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New Report Highlights Need for Ecosystem Approach to Help MSMEs in Southeast Asia Adopt More Sustainable Practices
The report by the Centre for Impact Investing and Practices (CIIP) found that MSMEs in Southeast Asia recognise the business value of adopting sustainability practices.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- South Asia
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- ESG, impact investing, MSMEs, supply chains
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Development Research and Projects Center Offers ₦150 Million in Grants for Local NGOs in Nigeria Impacted by U.S. Funding Cuts
NGOs registered in Nigeria that suspended activities on gender equality, women’s economic empowerment, school safety for girls, women’s health, gender based violence, and social justice, will be considered for the grant.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Funding African Solutions to the Climate Crisis: Why Local Venture Capital Innovation Holds the Key to Climate Resilience
Africa contributes just 4% of global carbon emissions and faces the world’s most devastating climate impacts — yet it receives only 3.3% of global climate finance (as of 2021/22). Dotun Olowoporoku and Dolapo Morgan at Ventures Platform argue that this disparity presents an urgent need for locally-developed innovation driven by African venture capital. They explore how African VCs can leverage this opportunity to play a central role in the continent’s climate response.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Environment, Investing
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IFC and TLG Capital Launch $75 Million Fund to Help African SMEs Stay Afloat
"To help small and medium-sized businesses in Africa access the financing they need, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and investment firm TLG Capital have launched a new private credit initiative."
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Cocoon Capital Announces First Close of USD 50 Million Fund III to Accelerate Southeast Asia’s Enterprise and Deep Tech Startups
"The fund will continue to target pre-seed and seed-stage investments in B2B software and deep tech startups across Southeast Asia, while selectively exploring opportunities across broader Asia and Australia."
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- Environment, Health Care, Investing, Technology
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- South Asia
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Press Release: Human Planet Acquires Advisory Division of KOIS to Jumpstart New Innovative Finance Force
"Human Planet, following its acquisition of the Advisory Division of KOIS, becomes an integrated advisory firm offering a full spectrum of services from programme design to innovative finance. "
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- Investing, Social Enterprise
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- Global
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Report: How Green Bond Labelling Impacts Investment Behaviour
"Green bonds are an important sustainable finance tool that can help reorient financial flows and influence public policy in addressing climate action across the global financial markets."
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- Environment, Investing
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- Global
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Raiven Capital Launches $100 Million Climatech Fund Anchored by Frog Lake First Nation Investing in Scalable Climatech
"Raiven's Climatech Fund serves as a platform to commercialize Indigenous-led innovation, blending traditional knowledge systems such as "two-eyed seeing" with frontier technologies to develop practical, market-driven solutions in digital infrastructure and clean energy innovation."
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Global
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