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Press Release: Rare Raises US $6 Million in Outcome Funding to Launch World’s First Small-Scale Fisheries Impact Bond
Structured to be implemented over five years, investors including Pershing Square Foundation (PSF) and Minderoo Foundation are providing upfront capital to fund the project.
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- Investing
- Region
- South Asia
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Press Release: Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship Commits to Catalyzing $200 Million for Social Entrepreneurs to End Global Poverty
The investment fund forms an integral part of Miller Center’s continuum of support for social enterprises, from the accelerator program to ongoing programmatic offerings and financial leverage.
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- Investing, Social Enterprise
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- Global
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Press Release: DFC Announces More Than $1.8 Billion in Investments and New Initiatives at U.N. General Assembly
Several new DFC transactions and initiatives were announced by DCEO Biswal during the U.N. General Assembly.
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- Energy, Environment, Investing, Technology
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- Global
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Funding the Fight Against the World’s Oldest Fuel Source: How New Financing Mechanisms in Clean Cooking Can Succeed Where Grants Have Failed
The use of biomass fuel for cooking has remained consistent over the centuries, despite the development sector's efforts to scale global access to clean cookstoves. As Paul Ronalds at Save the Children Global Ventures argues, a key reason for this failure is the estimated $5.5 billion annual funding gap facing clean cooking initiatives — a gap that traditional sources of finance, like private donations and government grants, have been unable to fill. He discusses several funding solutions, including carbon credits, that could help the clean cooking sector finally end the era of biomass fuel.
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- Energy, Environment, Investing, Technology
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Press Release: Unlocking Opportunity for the World’s Underprivileged Children and Youth: International Finance Facility for Education (IFFEd) Commits to $1.5 Billion for Global Education and Skills in LMICs
This historic public-private, non-partisan international finance facility of $1.5bn was commitment for 2024-2025 to global education at the UN Summit of the Future.
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- Global
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CarePay Raises £8.4 Million for Global Expansion of Health Insurance Platform
CarePay International will invest €10m (£8.4m) to fund the expansion and innovation of its health insurance platforms.
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- Health Care, Investing, Technology
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- Global
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Tanzania Mahenge Graphite Project Secures $219 Million Financing for Mine Development
This funding is critical for the project’s development, which includes establishing a 220kV power line to connect the local community to electricity, thereby fostering new business opportunities in the region.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- energy access, mining, supply chains
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Coca-Cola Plans to Invest $1 Billion in Nigeria Operations, Presidency Says
Coca-Cola had since 2013 invested $1.5 billion in Nigeria to expand its production capacity.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- corporations
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