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Funding to Reach the Tipping Point: Doug Balfour, CEO of Geneva Global, on how to spark collaboration that amplifies social impact
Geneva Global funds social impact projects worldwide, and it has fine-tuned the way it works with local community-based organizations to maximize its philanthropic bang for the buck. In part 7 of our Impact Investing Insights series, its CEO Doug Balfour explains how the company aims to create a virtuous cycle through its grants, leading to sustainable, long-term social change.
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Equity Bank to issue American Express cards across Africa
Equity Bank's deal with American Express gives the Kenyan lender exclusive rights to issue AmEx credit cards across the continent outside South Africa.
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ClearlySo raises £800,000 to help support social entrepreneurs
Big Society Capital and Body Shop co-founder amongst backers of social impact investment intermediary
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Equity set to offer free money transfer services
Equity Bank will not charge for mobile money transfer services on mobile virtual network, it said yesterday, but subscribers also have to hold accounts with the lender.
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MTN set to support money transfers between Rwanda and Uganda
In a move aimed at warding off competition and increasing revenue collection from its mobile money service, MTN Uganda has partnered with MTN Rwanda to deliver cross border transactions between the two countries.
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Tanzania: Mobile Technology to Benefit Local Farmers
CONNECTED Farmer Alliance (CFA), a public-private partnership between Vodafone Group, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and TechnoServe, has announced an agreement to use mobile technology to increase productivity of thousands of smallholder farmers.
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PRESS RELEASE: Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners Strengthens Global Private Equity Impact Investing Capabilities
David Wilton Joins Morgan Stanley from International Finance Corporation.
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Data Specialist in Court Bid to Block Equity’s SIM Card
Equity Bank's thin-SIM mobile money transfer system faces more hurdles after a data specialist went to court seeking to block its rollout.
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