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The California Endowment Will Plow Its Entire $4 Billion Into Mission Investments
“As time passed, we pushed further by asking how we could intentionally invest our capital in the things we believe in?”
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- Investing
- Region
- North America
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- ESG, impact bonds, impact investing
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Partech Closes Its Second Africa Fund at $300 Million+ to Invest from Seed to Series C
Amid a backdrop of global VCs and institutional investors pulling back from Africa, Partech Africa’s recent fund closure is significant.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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ITFC, Asia Alliance Bank Ink $10 Million Deal to Boost Private Sector in Uzbekistan
According to a statement by ITFC, this line of funding will specifically address import and pre-export requirements for private sector clients, including SMEs, in Uzbekistan.
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- Investing
- Region
- Europe & Eurasia
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How Spotify Helped Turn Afrobeats into a Global Phenomenon
The Swedish music giant is pushing to make Africa’s biggest sound the world’s favorite sound.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Injaro Raises $17.5 Million Fund to Support SMEs in Ghana and Ivory Coast
The company plans to utilize the fund to invest in leading small and medium-scale businesses (SMEs) in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- MSMEs, venture capital
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Kenyan Agri-Fintech Startup Apollo Agriculture Secures $10 Million From Swedfund and ImpactConnect to Empower African Farmers
This capital injection will enable the company to empower more small-scale farmers with the tools and resources they need to increase their profits, adopt sustainable practices, and boost food security.
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- Agriculture, Finance, Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Impact Management Moves Toward Standardization: How Investors are Harmonizing Their Practices — And Where More Progress is Needed
Impact investing and development finance are promising ways to generate positive impacts and healthy financial returns in emerging markets. But as Thelma Brenes Munoz and Mitzi Perez Padilla at FMO, the Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank explain, the lack of standardized impact management practices across different investors has become a key obstacle for the industry. They explore the growing movement toward standardization in impact management, discussing key signs of progress — and what investors can do to accelerate it.
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- Investing
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Press Release: DFC Announces New U.S. Financing for Africa’s Lobito Corridor
DCEO Biswal celebrated DFC’s longstanding partnership with the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), which is spearheading Phase II of the Lobito Corridor.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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