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Climate-Positive Agriculture: How Investors Can Support Smallholder Farmers – While Also Regenerating the Environment
Global agricultural demand is expected to increase by about 50% from 2013 to 2050, as the world's population is projected to reach nearly 10 billion. Smallholder farmers in Africa and Latin America are well-positioned to meet this growing need – but expanding their current unsustainable farming practices could cause massive climate and environmental consequences. Bianca Samson, Flavia Howard and Kusi Hornberger at Dalberg share how investing in regenerative, climate-smart agriculture can boost food security and benefit smallholders, investors and the environment.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Investing
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Nigerian Fintech Appzone Raises $10 Million for Expansion and Proprietary Technology
Africa’s fintech space has gained proper attention over the past few years in investments but it is not news that startups still battle with offering high-quality products.
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- Finance, Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Future Returns: Bain Capital Double Impact’s Approach to the Market
Bain Capital Double Impact closed a second impact-investing fund after raising US$800 million last fall, and found the experience to be a bit different than the first time around.
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- Investing
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- North America
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- ESG, impact investing
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Family Bank Gives $4.6 Million to 17 Counties in Kenya for Farming
Family Bank has entered a partnership with USAID’s Kenya Investment Mechanism, committing to disburse loans worth 500 million shillings.
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- Agriculture, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- impact investing
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Avanti Finance Raises $26 Million in Series A and Debt Funding Round Co-Led By Oikocredit and Nomura
The platform will use the funds to strengthen its platform and expand its presence to accelerate livelihood's purpose credit and other financial products to the next 100 million unserved and underserved households in India.
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- Investing
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- Asia Pacific
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Big Brands Join $1 Billion Forest Conservation Push for Southeast Asia
Major household brands and palm-oil buyers Nestle and PepsiCo have backed a scheme that aims to invest $1 billion in forest conservation across Southeast Asia over 25 years.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Investing
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- South Asia
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Press Release: Ballmer Group Increases Support for Community Solutions With Nearly $6 Million in Additional Funding.
MacArthur today awarded a $100 million grant to Community Solutions to accelerate an end to homelessness in 75 U.S. communities in five years.
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- Investing
- Region
- North America
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- accelerators, housing, public health
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Indian Career Discovery EdTech Firm Banks $3.5 Million in Pre-Series A Money
India-based career discovery platform Uable said it has secured US$3.5 million in pre-series A money in a round led by JAFCO (Japan Associated Finance Co) Asia and Chiratae Ventures.
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- Education, Investing, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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- edtech
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