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MicroVest Invests in Financiera Finexpar to Boost Agricultural Development in Paraguay
The investment aims to enhance access to financing for agricultural and livestock Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Paraguay.
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- Agriculture, Environment
- Region
- Latin America
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Press Release: Vantage Capital Signs a €30 Million Deal with Promamec
This investment will enable Promamec to finance its development plan that involves strengthening its positioning in sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Health Care, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- insurance
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aYo Launches Affordable Microinsurance in Cameroon
African insurtech aYo Holdings has launched its operations in Cameroon with innovative insurance products that offer local consumers affordable accident and death cover.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Heat Last Year, Untimely Rains This Year: India’s Wheat Crop Takes a Hit Again
Devinder Sharma believes the existing crop insurance scheme has been designed to benefit the private insurance companies rather than the farmers.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- agtech, climate change, data, impact measurement, insurance, scale
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Forget about Mobile Money, Invest in Insurtech Instead: The Untapped Triple Bottom Line Opportunity in Nigeria
Nigeria has one of the lowest insurance penetration rates in the world, at just 0.5%. But as Brian Yu at Shecluded explains, this low uptake means the industry is poised for disruption and growth. He explores how insurtech innovators are addressing the key problems plaguing the sector — namely, a lack of accessibility, affordability and customer trust — and calls for funders to look past their traditional focus on mobile money and invest in the insurtech businesses that are transforming the way the industry serves low-income customers.
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- Finance, Investing, Technology
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Faulu Microfinance Bank Targets Farmers with Sh1.5 Billion Loan in Kenya
Rising input prices, climate change and limited market access have left farmers struggling to meet planting expenses.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Bringing Agricultural Insurance to Climate-Vulnerable Farmers: A Unique Pilot Program in Nepal Shows How to Unlock the Benefits of Index-Based Insurance for Smallholders
Nepal's topography and climatic conditions make it uniquely prone to natural disasters. As Maria Perdomo at UNCDF explains, these disasters threaten the country's economic development, and smallholder farmers and rural women are disproportionately affected. She discusses a UNCDF pilot program that brought agricultural insurance coverage to Nepali smallholders, and shares learnings from the program that could inform efforts to deliver insurance to farmers in other climate-vulnerable countries in Asia and beyond.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Finance
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South Africa’s Guardrisk Has $2.8 Million to Invest in Innovative Insurtech Solutions
South African cell captive insurance provider Guardrisk is looking for innovative insurtech startups to back via its ZAR50 million (US$2.8 million) LAUNCHPAD initiative.
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- Uncategorized
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- innovation, insurance, partnerships, startups
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