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Microlenders in India See Light at End of Tunnel; Collection Rates Inch Back To Pre-COVID Levels
Collection rates are picking up, so are disbursements of small loans. Rural entrepreneurs, who suffered most due to COVID, are tweaking their small business strategies to adjust to the new normal.
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- Coronavirus, Finance
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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When the Economics Don’t Work: Realigning Capital Markets with Development Impact
Agricultural SMEs in Africa face a daunting finance gap, and as Brian Milder, founder and CEO at Aceli Africa points out, current lending approaches aren't enough to fill it. He explores Aceli's solution: taking blended finance a step further by creating a mechanism to align impact with financial sustainability for capital providers across the entire marketplace.
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- Agriculture, Finance, Investing
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Salesforce Ventures Launches $100 Million Impact Fund To Invest in Cloud Startups With Social Mission
When Salesforce Ventures launched the first $50 million Impact Fund in 2017, it wanted to invest not only in promising cloud businesses, but startups with a socially positive mission
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- Finance, Investing, Technology
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Press Release: Tideline Launches Impact Verification Business, “Bluemark,” To Strengthen Trust and Accountability in Impact Investing
The Rockefeller Foundation and Radicle Impact have agreed to be founding investors in BlueMark
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- Environment, Finance, Impact Assessment, Investing
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Making Smartphones Relevant for the World’s Poorest Farmers: An Interview With AgUnity CEO David Davies
Extreme poverty is increasing in countries around the world, particularly in last-mile communities where most people work in agriculture. In this Q&A, AgUnity CEO David Davies discusses his company's efforts to leverage low-cost smartphones and other technologies to provide smallholder farmers with practical tools to connect with each other and work their way out of poverty.
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus, Finance, Technology, Telecommunications
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The Nepal Banking Sector Deposits Rs 280 Million (USD 3.8 Million) in COVID-19 Fund After Central Bank Directive
As per revised unified directives, banks and financial institutions can also contribute the fund to protect and treat their employees.
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- Coronavirus, Finance, Investing
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- Asia Pacific
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Mastercard Launches Pay-on-Demand Service
The ease and convenience of services backed with the emerging techs can dramatically improve the financial landscape in Africa.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Emerging Technologies Can Change the African Financial Landscape
The ease and convenience of services backed with the emerging techs can dramatically improve the financial landscape in Africa.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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