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Sankalp Forum 2014: Lessons for the India/Africa Connection
One of the key themes at the Sankalp Unconvention this year: How do we make all this ‘talk’ of Africa-India collaboration real? Over various roundtables and conversations, some key themes emerged on whether we are doing all that is necessary to foster collaboration between social enterprises in India and Africa.
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Impact Investing and Global Finance: The Big Picture
One of the interesting and important recent developments in wealth management has been the emergence of a group of clients committed to investing with impact across their entire portfolios, meaning they seek to deliver measurable positive social or environmental benefits with every dollar they put to work.
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India’s New CSR Act: Marking the shift from corporate ‘spending’ to ‘investing’ on social impact
India’s Corporate Social Responsibilities Act now represents an unprecedented opportunity to drive social progress. It also raises a big – and much discussed – question for companies tasked with distributing CSR money: What’s the best way to spend it? Satyam Darmora with the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation says that’s not the right question to ask.
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Kenya officially gives green light to three mobile virtual network operators
Kenya’s number of mobile money players could jump from four to seven after the country has officially awarded three mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) licences this week.
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In India, Bandhan’s banking licence signals competition for rural microfinance
According to MFIs operating in rural areas, private banks have been charging interest rates of 24-26 per cent on a reducing balance.
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In Kenya, roaming rules to force telcos to share facilities
A ‘national roaming’ regulation is in the pipeline to make it mandatory for the existing four mobile network operators to allow cross-network usage of their facilities countrywide, the regulator said on Friday.
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Report: Global mobile payments to rise 40% this year
A new report from Juniper Research has found that the value of global payments via mobile devices will reach around $507 billion this year, a rise of nearly 40% year-on-year.
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OPINION: The Oculus-Facebook Buyout: The Best Ad For Equity Crowdfunding Ever
I have written about the misconception by some members of the general public that equity crowdfunding and rewards-based crowdfunding are the same thing. Many people are misinformed and do not understand that Title III of the JOBS Act has nothing to do with rewards-based crowdfunding. If you don’t believe me, read some of the comments to the SEC where comment writers were unnecessarily worried that equity crowdfunding would kill Kickstarter and its ilk.
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