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Airtel Money Gets $2.2 Billion Injection as It Takes on Jio Financial
Airtel Money, a “high-performance credit engine”, aims to narrow the credit gap, as millions of Indians are still without a traditional bank account.
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- Finance, Telecommunications
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Leveraging the Currency of Trust: How Social Commerce Data Can Inform Risk Management and Bring Formal Finance to Women-Led MSMEs
Across emerging markets, millions of women entrepreneurs operate in trust-based economies invisible to formal credit systems. As Nabilla Prita Fiandini and Monica Christy at MicroSave Consulting (MSC) explain, these businesses rely on their social reputations and customer relationships to survive, and often use platforms like Facebook and WhatsApp to market their products. They share insights from a recent MSC report based on surveys and interviews with hundreds of social sellers across Indonesia, exploring how data from these entrepreneurs' social commerce activity can be used to boost their access to formal finance.
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- Finance
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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
- Region
- Latin America
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African Development Bank Approves $16.5 Million Loan to Boost Kenya’s Clean Energy Transition
Beyond expanding generation capacity, the project will deliver affordable, sustainable baseload power to Kenya’s national grid at one of the lowest tariffs in the country, helping to drive down overall electricity costs.
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- Energy, Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Spark+ Africa Lends $1 Million to Expand Clean Cooking Loans in Ghana
The transaction is part of a series of recent Spark+ financings aimed at supporting clean cooking in Africa.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nigeria’s Paystack Moves Into Lending as It Acquires Ladder Microfinance Bank
Despite the number of players in Nigeria’s lending market, there’s still a substantial credit gap for small businesses estimated at around ₦13 trillion in unmet financing.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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DEG Provides EUR 30 Million Funding to Africa Go Green Fund to Scale Energy Efficiency and Climate-Friendly Solutions Across Africa
AGG targets the scale-up of commercially viable climate solutions that reduce emissions and improve energy efficiency.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Kenya Licenses 42 New Digital Lenders as It Seeks to Capitalize on Mobile Money
The country has one of the most advanced mobile money ecosystems in emerging markets, providing Kenyans with access to finance that is mobilized for everything from paying medical bills to launching businesses.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- digital payments, fintech, lending
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