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Impact Investors Getting Savvier, More Efficient: Report
Impact investors are getting more sophisticated and efficient as they make performance and capital allocation decisions, according to a report released Thursday by the Global Impact Investing Network.
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- Investing
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African Tech Startups Raise Over $700 Million in 2020 Despite Pandemic
African tech startups raised more funding from more investors than ever before in 2020 despite the Covid-19 pandemic.
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- Coronavirus, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Surveying the Landscape for Social Investments in Africa: A Major New Study Assesses the Current State of Play on the Continent
The social investment sector in Africa is dynamic and growing – but it’s struggling to close the enormous Sustainable Development Goals financing gap. The African Venture Philanthropy Alliance (AVPA) explored the opportunities and obstacles facing social investors on the continent in an ambitious new study, “The Landscape for Social Investments in Africa.” NextBillion interviewed AVPA’s CEO, Frank Aswani, to discuss the study’s findings, and what they say about the current state of social investment in Africa.
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- Entrepreneurship, Investing
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2020 MOST INFLUENTIAL ARTICLE CANDIDATE: Liquidity Before Solvency: A Guide for Microfinance Investors in the Time of COVID-19
Among microfinance investors, there's growing concern that the COVID-19 pandemic will push providers toward insolvency, with fewer loans and shrinking portfolios leading MFIs to default on their debt. But Daniel Rozas at e-MFP argues that in a crisis, preserving MFIs’ liquidity must take precedence over maintaining their solvency. To that end, he urges investors to commit to a six-month moratorium on debt repayments from MFIs.
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- Coronavirus, Finance
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AVPA Launches Africa Social Investment Landscape Mapping Study Report
Insights into the current state of the social investment landscape and key trends that will influence the increased flow of capital into social investments in Africa
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- Entrepreneurship, Finance, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Fear on the wild frontier as riskier stock markets left trailing
Frontier stocks have trailed bigger emerging markets in recovering from the coronavirus-induced crash as liquidity has dried up and investors beat a hasty retreat.
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How Future Africa Invested $1 Million Across 9 African Startups in Q3 2020
Future Africa, a platform that provides capital, coaching, and community for African innovators, just announced that it invested a total of $1 million in nine African startups in the third quarter of this year.
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- Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: China Investors Rethink Market Risk After Ant’s Scuppered IPO
Lure of big returns remains despite unwelcome reminder of Beijing's power
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- Asia Pacific
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