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INTERVIEW: How we contribute to tackling poverty, inequality in Nigeria, globally – President, Ford Foundation
In this interview with PREMIUM TIMES’ Editor-in-Chief, Musikilu Mojeed, and business correspondent, Oladeinde Olawoyin, he speaks on poverty reduction, inequality, impact assessment, a $12.5 billion endowment Nigeria may benefit from and other social interventions put in place by the Ford Foundation.
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- Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Viewpoint: Why Socially Responsible Investing Is Not for Me
About one-fifth of all assets under management in the U.S. now include some ESG component, according to the Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment, and some 500 mutual and exchange-traded funds now practice some form of socially conscious investing.
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- Investing
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- ESG, impact investing
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Baillie Gifford launches Positive Change fund
Baillie Gifford has launched a new ESG fund which will invest in companies setting out to make a “positive change” in the world.
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- Investing
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- impact investing
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Kenya’s Twiga Foods raises $10.3m Series A funding round
Kenyan mobile-based business-to-business food supply platform Twiga Foods has raised a US$10.3 million Series A funding round to enable it to increase the number of vendors it serves, diversify its product portfolio, and introduce advanced supplier services.
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- Agriculture, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Countries and donors should aim for new $90-$90-$90 target on HIV, hepatitis, TB drug prices, study shows
Although the cost of antiretroviral treatment has fallen dramatically since generic manufacturers first began to manufacture versions of antiretroviral drugs in India in 2001, generic products have not been available in all countries due to patent restrictions.
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- Health Care, Investing
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Ford Foundation, ACA convene push for impact investing in Nigeria
Impact investing models have been deployed in developing and emerging economies to solve problems in various sectors, such as sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, and microfinance. It has also been used to address such issues as affordable and accessible housing, healthcare, and education.
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- Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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U.S. Impact Investing Alliance Launches to Scale the Practice of Impact Investing
The Alliance was founded last year by representatives from philanthropy, business and finance to champion the potential of impact investing by increasing awareness of impact investing in the U.S., fostering deployment of and demand for impact capital across asset classes globally, and by partnering with policymakers and other stakeholders to build the impact investing ecosystem.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- North America
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- ESG, impact investing, philanthropy
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Betterment Announces Socially Responsible Investing Portfolio
The Betterment investing team, which includes PhDs, CFP® professionals and CFAs, analyzed all low-cost funds oriented toward environmental, social, and governmental (ESG) criteria, searching for products that could replace components of Betterment's portfolio strategy without sacrificing the parts of Betterment's advice that protect investors' returns the most: global diversification, tax optimization, and control of cost
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- Investing