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Press release: Gray Matters Capital to Commit More Funds to Enterprises in Africa Benefiting Women and Girls; Backs Ghana’s Redbird Health Tech under its coLABS Portfolio
Gray Matters Capital (GMC), an Atlanta-based impact investor with a gender lens whose mission is to provide “an education leading to a more purposeful life for 100 million women globally by 2036”, has today announced its investment in Ghana’s Redbird Health Tech through its GMC coLABS portfolio.
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- Health Care, Investing, Technology
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An Isolated Country Runs on Mobile Money
The continent, home to many of the world’s frontier economies, has come closest to skipping, or “leapfrogging” as it’s often called, traditional brick-and-mortar banks and going straight to heavily using phones as wallets.
And nowhere are the benefits of mobile money more apparent than in Somaliland, where the extreme economic and financial conditions have allowed Zaad, a service from the main local telecom, Telesom, to catalyze commerce in one of the most isolated parts of the world.- Categories
- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The Quadrennial Quandary: Mobile financial inclusion still on an upswing, but women still face connectivity challenges
Going forward, the report highlights that the continuous involvement of businesses will be vital for unlocking opportunities to enhance financial inclusion.
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Siemens Stiftung launches empowering people. Award 2019 for social enterprises
According to a statement, entries will be assessed by technology and business experts, and the top three winners will be selected by an experienced international jury panel. The first prize is worth 50,000 Euros, with 30,000 and 20,000 Euros awarded to the second and third prize winners respectively.
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Controversy over Uganda mobile money taxes
As it stands, the introduction of the tax has caused confusion, especially over mobile money transactions.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Capria partners with Australia’s DFAT to expand investment platform in SE Asia
Global impact investment firm Capria has announced a partnership with the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) to expand its investment platform into the Southeast Asia region.
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- Investing
- Region
- South Asia
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- impact investing
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81 Designs: A social enterprise that marries art with women’s empowerment
The brand oversees a group of refugee women as they recreate the works of leading Middle Eastern artists in the traditional “tatreez” style of cross-stitching.
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- Uncategorized
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- North Africa & Near East
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- gender equality, refugees
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Four Asian Banks Get Clearance To Open Branches in India
A senior government official told BloombergQuint the proposals pertained to the banks expanding their operations and opening new branches in India. The government has conveyed to the Reserve Bank of India it has no objection over the same, the official said.
- Region
- South Asia
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