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Equator Raises $55 Million to Support African Climate Tech Startups
Despite Equator’s goal of reducing dependence on aid, its fund is still backed by several DFIs and philanthropic organizations.
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- Environment, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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USAID Cuts Shutter India’s First Clinic for Transgender People
India's first medical clinic for transgender people has shut operations in three cities after US President Donald Trump stopped foreign aid to it.
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- Health Care
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- Asia Pacific
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Africa’s Startup Funding Crisis Deepens as Mastercard Foundation Exits Top VC Firm
Mastercard Foundation pulls out of its $100 million commitment to African venture capital firm 54 Collective.
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- Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: The Life You Can Save and Founders Pledge Launch Rapid Response Fund to Sustain Critical Global Health and Development Programs
In the face of imminent federal funding cuts, the Fund will ensure that some of the world's highest-impact charities and programs can continue to function.
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- Health Care
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- Global
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The Global Aid Industry is Repeating the Mistakes that Caused the 2008 Financial Crisis: A Warning from a Former Leader at Lehman Brothers
In 2008, the failure of a single institution, Lehman Brothers, triggered a global financial crisis — not because of Lehman alone, but because of the unseen interdependencies that held the world’s financial system together. According to David Davies at AgUnity, a leader at Lehman Brothers during the 2008 crisis, America is in the process of making the same catastrophic mistake in global aid. He explains why the collapse of USAID threatens to bring down the deeply interconnected global aid system, impacting hundreds of millions of people — and urges private foundations, philanthropists and impact investors to step up.
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MacArthur Foundation to Increase Giving for Two Years in Response to ‘Crisis’
The move was prompted by the Trump administration’s freeze on federal foreign aid and the now-suspended freeze on federal grants.
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- Environment
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- Global
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- nonprofits, philanthropy
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Viewpoint: The Wrong Way to End Aid
Why? Because foreign assistance, though charitable, isn’t charity. It’s a strategic investment that safeguards America’s most important interests while reflecting its highest values.
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- Uncategorized
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- Global
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New Analysis: International Finance for Climate and Health Increased to US$7.1 Billion in 2022, but Financing Remains Difficult to Access for the Most Climate-Impacted Countries
This analysis was conducted by SEEK Development in partnership with adelphi consult and AfriCatalyst.
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- Environment, Health Care
- Region
- Global