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MIT D-Lab and Upaya Social Ventures Announce Collaboration To Support Women-Led Startups in India
The 2021 Scale-Ups Accelerator, developed in collaboration between MIT D-Lab and Upaya, will prepare women entrepreneurs for investment and pilot new methods to address gender financing gap.
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- Investing
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- Asia Pacific
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Enabling Ecosystems: How To Boost Fintech Innovation and Financial Inclusion During and After COVID-19
Lockdowns in response to COVID-19 have rapidly accelerated digitalization worldwide, particularly in finance. But as analysts from the University of New South Wales, the University of Luxembourg, the University of Hong Kong and GIZ point out, ensuring the safe and inclusive development of digital finance is a major challenge. They explore why an ecosystem-based strategy could be the answer.
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- Coronavirus, Finance, Technology
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Minigrid Company Husk Nabs $5 Million in Funding
Husk Power Systems, a minigrid company that focuses on India and Africa, has received a $5 million investment from FMO, a Dutch development bank.
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- innovation, scale
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When the Economics Don’t Work: Realigning Capital Markets with Development Impact
Agricultural SMEs in Africa face a daunting finance gap, and as Brian Milder, founder and CEO at Aceli Africa points out, current lending approaches aren't enough to fill it. He explores Aceli's solution: taking blended finance a step further by creating a mechanism to align impact with financial sustainability for capital providers across the entire marketplace.
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- Agriculture, Finance, Investing
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Press Release: Tugende Closes USD $6.3 Million Toyota Tsusho-Backed Series A Investment Round
Tugende, a technology-enabled asset finance company operating in Uganda and Kenya, today announced the completion of a USD $6.3M Series A investment round, led by Toyota Tsusho investment fund Mobility 54.
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- Finance, Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Walmart Foundation Announces Two New Grants To Help Smallholder Farmers in India
Both grantees will focus on increasing opportunities for women farmers via farmer producer organizations (FPOs).
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- Agriculture, Finance, Investing
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- Asia Pacific
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Education Outcomes Fund (EOF) Announces Hosting by UNICEF, Global Expansion To Tackle Learning Crisis
The Education Outcomes Fund (EOF) announces today that it is moving to operate as an independent trust fund hosted by UNICEF.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- impact investing, scale
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Press Release: Bamboo and Palladium Agree on a Long-Term Strategic Partnership To Mobilize USD $1 Billion in Impact Capital by 2023
Bamboo and Palladium have joined forces to achieve their shared objective of mobilizing private sector investment at scale to significantly contribute toward the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.
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- Environment, Investing