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FEATURED EVENT : TBLI Conference USA – May 29-30
TBLI CONFERENCE USA 2014, invites asset owners, asset managers as well as socially responsible investing specialists and service providers to participate in a rich program on current trends, opportunities and challenges in the impact investing space, is set for May 29-30.
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Tanzania: Mobile Money Services Register Boom
It is estimated that 2.5 billion people around the world are unbanked. They lack financial services needed to invest in their livelihoods, protect their assets, and avoid falling deeper into poverty.
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How Non-Profits Are Cashing In on the Cryptocurrency Boom
Bitcoin is often discussed as the backbone of the online drug trade, an interesting speculative investment, or simply a futuristic way to order pizza. But proponents say the cryptocurrency also has great potential for the nonprofit world.
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World Economic Forum on Africa attracts N12.9 trillion investments – organiser
The World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa has attracted over $68 billion(about N12.9 trillion) in investment to the African continent, Dr Philipp Rosler, the Managing Director of the Forum, said in a closing remarks on Friday in Abuja.
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Acumen and the Lundin Foundation announce $1.5 million investment in Esoko Networks Limited
Acumen and the Lundin Foundation today announced a $1.5 million aggregate equity and debt investment in Esoko Networks Limited (“Esoko”), a Ghanaian-built technology platform that connects African farmers to markets via mobile phones.
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After Typhoon Haiyan, Opening a Door to Financial Inclusion: Mobile-based savings accounts are helping low-income Filipinos hardest hit
About 40 percent of Filipinos live on less than $2 a day. This poverty has been made all the more difficult following the typhoon that destroyed or damaged more than a million homes. Rather than handing out paper vouchers or physical cash, Mercy Corps partnered with the Philippines’ only purely mobile-based bank, BPI Globe BanKO (BanKO) on an electronic cash transfer program.
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OPINION: New Chinese investment fund aims to rival World Bank and ADB
If you can't beat them, outspend them. That seems to be the thinking behind a huge new infrastructure investment fund being promoted by China as an alternative to established international lending agencies.
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7 Things We’ve Learned About Impact Investing in 7 Years
Today, our new e-book, The Power of Impact Investing: Putting Markets to Work for Profit and Global Good, hit the digital shelves. This e-book has been in the making since 2007, when the term "impact investing" was first coined at a convening hosted by the Rockefeller Foundation at our Bellagio Conference Center. Seven years later, we are proud that impact investments are punching bigger than the weight of those two words, providing a vibrant and viable option for investors looking to generate both financial return and make social or environmental impact.
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