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Jack Ma Boosting Africa’s Tech Innovation with Netpreneur Award
The Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI), set up by the Jack Ma Foundation, which is attracting a prize money increase to $1.5 million from $1 million, will enhance technology innovation among African entrepreneurs, writes Emma Okonji.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- philanthropy
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Press Release: The Visa Foundation Announces Grantees to Support COVID-19 Recovery in U.S. and Canada
The North America funding includes $1 million total towards hunger relief across the U.S. and Canada to Feeding America and Food Banks Canada, respectively. The additional funds will support first responders and health care workers, with grants to the American Red Cross and Direct Relief.
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- Coronavirus
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- North America
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Impact Investor Networks Collaborate to Tackle Covid-19 Fallout
A broad group of impact investing networks supported by several foundations has created a coalition to leverage their combined expertise and capital, and to speed up the information flow on financing needs, to tackle many of the consequences that have surfaced from the coronavirus pandemic.
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- Coronavirus, Investing
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What More Could Donors Be Doing on COVID-19?
Development professionals in Latin America and the Caribbean are most frustrated with donors’ response — 88% of respondents based there feel donors are not doing enough, followed by 79% in North America.
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In Philanthropy, Race Is Still a Factor in Who Gets What, Study Finds
The data is being released to show the philanthropic community how entrenched and persistent unequal funding is, said Cheryl L. Dorsey, president of Echoing Green
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- data, philanthropy, research
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Press Release: Foundations Seek Positive Net Impact Across a Spectrum of Capital
Foundations that align their endowment investments with their mission are able to meet their fiduciary duty, generate returns, make greater impact and create liquidity in their portfolios, asserts a Toniic report released today.
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- Investing
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Moving Past Traditional Philanthropy: A Q&A with Enterprise Development Pioneer Frank Giustra
Earlier this year, the Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership announced that it was spinning off from the Clinton Foundation, where it had been an initiative since its founding in 2007. The independent organization, now called Acceso, works to build businesses and connect them to the broader marketplace – particularly in Latin America. Its founder, Frank Giustra, discusses its new focus and ongoing work in this Q&A.
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- Agriculture, Investing, Social Enterprise
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Gates Foundation’s Efforts to Fight Coronavirus, Explained
The Gates Foundation has emerged as a leader in the coronavirus response.
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- Coronavirus
- Region
- North America
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