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IntelleGrow raises Rs 28 cr from Omdiyar Network, Dell
MUMBAI: Social sector-focused non-banking lender IntelleGrow today said it has raised Rs 28 crore from Omdiyar Network and the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation.
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The Skoll Foundation Announces Seven 2014 Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship
The Skoll Foundation today announced the seven 2014 recipients of the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship.
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Key Drivers of Financial Innovation in Zimbabwe
Financial innovation can be defined as the act of creating and then popularising new financial instruments, technologies, institutions, markets, processes and business models, including the new application of existing ideas in a different market context.
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Matching capital with ‘space’ in unlocking Nigeria’s microinsurance potential
Nigeria prepares to unlock its microinsurance potential given the country’s huge population of 170 million people and a demographic structure leaning towards the mass poor.
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Microlender’s contest to boost Philly-region small business
Lend for Philly is a contest designed for college students. But the ultimate winner, say its organizers, will be small businesses.
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As Myanmar opens up, will mobile money emerge?
It’s an unprecedented moment in Myanmar’s history as the country opens up to financing, technology and connectivity. Will mobile payments play a role in transforming the country?
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Digitizing Savings Circles for the Base of the Pyramid: Bringing a centuries-old concept into the digital age
Traditional savings circles have existed in different forms for centuries, and are popular in immigrant communities in the U.S. and emerging markets around the world. Accion Venture Lab discusses how the Internet and social media are allowing companies to formalize and digitize them to make them more accessible to a greater number of people.
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PRESS RELEASE: Accion Venture Lab Invests in eMoneyPool
March 4, 2014 – Today Accion announced an investment in digital savings company eMoneyPool (EMP) through its Venture Lab, a $10 million initiative dedicated to providing seed capital and management support to financial inclusion start-ups.
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