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With Diverse Tools, OPIC Guides Impact Investing for U.S. Government
Root Capital CEO Willy Foote interviews OPIC’s President and CEO, Elizabeth Littlefield, on impact investing and OPIC’s evolving role in development.
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- Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
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Impact Investment Fund launches: a new $100 million socially-conscious Aussie start-up fund
The constrained Australian venture capital industry is about to receive a $100 million infusion earmarked for companies that promise to do good for society or the environment.
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- Impact Assessment
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- impact investing
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Press Release: Amref Health Africa in the USA Awarded $6M CDC Grant to Build Laboratory Systems in South Sudan
Amref Health Africa, the Ministry of Health of the Republic of South Sudan (RSS) and partners will manage a five-year (2015–2020) USD$ 6 million Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) grant aimed at building the capacity of laboratory and blood transfusion services to respond to health needs of the population of the RSS. The project's focus is to systematically strengthen the capacity of the National Public Health Laboratory to support country-wide laboratory services.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Simpa Networks Gets Renewable Energy OPIC Impact Award
The energy-poor tend to be among the poorest people in their countries and cannot afford the high upfront costs of a quality solar solution. About 400 million people in India live in remote villages and don’t have access to an electricity grid. Millions more have only very limited access to electricity. Although distributed solar based solutions are available, high up front costs keep them out of reach from many who have limited income and cannot obtain bank financing.
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- Energy
- Region
- South Asia
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- renewable energy, solar
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Seashells Inspire Drug, Vaccine Development
Mimicking nature, Australian scientists have developed a protective seashell-inspired capsule to preserve the active biological ingredients needed to create promising new drugs.
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- Health Care
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- vaccines
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Sustainability and Systems Change Via a Sanitary Pad
It is a fundamental human right for a girl or woman to have the ability to manage basic biological functions. Yet four in five East African women and girls cannot access sanitary pads due to their lack of affordability.
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- Health Care
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- systems change
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Postal bank coming soon to India, say officials
India’s massive postal network is likely to turn into payment banks by late next month, reaching out to the unbanked section of the society under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Jan Dhan programme.
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- Uncategorized
- Region
- South Asia
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East Africa: Online Banking Still a Challenge to Many Kenyans – Study
Online banking remains a challenge to many people even as the smart phone penetration in Kenya experiences substantial growth, according to a new survey.
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- Education
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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