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PRESS RELEASE: Root Capital Announces New $15 Million Lending Facility to Finance African Agricultural Enterprises
The company will finance agricultural enterprises throughout sub-Saharan Africa to enhance local food security and stimulate inclusive economic growth in the region.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Can China’s Financial System Become More Inclusive?
Beijing is trying to make finance accessible to those traditionally denied it, with mixed results.
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- Asia Pacific
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Latin America development bank CAF eyes presence in Cuba
The Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) aims to be the first multilateral lender present in Cuba, its executive president said on Thursday, as the communist-run island seeks foreign investment amid a diplomatic opening to the United States.
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- Impact Assessment
- Region
- Latin America
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- lending
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Weekly Roundup: Natural Born Entrepreneurs: Why veterans make great businesspeople – and how the U.S. could help them succeed
As the U.S. salutes its veterans this Memorial Day, one of their under-appreciated contributions to the country is drawing increasing attention: their affinity for entrepreneurship. We discuss the reasons behind this phenomenon and the ways the public and private sectors are supporting it, in this roundup.
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- Social Enterprise
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Bitcoin Microfinance Can ‘Reach Anyone with a Cell Phone Who Wants a Friggin’ Loan’
How bitcoin — or other cryptocurrencies — along with microfinance and mobile technology could form a new platform that would make it easier to dole out loans and charity.
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- lending, microfinance
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Vodacom’s M-Pesa Growth Still Not Reaching South Africa
Vodacom identified mobile money service m-Pesa as a growth engine but its 2014/15 results showed this to be truer internationally than in South Africa.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- lending, savings, telecommunications
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India’s Bad Loans Situation May Not Have Peaked Yet, Says RBI Chief
India's banking system may not yet have seen the peak in bad loans, the Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan said on Thursday, adding the central bank was working with lenders to recognise and resolve these non-performing assets.
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- South Asia
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Press Release: TriLinc Global Impact Fund Makes Impact Investments in Africa and Latin America
TriLinc Global Impact Fund (“TriLinc” or the “Company”) announced today that it has recently approved $3.97 million in trade finance transactions to companies in South Africa and Argentina. The transaction details are summarized below.
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- impact investing, lending
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