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State of Mexico, Afirme Target 10,000 MSME Loans in 2026
Under the agreement, the state government provides guarantees while the financial institution supplies the capital.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Latin America
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Press Release: CrossBoundary Access and Anka Close a Landmark Acquisition in Madagascar, Reinforcing Momentum Toward Investment in Mini-Grids for Energy Access Across Sub Saharan Africa
This acquisition marks the first exit of early-stage investors from an operational mini-grid platform in Madagascar, demonstrating the growing bankability of the mini-grid asset class and developers.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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World Bank Supports Central Asia’s First Regional Electricity Market to Boost Energy Security and Affordability
During the REMIT Program’s first phase, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, as well as the Central Asian Countries’ Coordinating Dispatch Center (CDC) Energia, will benefit from program grants and concessional financing totaling $143.2 million.
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- Energy, Investing, Technology
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- Europe & Eurasia
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Gates Foundation and OpenAI Launch $50 Million AI Health Program in Africa
Rwanda has emerged as the initial testing ground for the Horizon1000 initiative due to its severe health care worker shortage and the government’s proactive embrace of technology solutions.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Alta Semper Secures USD $57.5 Million from EIB Group and IFC for Growth Fund II to Expand Healthcare Access Across Africa
Alta Semper Growth Fund II focuses on scaling market-leading healthcare and consumer businesses that improve access to affordable, high-quality products and services across Africa and other select growth markets.
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- Finance, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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African Development Fund Mobilises a Historic $11 Billion, Marking a New Era of African Ownership and Investment-Led Development
For the first time in the Fund’s history, 23 African countries have made unprecedented contributions to their own concessional financing window.
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- Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Scaling Through Consortiums: Five Lessons We’ve Learned About Growing Impact Collectively
For impact-focused organizations, consortiums are rarely the easy path to scale. They tend to be slower, more complex and harder to manage than working with a single partner. But according to Emma Colenbrander at Spring Impact, consortiums can also produce solutions that are broader in perspective, stronger in legitimacy and more resilient in practice. She explores these benefits and shares five lessons for maximizing the impact of this sort of collaborative effort.
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- Social Enterprise
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Viewpoint: Rethinking Development Funding Means Making It Matter to the Median Voter
Development assistance that connects global impact with national interest is a formula that voters can understand.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
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