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Press Release: Villgro Africa Pioneering Social Entrepreneurship in Healthcare and Life Sciences
Villgro Africa, an impact investor that inspires, nurtures, and scales innovation by offering customized technical assistance and investments to early stage social entrepreneurs in Africa today celebrated its 5th anniversary as they go beyond their boundaries to serve the rest of Africa.
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- Health Care, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- impact investing, scale, SDGs
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Federal Government To Invest in the Deployment of Mini-Grid Systems To Power 5 Million Homes in 2021
The Minister said the government will invest in Mini-grid systems that will provide power for 5 million homes in 2021.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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How Governments Can Reach People in Extreme Poverty and Build Resilient Livelihoods During COVID-19
Governments around the world have taken fiscal measures that total almost $12 trillion in response to COVID-19. But Lindsay Coates at BRAC argues that most of these programs are short-term and reactive, and many do not reach those most in need of support. She proposes a more comprehensive response – and discusses how the Graduation approach to poverty alleviation can play a role.
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- Coronavirus, Finance, Investing
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Press Release: Angaza Raises $13.5 Million in Series B Financing
Fintech innovator receives funding as it crosses milestone of impacting 12 million lives globally.
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- Energy, Finance, Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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How Should We Measure Impact? We Asked Our Investees.
Ceniarth describes itself as an "impact-first investor," but as senior impact manager Julia Mensink points out, even with its commitment and resources, it has found that there is no simple solution to measuring impact well. She explores what Ceniarth learned by asking all its investees how they measure impact, and shares key insights which may be useful to other investors looking to deepen their impact measurement practices.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing, Social Enterprise, Technology
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Startups and Venture Capital vs. COVID-19: How an INR 1 Billion Grant Program Is Boosting India’s Pandemic Response
India is home to many innovative startups that are leveraging technology to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. To support them, a group of prominent venture capital funds and founders recently launched ACT Grants, an INR 1 billion effort to fund scale-ready solutions to COVID-related challenges. NextBillion spoke with Mekin Maheshwari, founder of Udhyam Learning Foundation – a key partner in the initiative – about how it is helping India’s startups ramp up their battle against the virus.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care, Investing, Technology
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Positioning South Africa for a Green Recovery
Countries not adapting to a green transition will find themselves behind and excluded. They will be behind on the innovation curve, the cost curve and thus be laggards.
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- Environment, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Global Impact Investing Network Raises the Bar on the Real-World Outcomes of Impact Investing With a Focus on Impact Performance
Standardization of impact performance analytics will drive development of benchmarks and ratings.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Finance, Impact Assessment, Investing
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