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PRESS RELEASE: ‘Project Last Mile’ Expands to Liberia and Swaziland, Strengthening Health Systems Across Africa
"With our strong commitment to reducing the HIV/AIDS burden in Swaziland, we are very pleased to be able to partner with Project Last Mile and tap into Coca-Cola's vast experience to find ways to implement innovative marketing approaches to increase demand for HIV prevention services and treatment," said Ms. Rejoice Nkambule, Deputy Director, Public Health, Ministry of Health of Swaziland.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The Philanthropy World is Embracing Impact Investing
Instead of just using the stock market, more and more foundations putting their endowments into projects that help the world–including hitting the Sustainable Development Goals.
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- Investing
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- impact investing, philanthropy, SDGs
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Ladies, here’s the world’s first responsible investment platform just for you
Women are more concerned about the impacts of their investments, not just the rate of return. New investment platform Moxie Future wants to tap into women’s growing financial clout and guide them towards more responsible investment.
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Affordable Capital For Small Businesses And Other Innovative Vehicles For The Impact Investing World
Called Capital Aggregation, it’s a recently launched business line for Calvert Foundation, aimed at mission-driven companies, as well as financial advisors and their accredited clients who are interested in fixed-income impact investment deals.
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- Investing
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- impact investing
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Bank cards show resilience in Kenya despite mobile money dominance
Mobile money has for the last years stifled the growth of plastic money, with many pointing to the death of the cards but new data from Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) showed Wednesday that the latter is in Kenya to stay, the onslaught notwithstanding.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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National Geographic Society Commits $50 Million of Endowment to Impact Investments
Creation of new impact investment program, managed by CA Capital Management, will accelerate the organization's funding of research, exploration and education, inspiring solutions for the global good.
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How’s That Unique Impact Investing Effort Playing Out in Chicago?
Last year, we highlighted an innovative initiative that aims to let pretty much anyone with a little extra money get involved in financing efforts to tackle societal problems. It’s a $100 million collaboration called Benefit Chicago that involves the MacArthur Foundation, Chicago Community Trust, and the Calvert Foundation. And basically, it brings the complicated realm of impact investing down to a much more public and accessible level.
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- Investing
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- North America
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Nat Geo, GSK Launch Chasing Genius Challenge to Tackle Climate Change, Global Health
The challenge was inspired by National Geographic’s first scripted series GENIUS, based on the book, Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson. Using the hashtag #chasinggenius, National Geographic has crowdsourced ideas and identified issues that the global community is most concerned about.
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- Environment
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