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What Drives Positive Outcomes in Gender-Lens Investing? DFI Portfolio Evaluations Reveal Four Key Factors
Few developments in the impact investing space have been as striking as the rise of gender-lens investing, as recent years have seen development finance institutions (DFIs) and others mobilize a growing amount of capital for gender equality. Katie Turner, and Jenny Holden at Kore Global share a first-of-its-kind synthesis of portfolio evaluations involving several DFIs, providing evidence on the outcomes and impact of their gender-lens investments at scale. They explore what these findings suggest about how and why some investments achieve deeper and more meaningful gender outcomes than others.
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Africa’s Second-Richest Billionaire Takes Full Control of Major Private Hospital Network in $947 Million Deal
South African billionaire Johann Rupert has strengthened his grip on the country’s private healthcare industry after investment holding company Remgro completed its $947 million (R15.56 billion) acquisition of full ownership of Mediclinic Southern Africa.
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- Health Care, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Mercy Corps Ventures invests in Logidoo
Logidoo’s platform helps businesses plan, manage, and track shipments across key trade corridors.
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- Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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TLG Capital Fund Reaches $120 Million Second Close
In the year since the fund’s $75 million first close in April 2025, AGIF II has already invested in nine SMEs across seven countries and seven sectors, with debt facilities ranging from $5 million to $15 million to each company.
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- Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: New Echelon Insights Survey Commissioned by Rockefeller Foundation: Most Americans Back Foreign Aid a Year After USAID’s End
A majority (54%) across the political spectrum remains favorable toward foreign aid a year after USAID's dismantlement, and 8 in 10 say the path forward is to reform and strengthen foreign aid — not eliminate it.
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- Global
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Livelihoods Launches €150 Million Fund to Support Nature-Based Climate Projects
Over a 25-year period, the fund aims to sequester or avoid between 7 million and 10 million tons of CO₂.
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- Environment, Investing
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- Global
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Coast 4C Secures Funding to Scale Smallholder Seaweed Farming in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia produces the majority of the world’s carrageenan, a seaweed-derived ingredient used across food, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals, but supply remains fragmented across informal networks, limiting quality, consistency, and farmer income.
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- Environment, Investing
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- South Asia
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D.light Takes PAYGo Solar From Impact Funds to the London Stock Exchange
The listing brings d.light’s cumulative PAYGo receivables purchasing capacity to $1 billion — a milestone that few in the off-grid energy sector thought achievable when the company pioneered the first-ever PAYGo securitisation back in 2020.
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- Energy, Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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