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Why Social Enterprises Struggle to Measure Impact – And What Impact Investors Can Do About It
Impact investors typically rely on output measurements, such as total capital invested or number of people served, to assess their impact. But it's harder for investors and their investees to sustainably capture outcome data that assesses actual improvements in customers' lives. Spencer MacColl at Kiva shares data from Kiva's annual impact measurement survey, which reflects the current measurement practices and challenges of the microfinance institutions and other social enterprises Kiva supports. He explores the lessons these findings offer to impact investors and others who are working to design more effective measurement practices.
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- Finance, Impact Assessment, Investing, Social Enterprise
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Indian Fintech Tartan Secures Funding to Scale Payroll Management Solution
The proceeds from the round will be used to scale its operations while expanding its engineering team.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- business development, fintech, scale
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Press Release: IFC Invests in West African Fund to Boost Growth of SMEs and Women-Led Businesses in the Region
The fund will provide growth capital to the region's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), including women-led businesses.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: How Poverty, Insecurity is Crippling Nigeria’s Economy and Businesses
Apart from Nigeria's poor economy, the rate of financial insecurity in the country in recent times is a serious source of worry.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Delphos Advises African Mobile Money Unicorn on Euro 90 Million Syndicated Loan
Delphos advised Wave Mobile Money Holdings Inc. on its highly successful €90 million Syndicated Loan to further accelerate its growth in Côte d’Ivoire and Senegal.
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- Finance, Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nedbank Joins Forces With Digital-Deal Maker for its Customers
The new partnership will enable Nedbank’s clients to grow their business on a trusted and world-recognised platform.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Low-Income Communities Lack Access to Clean Water. It’s Time for Change
Traditionally, providing water services is the responsibility of the public sector, but private capital should play a role today.
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- Global
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Accomplishing the Impossible: Lessons on Scaling From BRAC Founder Sir Fazle Hasan Abed
Countless books and articles have addressed the challenges of going to scale in the development sector — yet a systematic approach to scaling remains out of reach. However, as Scott MacMillan at BRAC USA explains, BRAC founder Sir Fazle Hasan Abed was arguably more successful than anyone at scaling effective poverty programs. He shares insights from his new book on Abed's life and work, which sheds light on how BRAC has created and scaled programs to an extent that no other nonprofit or social enterprise has managed to achieve.
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- Education, Finance, Health Care, Social Enterprise
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