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International Finance Corporation Proposes $1.5 B Annual Investment in Nigeria
The International Finance Corporation IFC), which is the private sector arm of the World Bank, has unfolded plans to commence an annual investment of $1.5 billion in critical sectors of the Nigerian economy.
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TriLinc Global Impact Fund Makes Impact Investments in Peru, Indonesia, Brazil and Chile
TriLinc Global Impact Fund approves a $576,000 loan on March 25, 2014 to an agro-business company in Peru, bringing total loans funded in 2014 to $5.741 million for business expansion and socioeconomic development in Latin America and Southeast Asia
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- Latin America
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Featured Event: Sankalp Unconvention Summit 2014: There’s still time for NB readers to register at a discount
Sankalp Unconvention Summit 2014 is set for April 9-11 at Hotel Renaissance, Powai, in Mumbai. NextBillion is serving as a media partner for this year’s summit, and there’s still time for NextBillion readers to register by using the discount code: NXTBSUS. The summit is the flagship event of Intellecap’s in-house initiative, Sankalp Forum, a platform for social entrepreneurs.
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Off Grid Electric gets $7M to ‘light Africa in a decade’
Why do more people live without electricity today than when Edison turned on the first light bulb?For as long as he can remember, Xavier Helgesen has been fascinated with this question. And today, he landed $7 million in financing for his Arusha, Tanzania-based venture, Off Grid Electric, which provides solar energy to people in emerging nations.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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“Early-stage investments harder to make” says Omidyar Network’s Bannick
Omidyar Network, the Redwood City, California-based impact investment firm, will allocate $30 million this year across sectors as it looks to pick ventures that cater both to the bottom-of-the-pyramid population as well as the swelling aspirational class in India.
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‘Best Buys’ Depend on Who Holds the Wallet: Global health investors have different priorities, but efficiency seems to resonate with all
Health and development experts sat down in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to discuss “best buys” in global health in 2014. They agreed that the focus should be on specific efficiencies of existing systems, instead of building new systems.
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- Environment, Health Care
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Impact Investing for the Average American
Impact investing has become a buzz word in social enterprise circles but, even today, opportunities to invest are hardly accessible to the average American. Barriers include protective federal regulations as well as the inability to reach scale.
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Financing Sustainable Fisheries With Impact Investments
What’s good for the fish is good for the fishing communities — and for impact investors. That’s the thesis of three new vehicles for investing in sustainable fisheries that will be tested in the Philippines, Chile, and Brazil over the next two years and then offered to investors more broadly.
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- Environment, Impact Assessment
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