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As Impact Investors We Often Miss One Thing: Who Has the Power?
Impact investors are rightly focused on the social impact of the businesses they invest in. But they often overlook a fundamental question: How does the enterprise localize power? Galen Welsch, co-founder of Jibu, explores why the need to empower local markets should be at the core of social business and investing decisions.
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- Energy, Entrepreneurship, Investing
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Inclusive Innovation: How Two Mobile Technology Startups are Changing the Game in Microfinance
Securing a bank loan is an onerous task for anyone. But for the 2.5 billion unbanked people worldwide, the obstacles can seem insurmountable. And microfinance and village savings groups both have significant limitations, particularly for people without a credit history. June Sugiyama of Vodafone Americas Foundation explains how two winners of the foundation's annual Wireless Innovation Project competition are overcoming these limitations through mobile technology.
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- Entrepreneurship, Finance, Technology
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Viewpoint: The One Thing That Might Make Impact Investing Catch On
Investors are hungry for data on impact funds — and a group of managers is working hard to gather and crunch information.
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- Investing
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Viewpoint: Sustainable investing risks becoming a victim of its own success
The world of sustainable and socially responsible finance lacks structure and standards. Without these, there’s little to protect against “greenwashing.”
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- Investing
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Young, African, Employed – How A Ugandan Startup Aims to Mobilize the Continent’s Youth
Almost 80 percent of Ugandans are below the age of 30 – and many of them are struggling to generate a reliable livelihood. Hire the Youth is addressing this issue through online and in-person programs advancing youth employment and education, using a hybrid non-profit and for-profit model. Its founder, Ssenkubuge Kenneth, discusses the challenges the startup has faced – and how it has overcome them – as it aims to expand its services into other African countries.
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- Entrepreneurship
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Press release: Mindtree.org Launches Social Inclusion Platform to Democratize Technology for Micro-Entrepreneurs
The purpose of the Mindtree.org digital platforms is to make digital technology and professional services accessible to millions of local entrepreneurs working in the informal economy. These initiatives help to set up profitable micro-businesses, connected communities and networked marketplaces, improving their income and standard of living.
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- Entrepreneurship, Technology
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- South Asia
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US pension fund TIAA buys stake in social impact investor Aavishkaar-Intellecap
Pension fund Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA) has invested around $32 million (Rs 230 crore) for about 20% stake in social impact investor Aavishkaar-Intellecap Group.
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- Investing
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- South Asia
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UNICEF Backs Blockchain Projects, Bitmain Shutters Israeli Development Center
The organization, which is the charity effort of the United Nations for children, is reportedly putting $100,000 toward the effort.
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- Technology
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