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Acumen and Green Climate Fund Boost COVID-19 Relief in off-Grid Energy Access
With a $30 million investment for sub-saharan africa, Green Climate fund joins a coalition of investors and donors to protect the progress made in achieving universal energy access.
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- Coronavirus, Energy, Investing
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How Future Africa Invested $1 Million Across 9 African Startups in Q3 2020
Future Africa, a platform that provides capital, coaching, and community for African innovators, just announced that it invested a total of $1 million in nine African startups in the third quarter of this year.
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- Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- fintech, impact investing, startups
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Press Release: BlueOrchard Announces the Launch of a COVID-19 Support Fund That Aims To Support More Than 200 Million Jobs in Emerging and Frontier Markets
BlueOrchard Finance Ltd (BlueOrchard), a leading impact investment manager and member of the Schroders Group, is pleased to announce the launch of the “BlueOrchard Covid-19 Emerging and Frontier Markets MSME Support Fund."
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- Coronavirus, Investing
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- impact investing, MSMEs
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Analysis: China Investors Rethink Market Risk After Ant’s Scuppered IPO
Lure of big returns remains despite unwelcome reminder of Beijing's power
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- Asia Pacific
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Grab Leads Series B Round of up To $100 Million in Indonesian Fintech Linkaja
Indonesia’s fintech app LinkAja announced that it has raised up to US$100 million in a series B round led by Southeast Asian super app Grab.
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- Finance, Investing, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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Press Release: The State of Blended Finance 2020 Addresses Ways To Turbocharge the Market To Achieve Scale and Advance the SDGs
Convergence, the global network for blended finance, launched the 4th edition of the State of Blended Finance today.
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- Investing
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- blended finance, impact investing, scale, SDGs
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How a Biden Administration Will Boost ESG and Impact Investing
The election of Joe Biden as the next president of the U.S. is expected to have wide-ranging implications for investors who care about the environment and society, even if Congress remains divided.
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- Investing
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Press Release: Former Bitcoin CEO Launches Sonic Capital, Asia’s First Tokenized Venture Investment Fund
Sonic to support startups that use blockchain technology to provide solutions to environmental and social challenges, with a focus on the carbon credit markets
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- Investing