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British International Investment Anchors CRDB Bank’s Landmark Islamic Bond to Promote Financial Inclusion in Tanzania
Tanzania’s first large-scale Islamic bond issued by a private sector institution marks a major milestone in the country’s financial landscape.
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- Investing, Social Enterprise
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Building Smarter Data Practices in Entrepreneurship Support Ecosystems: How Entrepreneurs, Investors and Other Stakeholders Can Drive Systemic Change
Entrepreneurship support ecosystems include a diverse range of actors, from incubators and accelerators to policymakers, impact investors and other funders. But though strengthening these ecosystems is a growing priority in emerging markets, monitoring, evaluation and learning remains a persistent challenge, due in part to a lack of data sharing. Heather Esper at the William Davidson Institute and Keith Obade and Moses Waweru at Villgro Africa explore the reasons various stakeholders collect data, the obstacles that keep this data fragmented and underutilized, and the ways these ecosystems can improve their data practices.
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- Investing, Social Enterprise
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The African Development Bank Approves a Grant of Over $5 Million to Strengthen Public-Private Partnerships in the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar and Togo
The project aims to strengthen the public–private partnership (PPP) environment in four countries, with the goal of catalysing private investment.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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African Development Fund Seeks Historic Shift to Tap Capital Markets
Currently prohibited by its charter from borrowing, the ADF aims to raise $5 billion every three years in “patient capital” to support Africa’s lowest-income economies.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Village Capital Appoints Ellen Brooks as Chief Executive Officer
Ellen will join Village Capital from the International Rescue Committee (IRC), where she was the Director of Innovative Finance.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
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Nigeria Commits $538 Million to Agro-Industrial Zones, Unveils 10-Year Youth-Led Agricultural Plan
Shettima disclosed that Nigeria has already committed $538.05 million to the first phase of the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones programme.
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- Agriculture, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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UN Report Finds United Nations Reports Are Not Widely Read
The U.N. system supported 27,000 meetings involving 240 bodies, and the U.N. secretariat produced 1,100 reports, a 20% increase since 1990.
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- Energy, Environment, Investing
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- Global
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NITI Aayog Launches India Electric Mobility Index to Accelerate State EV Progress
By integrating these dimensions, the IEMI presents a holistic picture of each state’s electric mobility landscape, identifying strengths to replicate and weaknesses requiring focused interventions.
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- Energy, Investing, Transportation
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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