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Unlocking the Investment Potential of Healthcare in Emerging Markets: How New Technologies, Platform Models and Financing Options are Driving Growth
There is a growing need for new sources of healthcare funding in emerging markets: For instance, Africa accounts for around 2% of global health expenditure — despite representing over 18% of the world’s population and over 20% of the global disease burden. As investor Temi Marcella argues, this disparity presents unique opportunities for investors seeking both profit and impact. She explores how investors can unlock the full potential of healthcare investments in these markets by supporting businesses’ efforts to leverage digital health ecosystems, platform strategies and innovative financing solutions.
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- Finance, Health Care, Investing, Technology
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Expanding Access to Finance for Energy Enterprises: EnDev Partners with Kiva
Through this collaboration, Kiva will provide tailored financial solutions to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the energy access sector across EnDev’s portfolio in sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Report: Beyond Financial Inclusion: What Drives Financial Health for Women Entrepreneurs?
CARE’s new Strive Women report finds digital divide, financial stress and household responsibilities limit business success in emerging markets.
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- Finance
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- Global
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Money Fellows Raises $13 Million in Strategic Funding to Enhance Financial Inclusion in Africa
The new investment aims to enhance and upgrade the company’s digital platform, especially as its user base expands to over 8.5 million users and it continues to collaborate with more than 350 local and regional partners.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Kaleidofin Secures $5.3 Million From IDH Farmfit to Boost Agri-Fintech Offerings
The investment will support Kaleidofin’s efforts to scale its lending portfolio and expand its technology stack, including credit scoring tools, middleware infrastructure, and risk services.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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The Quiet Revival of Microfinance: Why The Sector is Poised for Greater Growth and Impact in 2025 and Beyond
After starting in the 1970s, the microfinance industry had become a global sensation by the early 2000s, only to see its momentum wane over the subsequent decade due to concerns about high interest rates and poor borrower outcomes. But according to Kris Coppock at Five Talents, a number of data points reveal that microfinance has quietly turned a corner in recent years. He explores how the sector is emerging from the malaise that defined the past decade, driven by a lending approach that treats access to capital as just one part of a wider toolkit for building resilience, opportunity and dignity.
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Glovo and Salad Africa Partner to Provide Financing Worth ₦100 Million for SMEs
The partnership will help to close the funding gap for Africa’s SMEs.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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ICD Disburses SME Financing Facility (€15MLN) in Favor of Crédit Communautaire D’Afrique Bank Cameroon
This strategic financing initiative aims to strengthen local SMEs by supporting productive investments.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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