in Latin America in Major Advance for Crypto
"The new offering—which is also being rolled out in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Chile—stands out because it is being developed around non-volatile stablecoins."
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- Finance, Technology
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- Latin America
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Viewpoint: Nigerian Crypto Companies Should Be Cautious as SEC Recognises Crypto as Securities
"Crypto’s new legal status in Nigeria could come at a cost."
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The Quiet Revival of Microfinance: Why The Sector is Poised for Greater Growth and Impact in 2025 and Beyond
After starting in the 1970s, the microfinance industry had become a global sensation by the early 2000s, only to see its momentum wane over the subsequent decade due to concerns about high interest rates and poor borrower outcomes. But according to Kris Coppock at Five Talents, a number of data points reveal that microfinance has quietly turned a corner in recent years. He explores how the sector is emerging from the malaise that defined the past decade, driven by a lending approach that treats access to capital as just one part of a wider toolkit for building resilience, opportunity and dignity.
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Glovo and Salad Africa Partner to Provide Financing Worth ₦100 Million for SMEs
The partnership will help to close the funding gap for Africa’s SMEs.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa