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COVID May Be Impact Investing’s Defining Moment, Actis’s Shami Nissan Says
In the corporate world, socially responsible behavior is being put to the test, too — revealed as either phony marketing or a true commitment to global betterment.
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- Investing, Technology
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SME Investing With a Gender Lens: The Key To COVID-19 Recovery in Emerging Markets
It can be hard to think about recovery while much of the world remains in the eye of the COVID-19 storm. But according to Vanessa Erogbogbo at the International Trade Centre and Ayesha Khanna at CARE Enterprises Inc., we must begin to envision a world on the other side of the pandemic – and that process must involve investment in small businesses that create positive economic impact for women.
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- Coronavirus, Investing
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Mastercard Accelerate Ignites Next Generation of Fintech Disruptors and Partners To Build the Future of Commerce
11 companies join the Start Path startup engagement program; nearly 50 new deals signed to Engage network to help customers make growth ambitions a reality.
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- Finance, Impact Assessment, Investing, Technology
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Analysis: Fully Digitalized Farming Is Nearly a Reality. Emerging Economies Must Keep Pace
It is no secret that the future of farming is fully digital. It is also no secret that farming at present is already largely digital.
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- Agriculture, Investing, Technology
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- financial health
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Viewpoint: COVID-19 and the Resiliency of Impact Investing
Industry insiders put forward the case for ESG-focused and impact investing being a successful strategy for every bottom line.
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- Coronavirus, Investing
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Impact Investing Lends a Hand to Struggling Social Entrepreneurs
New analysis lays out the challenges social entrepreneurs face during coronavirus and how impact investors can help them.
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- Coronavirus, Impact Assessment, Investing
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A Well-Timed Investment: How Investing in Tech-Driven Healthcare SMEs Is Boosting Africa’s COVID-19 Response
COVID-19 has highlighted the urgent need to strengthen healthcare systems in countries around the world. And according to Kristin Kelly Jangraw at USAID INVEST, funding promising healthcare technology companies is one way to do so. She explores how an investment in an innovative local enterprise is improving the pharmacy supply chain in Nigeria and Kenya.
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- Coronavirus, Finance, Investing
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Press Release: W-GDP, DFC Target Additional $6 Billion of Investment in Women
Announcement marks one of several new commitments at event highlighting the power of investing in women.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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