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Tanzania’s YC Alum Ramani Raises $32 Million to Digitize Consumer-Packaged Goods Supply Chains, Lend Resellers
Ramani, a Tanzanian startup focused on consumer-packaged goods (CPG) supply chains, plans to introduce new financial services as it expands its operations in the East Africa.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- data, supply chains
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Indonesia’s ESQA Raises $6 Million Series a Funding Led by Unilever Ventures
ESQA, an Indonesian indie beauty brand, has raised a $6 million Series A round led by Unilever Ventures, the venture capital arm of consumer giant Unilever.
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- Investing
- Region
- South Asia
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Government Admits Poverty Fight Failure in Northern Uganda
The government has admitted that its efforts over the past decades to lift northern Uganda out of poverty have failed.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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India Wants to Leverage Its Stock Market for Social Impact. Will It Work?
India has approved the setting up of a social stock exchange. Experts say it will help fill glaring gaps in the country’s spending on socio-economic development.
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- Investing, Social Enterprise
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Leaning into Resilience: Three Ways Small and Growing Agriculture Businesses Have Navigated Global Crises – And How Investors Can Support Them
COVID-19 and other recent crises have led many investors to pause disbursements to small and growing businesses (SGBs) in emerging markets, due to the increased risk. Camilla Nestor, Maria Raurell and Carolyn Han at MCE Social Capital explain why MCE did the opposite, supporting their investees' efforts to adapt to these challenges. They share three adaptations that successful SGBs in their portfolio had in common, and explore how these approaches are likely to be incorporated into agricultural SGB business models in the long term.
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- Agriculture, Investing
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Goodwell Launches €150 Million uMunthu II Fund to Ignite Inclusive Business Growth in Africa
Today, Goodwell Investments B.V. launched their most ambitious institutional investment fund yet, uMunthu II.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: New Research Shows That Investing in Women in Agriculture Generates Significant Value for Businesses and Investors
Ten years of global data from Root Capital—a nonprofit that supports the growth of agricultural enterprises in Africa, Latin America, and Indonesia—proves that gender-inclusive businesses are a smart investment.
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- Agriculture, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Opinion: It’s Time to Focus on the “G” in ESG
For all the debate surrounding the use of ESG for investing, virtually no attention has been paid to a core tension in the ESG policies of major investors and rating agencies.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
- Tags
- corporations, ESG, governance
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