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African Development Bank and AXIAN Launch Digital Finance Programme to Support 34,000 Women-led Businesses in Africa
Supported by the African Development Bank’s Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) initiative and the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi), the programme aims to address one of the biggest constraints facing women-owned businesses in Africa – limited access to finance.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Dismissing Microfinance Won’t Help Solve Global Poverty
Microfinance isn’t a cure-all solution to poverty, but abandoning it would ignore the real evidence that responsible financial services make a positive, lasting impact on people’s lives.
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- Finance
- Region
- Global
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Africa Finance Corporation Launches Infrastructure Climate-Resilient Fund Nigeria to Mobilise Domestic Institutional Capital
Registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as a closed-end fund, ICRF Nigeria is designed to channel capital from pension fund administrators (PFAs), insurers, asset managers and other Nigerian institutional investors towards a diversified portfolio of commercially viable high-impact infrastructure opportunities.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Indermit Gill’s Parting Thoughts as He Exits the World Bank
Outgoing World Bank chief economist talks debt and discord, while Germany slashes development aid and low- and middle-income countries search for bankable climate solutions.
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- Education, Energy, Environment, Finance, Health Care, Investing, Technology, WASH
- Region
- Global
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Naran Secures $10 Million to Empower Gig Economy Drivers Across Emerging Markets
The company tackles a pervasive issue in emerging markets: gig economy workers often lack the credit history or steady, verifiable income required to secure traditional bank loans.
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- Finance, Transportation
- Region
- Global
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Report: The End of Manual Finance? AI Agents Are Coming for Startup Payments
As regional startups scale across currencies and regulations, autonomous payment systems could reduce back-office friction and improve working capital.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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IFC Supports Expansion of Financing for Kenya’s Small Businesses through the First Catalytic First Loss Guarantee Transactions in Africa
The CFLG is an innovative program delivered under IFC's $4 billion MSME Platform, enabling IFC to provide first-loss coverage to partner financial institutions by leveraging blended finance through the International Development Association's Private Sector Window (IDA PSW).
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Swedfund Invests $12 Million to Strengthen Climate-Resilient Agriculture and Food Security Across Africa
The financing will support businesses providing essential services to smallholder farmers, including improved access to agricultural markets, affordable finance, digital technologies, quality farm inputs and post-harvest infrastructure.
- Categories
- Agriculture, Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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