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Overcoming Barriers to Impact Investment in Africa: Interviews with Fund Managers Reveal Three Promising Solutions to the Continent’s Funding Gap
African-based investment fund managers face an uphill battle to secure the capital they need to invest in home-grown enterprises, particularly when social impact is a key part of their investment strategies. Bernard Chidzero, Nkanyiso Hlongwa and Serena Fu at The Bridgespan Group share highlights from a recent report based on interviews with 25 stakeholders in the continent's impact investing sector, which reveal the obstacles faced by African fund managers — and some potential solutions.
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- Investing, Social Enterprise
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Amazon to Launch South Africa Marketplace in 2024, Sellers Can Register from Today
The launch of Amazon's marketplace will bring big competition to South Africa's existing e-commerce companies.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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What’s the Most Efficient Way to Deploy Mini-Grid Distribution Infrastructure?: A Study Assesses Different Approaches — And Finds a Clear Winner
Mini-grids have emerged as a viable technology to accelerate energy access in sub-Saharan Africa, but if they hope to become commercially sustainable, their profitability and distribution infrastructure must improve. Tombo Banda, Charles Sweetland and Faisal Olanipekun at CrossBoundary share the preliminary results of a Mini-Grid Innovation Lab study that explores the most efficient ways to deploy a distribution grid, highlighting the benefits and challenges of different approaches.
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- Energy, Technology
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Bamboo Charts Next Stage of Impact-Led Growth with Its First CEO
David joins Bamboo at a crucial time as the firm looks to broaden and deepen its positive and sustainable impact in emerging and frontier markets.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Global
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South African Fintech Startup Stitch Announces $25 Million Series A Extension Round
The funding will be used by Stitch to continue building its end-to-end payments solutions.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- business development, MSMEs, scale
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Malaysian Pension Fund KWAP Launches $107 Million to Boost Malaysia’s Venture and Startup Ecosystem
According to the statement, Dana Perintis encompasses two strategic pillars: investments into selected Malaysia-focused venture capital (VC) funds and direct investments into early-stage companies.
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- Investing
- Region
- South Asia
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Analysis: Nearshoring in Latin America: A New Horizon for Venture Capital Investment and Startups
Discover how nearshoring in Latin America opens up opportunities for venture capital investment and startups.
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- Investing
- Region
- Latin America
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Looking Back, Looking Forward: Exploring NextBillion’s New Features and Updated Design, As We Approach Our Third Decade Online
Yesterday, NextBillion launched the latest phase of our ongoing site redesign. Since this redesign represents one of the most significant shifts of the site’s features and functionality in our almost 20-year history, we wanted to explain the thinking behind these changes, and explore how our new design reflects both NextBillion’s ongoing evolution, and the evolution of the broader “impact media” space.
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- Social Enterprise
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