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Analysis: Why a Major IFC Solar Initiative Failed to Scale in Africa
Scaling Solar sought to address some challenges but development experts are urging IFC to take a close look at the program and learn from its alleged failures.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Latin American Fintech Kiwi Raises $80 Million to Provide Underbanked Consumers with Credit Access in the U.S.
Kiwi, a fintech dedicated to helping consumers build credit history and improve financial literacy, announced that it has closed a credit facility and funding round.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Latin America
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E3 Capital and Lion’s Head Climate Fund Hits First Close at $48 Million to Back African Startups
E3 Low Carbon Economy Fund for Africa joins the growing list of funds backing startups in Africa’s climate tech sector.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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African B2B E-Commerce Startup Sabi Tops $300 Million Valuation in New Funding
Sabi is providing digital commerce infrastructure to Africa’s informal economy.
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- Finance, Technology
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Asian Development Bank Investing $25 Million in Private Equity Fund to Grow Middle-Market Companies in Southeast Asia
The multilateral lender signed a $25 million equity investment in the private equity fund managed by Singapore-headquartered investment firm Exacta.
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- Education, Finance, Health Care, Investing
- Region
- South Asia
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Analysis: Activist Investors and NGOs Leaving Regulators in Their Wake in the U.K.
The two claims reflect a wider trend of activist litigations brought by NGOs (non-governmental organisations) and investors in the United Kingdom and overseas in bids to move the dial closer toward the target of net zero, even when governments and regulators appear to lack the same resolve.” (That may be a longer blurb than usual, but I think it’s warranted in this case
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Global
- Tags
- climate change, corporations, ESG, NGOs
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US Government Announces $300 Million Funding to Establish a First-Of-Its-Kind Data Centre in Ghana
DFC Corporation announced that it is using its $300 million loan facility to Africa Data Centers (ADCs).
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- data
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Analysis: ESG Data Can Keep Businesses Accountable, but Only if It Can Be Trusted
ESG data will be vital in painting a picture of how and where industries are succeeding – or failing – in the battle to reach net zero.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Global
- Tags
- data, ESG, greenwashing
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