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IFC and IDB Invest Forge Partnership with Itaú Unibanco to Issue First Bond with a Focus in Biodiversity and Social Initiatives in Brazil
This marks Itaú's first bond with a focus on biodiversity, aimed at increasing access to credit for green projects.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Latin America
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Women in Business Held Back by Mobile Data’s Cost in Developing World – Report
Nearly half of female entrepreneurs surveyed by Cherie Blair Foundation for Women do not have regular internet access.
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- Technology
- Region
- Global
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Zulum Approves N1 Billion Grant to Boost MSMEs in Nigeria
Speaking at the grant disbursement ceremony in Biu, Governor Zulum reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to empowering small businesses and fostering youth entrepreneurship.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- employment, MSMEs, poverty alleviation, youth
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IFC And ALCB Back West Africa’s First Gender Bond To Boost Women Entrepreneurs
The bond aims to address Côte d’Ivoire's significant credit gap for female entrepreneurs by channelling much-needed capital to nearly 1,200 women-owned small and medium-sized enterprises (WMSMEs).
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Standard Chartered Issues Inaugural €1 Billion Social Bond
Standard Chartered has issued its first-ever social bond. The €1bn instrument is aimed at supporting sustainable development of low-income countries across its portfolio of emerging markets.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
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- food security, impact bonds, infrastructure, MSMEs, SDGs
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Eurazeo Reaches €300 Million First Close With Its Planetary Boundaries Fund
The fund has already made its first investment, taking a majority stake in Bioline AgroSciences, which produces and markets macrobials, a range of microorganisms used in the control of insect pests in a variety of crops.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Environment
- Region
- Global
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- agtech, climate change, MSMEs
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Incofin Invests in Banco Ficohsa Nicaragua to Accelerate Women’s Leadership in Business
Through both capital and strategic support, Banco Ficohsa Nicaragua and Incofin are helping the country’s business sector grow and showing their commitment to equal opportunities.
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- Investing
- Region
- Latin America
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Oze Secures New Funding to Expand Lending Management Solution Across Africa
The undisclosed round will support the company’s efforts to scale its Lending Management System (LMS), a solution designed to help financial institutions provide unsecured digital loans to small businesses.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- corporations, digital finance, fintech, lending, microfinance, MSMEs, scale
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