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Resilience in the Face of ChangeNews
Empower New Energy and Multiconsult have entered a partnership aiming to accelerate renewable energy projects through a multitude of actions.
Press Release: Empower New Energy and Multiconsult Partner to Scale Up Distributed Solar in Africa
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There’s growing momentum behind gender lens strategies in impact investing. But according to Yaquta Kanchwala Fatehi at the William Davidson Institute and Lisa Willems and Ladé Araba at the AlphaMundi Foundation, investors tend to apply a gender lens to their investing and pipeline development activities – but not to technical assistance and other types of post-investment support. They share findings from a recent study from the Gender-Smart Enterprise Assistance Research Coalition (G-SEARCh) consortium, which explores the business case for gender-smart technical assistance for small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
Bringing a Gender Lens to Technical Assistance: New Research Reveals the Benefits and Costs of Gender-Smart TA to SMEs and InvestorsNews
The world’s largest money manager fired off a letter to attorneys general in 19 states rebutting claims about its position on climate-minded investing.
BlackRock Seeks to Defend Its Reputation Over E.S.G. Fight
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Wave’s rise has burst open the mobile money landscape in the West African country by fueling competition with existing players.
Analysis: Francophone Africa’s First Unicorn Is Disrupting the Region’s Mobile Money Market. But Can It Last?
Blog Post
As impact investing evolves, there are a growing number of impact measurement solutions available to investors and the ecosystem at large. But as Shruti Goel at Upaya Social Ventures and Sachi Shenoy at Calidris explain, the deluge of impact measurement data, frameworks and methods can be confusing. They share some key lessons Upaya has learned in its 11 years of supporting impactful entrepreneurs, and explore how investors can develop a robust measurement strategy that helps them understand the breadth and depth of their impact.
Designing an Impact Measurement Strategy: What’s Your North Star?News
87% of credit demand by small businesses in Latin America is unmet, and R2’s goal is to change this reality through an embedded lending infrastructure.
R2 Closes $15 Million Series A Round to Provide Frictionless Credit to Small BusinessesBlog Post
Africa’s consumer market is one of the fastest-growing in the world. But as Fehintolu Olaogun at CredPal points out, this growth has primarily occurred without consumer credit, as most sub-Saharan African economies remain cash-driven at the retail level. He explains why African markets need the kind of organized credit systems that are enjoyed by consumers in more developed markets, and explores the impact that credit access can have on e-commerce, informal commerce and overall economic growth in the region.
Why Credit is Key to Unlocking Africa’s Consumer Markets and Boosting Economic Growth
