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‘Moonshot’ Education Finance Facility Aims to Turn $1 Into $7 in LMICs
The International Finance Facility for Education is finally up and running — and it’s “a smart aid approach,” according to its first CEO, Karthik Krishnan.
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- Global
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Analysis: We Tested AI Impact Assessments. Here’s What We Learned.
Can generative AI speed up and strengthen impact-performance assessment of venture investments?
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- Social Enterprise
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- Global
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VC Firm Crane Launches $135 Million Fund in Asia Pacific
Crane Venture Partners was founded in 2015 and invests in technology companies at early stages across multiple regions.
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- Investing, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Ze-Gen and Clasp Announce Strategic Partnership to Drive Quality and Accelerate Innovation in Solar Generators
ZE-Gen and CLASP will launch a new international Solar Generator competition with $100k in innovation prizes under the Global LEAP Awards.
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- Energy
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- Global
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Bangladesh Bank to Launch Instant Payment Platform with Gates Foundation Support
If successful, the initiative could be a turning point for Bangladesh’s financial sector - reducing costs, improving transparency, etc.
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- Finance
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- Asia Pacific
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T. Rowe Price Launches Blue Bond Emerging Markets Strategy to Help Catalyze Finance for a Sustainable Blue Economy
"The strategy is aligned with UN Sustainable Development Goals 6 and 14, which target clean water and healthy marine habitats, and is classified under Article 9 of the European Union's Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR)."
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- WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Kenya’s SunCulture Raises USD $5 Million to Scale Solar-Powered Irrigation in Africa
SunCulture offers solar-powered irrigation pumps, providing smallholder farmers with a sustainable and affordable alternative to diesel or manual systems.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Investing, Social Enterprise, WASH
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Afreximbank and Shelter Afrique Development Bank (ShafDB) Forge Strategic Partnership to Unlock US $1 Billion in Investments
In addition to financing, the JPPF also incorporates a robust capacity-building programme aimed at enhancing the project preparation skills of ShafDB staff, etc.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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