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Analysis: Systems Change Isn’t One Thing. Financing Should Reflect That
From experimentation to redesign to optimization, the interconnected processes by which systems are changed require distinct forms of funding.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
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d.light to Sell Solar Power, Clean Cooking Solutions in Kenya Under KOSAP
Through this initiative, d.light will provide solar power and clean cooking solutions to over 150,000 people.
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- Energy
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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IHS Towers, Africa’s Largest Telecom Tower Company, Secures $439 Million Loan to Refinance Debt and Support Expansion
By refinancing early, the company may benefit from better terms, potentially lowering interest costs and extending its debt repayment timeline.
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- Telecommunications
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- employment, lending
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Nuveen Raises €157 Million for Impact Credit Strategy
The global credit strategy, which aims to address real world issues such as affordable housing, community development and climate has the backing of Gjensidige Pensjonsforsikring, and TIAA.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: IFC and Equity Bank of Kenya Partner in Landmark Facility to Support Financial Inclusion for Refugees
The project is expected to serve as a model for similar private sector support initiatives in other African countries hosting large refugee populations.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- financial inclusion, MSMEs, refugees
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Greenplinth Africa Signs $1.5 Billion Carbon Credit for 80 Million Cookstoves Project
The project involves the procurement, pre-fabrication, assembling and commissioning of highly efficient fuel wood cookstoves as well as planting of 4 billion trees at 50 trees per one cookstove by 2030.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Verra Cancels 5 Million Overissued Credits Linked to C-Quest Capital
Verra has determined that a total of 5,004,915 VCUs were issued by these projects in excess of the correct amounts.
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- Global
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Statement from Mandy Rambharos, CEO, on Restructuring Verra
Amid ongoing market volatility, this reduction allows for energy and resources to be directed towards the programs and services that matter most.
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- Global
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