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Press Release: IFC Partners with Thai Credit Retail Bank to Help Boost Access to Finance for Small Businesses, Women Entrepreneurs in Thailand
Proceeds from the loan will be used to support MSMEs in Thailand, with at least 50 percent earmarked for women-owned or led MSMEs (WMSMEs).
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- Investing
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- South Asia
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Report: Small Online Businesses Outperform Traditional Traders With 93% Export Rate in 18 Countries
According to the report, the small businesses from emerging economies are more focused on achieving success in exporting compared to those from advanced economies.
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- Technology
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- Global
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BlueOrchard Raises $50 Million in Climate Adaptation Fund’s Second Closing
The fund aims to mobilise private sector capital to support climate change adaptation and build resilience in emerging markets.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Investing
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- Global
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Press Release: IFC Partners with Orange Bank Africa to Increase Digital Lending for Small Businesses in West Africa
According to the World Bank Group's MSME finance gap report, 63 percent of MSMEs in Senegal and 57 percent in Côte d'Ivoire experience constraints when accessing a loan or line of credit.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund Invests $30 Million in Eastcastle Infrastructure
The project aims to include benefits associated with democratizing access to markets.
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- Investing, Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- infrastructure, MSMEs
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Independent Research Confirms Value of Bayer’s Smallholder Farming Initiatives
New analysis confirms / Majorities of around 70 to 90 percent of smallholder farmers surveyed report positive social benefits.
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- Agriculture, Technology
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- Global
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A Blueprint for Productive Use of Clean Energy: An Accelerator in Nigeria Generates Solutions for Linking Mini-Grids to Agricultural Equipment in Rural Communities
There are over 70 mini-grids operating in Nigeria today, and similar businesses are delivering clean energy in other underserved communities around the world. But as Scarlett Santana at RMI explains, serving these markets presents unique challenges, since if customers lack productive uses for the electricity they sell, mini-grids’ revenue model fails. She explores how mini-grids can address this challenge by partnering with agricultural equipment providers, and discusses an accelerator co-led by RMI that is providing the ecosystem to make these partnerships happen.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Investing
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Indonesia’s Baskit Secures $3.3 Million Seed Round to Digitize Distribution Infrastructure for SMEs
By helping SMEs in their digital transformation, Baskit aims to create more efficient supply chains efficiency and access to financing.
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- Investing, Technology
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- South Asia