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ASEAN Social Enterprises Development Programme (ASEAN SEDP) 2023
This programme will provide social enterprises in the ASEAN region with access to opportunities to improve their ventures through increasing access to finance.
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- Social Enterprise
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Press Release: ENGIE Partners With CarbonClear to Finance the Access to Energy Challenge in Africa Through the Voluntary Carbon Market
A landmark partnership was signed today to foster the sustainable development and access to energy financing in Africa through the Voluntary Carbon Markets.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Sao Tome and Principe: African Development Bank Signs $3.2 Million Loan Agreement for Upgrade of National Switch Payment System
Automated Clearing House functionalities will strengthen the clearing and settlement of payments.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Can Pay-As-You-Go Help Clean Up Clean Cooking?
Since 2015, the global focus on clean cooking has grown substantially, bringing more funding, research and attention from policymakers to the sector. But according to Tash Perros at the University of Liverpool, Iwona Bisaga at Loughborough University and Julia Tomei at the UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources, progress remains slow, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. They examine some of the reasons behind the inertia that is plaguing clean cooking access, and explore whether pay-as-you-go business models could catalyze progress.
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- Energy, Environment, Technology
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BII Injects €20 Million Into Meridiam’s Urban Climate Resilience Fund By Benoit-Ivan Wansi in Africa
The UK's development finance institution, is injecting €20 million into the Urban Resilience Fund (Turf).
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Closing the Access Gap for Water and Sanitation in Eastern and Southern Africa
Access to clean water and proper sanitation is a fundamental human right, yet millions of people in Eastern and Southern Africa continue to lack access to these basic services.
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- Technology, WASH
- Region
- Global
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- accelerators, hygiene, poverty alleviation, sanitation, scale, SDGs, water
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Analysis: Impact Investors Are Now Looking at India as a Compelling Opportunity. Here’s Why.
As the 2030 milestone for progress on the sustainable development goals (SDGs) draws near, more funding into achieving the SDGs is needed and a rethink of financing flows from established and emerging economies.
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- Investing
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Press Release: Africa Receives Investment Boost to Develop Water Infrastructure
Metito and British International Investment join forces to establish Africa Water Infrastructure Development platform.
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- climate change, hygiene, infrastructure, sanitation, scale, SDGs, water
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