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CDC Group Is Partnering with FirstBank to Support Women and Small Business Owners with a $100 Million Credit Facility
We announced today a US$100 million finance facility to First Bank of Nigeria Limited (FirstBank). This new facility will direct funding to women-owned and led businesses as well as to local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria.
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- Entrepreneurship, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: 2X Challenge Exceeds Initial Target by Committing and Mobilizing $4.5 Billion in Capital Towards Women’s Economic Empowerment
The 2X Challenge is a multilateral initiative launched during the G7 Charlevoix Summit with the ambitious objective of deploying and mobilizing unprecedented amounts of capital to support projects that empower women as entrepreneurs, as business leaders, as employees and as consumers of products and services that enhance their economic participation.
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- Investing
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- 2X Challenge, CDC Group, CDP, coronavirus, DEG, development finance, DFC, EIB, FinDev Canada, Finnfund, FMO, gender lens, GIIN, IFU, impact invest, JBIC, JICA, Proparco, SIFEM, women entrepreneurs