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IFC and We-Fi Help Tackle Gender Financing Gap Through IFC ScaleX
To help tackle the financing gap that women entrepreneurs still face, particularly in emerging markets, IFC and the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) launched today a new call for applications for IFC ScaleX.
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- Entrepreneurship, Finance, Investing
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- Global
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Lagos, Nairobi, Kigali Entrepreneurs Invited to Apply for Global Urban Innovation Challenge for Emergent Cities
Utopia and the World Economic Forum’s new Centre for Urban Transformation have launched a global Urban Innovation Challenge to activate an ecosystem of 800 innovative urban entrepreneurs, investors, and mayors across Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
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- Entrepreneurship
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Lal10: This Startup Is Building the Alibaba of Indian Crafts Industry
Lal10 is a fast-growing wholesale cross-border sales platform for creative products from India to the world.
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- Entrepreneurship
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- Asia Pacific
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Ajim Capital Launches $10 Million Fund to Invest in African Startups
Ajim Capital, a venture capitalist firm based in the US has launched a $10 million fund to invest in African tech startups allowing entrepreneurs to focus on growing their businesses.
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- Entrepreneurship, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Financing to Boost Renewables, Energy Access and Efficiency in Côte D’Ivoire
EDFI ElectriFI has backed microfinance institution Fin’ELLE with a €1.5 million ($1.69 million) investment to boost renewable energy, energy access and energy efficiency in Côte d’Ivoire.
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- Energy, Entrepreneurship
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Scotiabank launches $3 Billion Loan Fund for Women Entrepreneurs
Scotiabank Jamaica has set aside $3 billion as loan financing for women entrepreneurs in a refreshed plan to address what the bank says is the under-representation of women in the business world.
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- Entrepreneurship
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- North Africa & Near East
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European Investment Bank Lends Ecobank Group $113 Million for SMEs in Africa, With Emphases on Women, Adjusting to COVID-19
The purpose is to help develop the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector, with a particular emphasis on the businesses that have been “most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.”
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- Entrepreneurship
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: ‘Last on the Rung’: Africa Deals With Fallout From a ‘Made in the USA’ Supply Chain Crisis
Shipping lines flock to Asia-to-U.S. trade lanes at expense of many developing nations.
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- Entrepreneurship
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- Global
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