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Impact Manager Acre Raises $100 Million for African Climate Infrastructure
Typically, export credit agencies guarantee up to 85% of loans and require the rest to be raised privately, yet banks' willingness to fund the remainder has declined as such projects carry a higher capital charge and can be hard to reinsure.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Reshaping Africa’s Food Systems: Three Opportunities to Drive Sustainable, Inclusive and Scalable Impact
Africa's agricultural sector is plagued by low yields, fragmented value chains and a large finance gap, and the region is home to 60% of the world’s uncultivated arable land. As Neil Wood, Oscar Garza and Hanna Dohrenbusch at Open Capital explain, these challenges have brought the sector to a critical juncture. They share three key solutions based on Open Capital's work on 450+ agriculture and food systems projects across Africa, which have the power to help drive the future of agriculture on the continent in the decades to come.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Environment, Investing, Technology
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Cancellation of UN Climate Weeks Removes Platform for Worst-Hit Communities
The UNFCCC has said it will not hold regional climate weeks in 2024 due to a funding shortfall – which means less inclusion for developing-country voices.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Global
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Press Release: Viewpoint: Income Inequality High or Rising in 60 Percent of Countries With Loans From IMF and World Bank
Income inequality is high or increasing in 60 percent of low- and middle-income countries receiving grants or loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
- Tags
- global development, SDGs
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World Bank Loans Ethiopia $1.72 Billion for Power, Water Supply Expansion
The bank will allocate $523 million to expand the Horn of Africa nation’s electricity network and boost renewable energy generation, according to the ministry’s statement.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- infrastructure, water
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Report: Africa’s Private Capital Deals Drop for First Time in 7 Years
The report by the African Private Capital Association (AVCA) shows that the volume of deals dropped by 28 percent.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Tideline and Multiplier Advisors Announce Strategic Partnership to Serve the Growing Institutional Interest in Investing in Social Determinants of Health
Partnership between specialized consultants aims to unlock $5 billion in new impact investing capital over 5 years for social determinants of health.
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- Health Care, Investing
- Region
- North America
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Press Release: The Investment Integration Project Releases New Report “System-level Investing: Case Studies of Investors Leading the Way” that Highlights First-Mover Investment Teams That Have Embraced the Practices for System-level Investing
New report includes detailed case studies on California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS), Domini Impact Investments, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation (SPMF), University Pension Plan (UPP), and Wespath Benefits and Investments.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global