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Positioning South Africa for a Green Recovery
Countries not adapting to a green transition will find themselves behind and excluded. They will be behind on the innovation curve, the cost curve and thus be laggards.
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- Environment, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Global Impact Investing Network Raises the Bar on the Real-World Outcomes of Impact Investing With a Focus on Impact Performance
Standardization of impact performance analytics will drive development of benchmarks and ratings.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Finance, Investing
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Why Is This Emerging Markets Bond Performing So Well?
While the case for environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing is almost a no-brainer given the sector’s recent performance and despite stricter measures on cracking down on ESG funds, emerging markets might be on the opposite end of the spectrum. Or are they?
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Ilara Health Secures $1.1 Million Grant To Improve Maternal Health Outcomes in Kenya
Ilara Health, the healthtech company which provides point of care diagnostic testing to small primary care clinics in Kenya, has received a $1.1 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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- Health Care, Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Ripple Donates $10 Million To Mercy Corps To Accelerate Financial Inclusion in Emerging Markets
Ripple, an enterprise blockchain solutions for payments, has announced a $10 million USD contribution to Mercy Corps to expand financial inclusion and increase economic empowerment globally.
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ShopUp Raises $22.5 Million To Digitize Millions of Mom-and-Pop Shops in Bangladesh
A startup that is aiming to digitize millions of neighborhood stores in Bangladesh just raised the country’s largest Series A financing round.
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- Investing, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Catalyst Fund, Mastercard Foundation, MEST Launch $4.3 Million Inclusive Digital Commerce Accelerator in Ghana
Catalyst Fund has partnered the Mastercard Foundation and MEST to launch its Inclusive Digital Accelerator programme in Ghana, the first expansion of its flagship inclusive fintech programme.
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- Entrepreneurship, Finance, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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‘India’s Impact Enterprises Face Issues Accessing Debt’
A report by IIC analysed the balance sheets of 422 leading impact enterprises to gauge their creditworthiness and estimate the gap between their current debt and their potential to absorb more
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- Entrepreneurship, Finance, Investing
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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