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Ghana to limit microfinance licenses
Bank of Ghana (BoG) seeks to put a ceiling on the rising number of microfinance companies in the country.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- governance, microfinance
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Africa: Leveraging the Continent’s Resources to Finance Vital Infrastructure
The African Development Bank has a triple-A designation from international credit rating firms and has tripled its capital base since 2010.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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More weather index insurance for African smallholder farmers
Weather insurance is a financial product aiming to help African farmers manage the volatility of drought and other weather crises. This week (14 Jan), IFC (www.ifc.org) signed 2 grant agreements with MicroEnsure Ltd to make more index-based weather insurance available to small-scale farmers in Rwanda and Zambia. Index-based insurance pays out on the basis of agreed weather data, such as rainfall as measured being lower than an agreed level, and is more efficient risk management tool than traditional indemnity-based agricultural insurance, which runs up high transaction costs and premiums.
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press release: Calvert Foundation and MicroVest Capital Management Announce Partnership for Microfinance Investments
Calvert Foundation and MicroVest today announced a partnership to manage Calvert Foundation’s investments in the microfinance sector. The partnership builds on more than nine years of collaboration between the two organizations and leverages each group’s expertise to more efficiently invest in microfinance.
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- Investing
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Building A Global Health Sensing Network From Star Trek-Inspired Devices
This futuristic tricorder gadget measures health and environmental data almost instantly. What would happen if everyone in the world had one?
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The Next Era of Global Health? Follow the Money
As more and more money flows through the global health domain, and emerging economies and companies take a more influential role in it, new approaches are needed to help the agenda adapt. Creating a commission on the financial and commercial health environment, a funding mechanism for global public goods for health and a high-level independent panel on health impact would all help drive it forward.
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Indonesia’s Universal Healthcare — Will it Work?
The rollout of universal health coverage in Indonesia has been greeted with public enthusiasm, but health experts warn that inadequate funding could undermine the quality of care.
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- Health Care
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SRL Diagnostics to enter CIS, Africa
SRL Diagnostics, the healthcare arm of Fortis, is eyeing expansion into fast-growing markets of Africa and CIS countries. SRL, which has about 40 per cent share of the organised diagnostic market in India, plans to open labs and collection centres countries such as Congo, Kenya and Nigeria in Africa. It is also looking at tie-ups in CIS countries.
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- Health Care, Technology
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