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Symbiotics Launches $5 Million Gender Sukuk With Kashf Foundation, Pakistan
Kashf Foundation is driven by its mission to deliver high-quality and sustainable microfinance services to low-income families and female micro-entrepreneurs.
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- Investing
- Region
- North Africa & Near East
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Circulate Capital Closes Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) Fund at Over US$75M, One of the Region’s Largest Environmental Funds; Firm’s Total AUM Reaches Approximately US$265 Million
New Investment Partners join the LAC Fund, Including iAlumbra, Heading for Change, Sea Forward, and LATAM Impact Fund.
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- Latin America
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IFC Invests in IIX’s Women’s Livelihood Bond™ 7 to Fund High-Impact Women Enterprises in South and Southeast Asia
The subordinated debt will be invested through the Advancing Gender Equality, Resilience, Opportunity and Inclusion Worldwide (GROW) facility, in partnership with the Government of Canada.
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- Investing
- Region
- South Asia
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responsAbility to Invest up to USD 15 Million in August Energy
August Energy focuses on decentralised energy infrastructure for commercial and industrial (C&I) clients in India and Southeast Asia.
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- Energy, Environment
- Region
- Global
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Press Release: Goodwell and Alitheia invest in Hinckley E-Waste Recycling Ltd.
Goodwell and Alitheia invested in Hinckley through uMunthu II, a fund providing smart equity to early growth stage companies throughout Africa.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- impact investing, recycling, waste
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Africa Go Green Fund Signs an $18 Million Senior Debt Facility with Cold Solutions Kazi Limited
Agriculture remains the backbone of Uganda’s economy, yet growth in the sector is consistently held back by inadequate post-harvest handling and the absence of temperature-controlled storage infrastructure.
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Valante Capital Launches Ascend Fund II With $115 Million First Close and Three Strategic Investments
IDC Network's Private Equity arm advances its regional consolidation strategy with anchor platforms in food and distribution across Latin America and the U.S.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
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Report: UNICEF and Partners Bring Child-Lens Investing to the Forefront of Global Financial Inclusion
The four organizations, along with a cohort of impact investors and financial services companies, have collaborated to embed the child-lens impact assessment approach into the 2025 Microfinance Index (MFI Index), the world's largest financial inclusion study grounded in customer voice.
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- Education, Health Care
- Region
- Global
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