-
What If We Gave Microcredit to Tech Talent in Developing Countries?
Outsourcing things like call center work and data entry to developing countries has been a trend for a long time, but those are mostly low-skill, low-paying jobs.
- Categories
- Technology
- Region
- South Asia
- Tags
- microfinance
-
J&J and Bavarian Nordic Start Clinical Tests of Ebola Vaccine
Johnson & Johnson has started clinical trials of its experimental Ebola vaccine, which uses a booster from Denmark's Bavarian Nordic, making it the third such shot to enter human testing.
- Categories
- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- vaccines
-
Japanese Drugmakers Addressing Neglected Tropical Diseases, and Not Just Out of Altruism
Japanese drugmakers are developing medicines to treat infectious diseases that have been overlooked because there is little financial incentive.
- Categories
- Health Care
- Region
- Asia Pacific
-
Menstrual Cups Are Lifesavers for Girls in East Africa
Menstrual cups are proving to be lifesavers, and are changing the way girls in East Africa deal with something every single female in the world does: their period.
- Categories
- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
-
These Hilarious Inflated Backpacks Are Actually Delivering Cheap Local Energy To The Rural Poor
Millions of rural villagers around the world still cook with wood and charcoal, with all the limitations and inconveniences that implies. Women spend time and energy collecting and hauling wood, which contributes to deforestation and takes them away from more productive uses of their time. Worse, burning wood and charcoal inside homes produces extremely unhealthy fumes.Biogas produced from organic waste, such as cow dung and farm cuttings is a good alternative, because it's lightweight and clean burning. But it's not possible to have a bio-digester—a system for breaking down the waste to produce biogas—in every person's home. That's too expensive and impractical. You need upwards of five or six households invested in a digester to cover its costs.
- Categories
- Energy
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
-
Community Foundations Embrace Impact Investing
A small, but growing, number of community foundations are starting to embrace impact investing in a big way.
- Categories
- Uncategorized
- Tags
- impact investing, lending
-
Q&A On Impact Investing In Africa With Issam Chleuh
Africa Impact Group has been identified as a leader in impact investing across the continent, investing in funds, organizations and companies with the intention of generating measurable social and environmental impact along with financial return.
- Categories
- Impact Assessment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- impact investing
-
Lok Capital aims to raise $45 million fund by June
MUMBAI: Lok Capital, the Rockefeller Foundation-backed impact investor, aims to raise $45 million (about Rs 270 crore) by June as part of the initial close of its third India-focused fund. Lok Fund III, announced a couple of months ago, has a final target corpus of $100 million and expects to raise capital commitments from development financial institutions such as International Finance Corporation (IFC), Proparco and CDC Group.
- Categories
- Uncategorized
- Region
- South Asia
Subscribe to Our Weekly Newsletter, "NextBillion Notes"
Published each Wednesday, our e-newsletter features NextBillion's latest original articles, along with a selection of news, jobs, bizdev opportunities and events from our recent coverage — and regular conference ticket giveaways.
We respect your privacy. Your information is safe and will never be shared.
Don't miss out. Subscribe today.