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Report: The Capital Women Need, for the Future We All Need
Melinda French Gates pens the foreword to a new paper that addresses the need to expand access to affordable credit for women entrepreneurs in the Global South.
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- Finance
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- Global
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Tunisia’s ANAVA Pledges $4.3 Million into Janngo Capital
The target is on early-stage tech and tech enabled startups that ensure Africans have better access to healthcare, financial services, and education.
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- Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Dvara KGFS Raises $14.4 Million Investment from IIX in India
Dvara KGFS, a repeat beneficiary of the WLB Series, is thrilled to extend its cooperation with IIX, an investor that has invested more than $150 million in India through the Series.
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- Investing
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- Asia Pacific
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Viewpoint: Let’s Recognize Women’s Role in Agriculture – And Invest in It
While addressing visible gender gaps is crucial, efforts to promote the voice and leadership of women, and tackle the root causes of gender-based inequalities, are equally important for ensuring long-term results.
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- Agriculture
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- Asia Pacific
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Energy Poverty is Not Gender Blind: How Companies, Funders and Policymakers Can Empower Female Energy Consumers Across Africa
While both men and women in sub-Saharan Africa lack access to electricity and clean energy technologies, women pay a bigger price for this lack of access in nearly every imaginable way. Mutale Ngaba, Katie Brauer, Nathalie Gogue-Ebo and Duda Slawek at Open Capital argue that this crucial aspect of the energy access conversation is often overlooked. They explore the gender inequities in energy poverty, and share learnings from Open Capital's work that can guide the efforts of energy companies, funders and policymakers to put women’s needs at the center of energy access efforts in the region.
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- Energy, Environment, Technology
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Village Capital, Standard Chartered Bank Invest in Women-Led Startups
With a primary focus on early-stage, impact-focused startups led by women founders, the initiative seeks to address the gender financing gap that persists in the entrepreneurial ecosystem.
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- Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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WIC Capital Gets $1 Million to Provide Funding for Female-Led SMEs in Francophone Africa
This funding will enable the collective to invest in more businesses led by women in Francophone Africa.
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- Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: IIX’s Women’s Livelihood Bond™ 6 Breaks New Ground with US$100 Million Issuance as the Largest Orange Bond in the Market, Expected to Empower Over 880,000 Women and Girls in the Global South
WLB6 sets a new industry standard as the largest Orange and Sustainability labeled Bond in the market, doubling in size compared to its predecessor.
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- Investing, Technology
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- Global