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Viewpoint: The Economy That Remembers: Institutional Amnesia and the Regenerative Correction
Modern capitalism has perfected a hidden discipline: the systematic design of economic systems that forget. What we call “externalities” are not costs that disappear — they are consequences displaced. The regenerative economy, at its core, is not simply greener or more inclusive. It is an effort to build systems that remember.
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- Investing, Social Enterprise
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- Global
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Botswana Targets Drug Manufacturing in Health Emergency Recovery
Health Minister Stephen Modise, in an interview, said that while medicines are now more widely available, nationwide the focus is on building strong supply chains with locally manufactured drugs to overcome the high cost of importing medication.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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FinDev Canada Proposes $33 Million Investment in BlueOrchard Initiative
BOCAMF is structured as a 12‑year private debt blended‑finance fund designed to channel capital into climate‑focused interventions across low‑ and middle‑income countries.
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- Environment, Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Swedfund Invests €15 Million in Hummingbirds Gondwana to Scale Nature Projects in Africa
The fresh funding will help restore and safeguard forests and coastal environments, support responsible land use, and expand access to clean cooking technologies.
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- Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Innovation Under Constraint in the Global South
For the impact economy, the central challenge is not replication but responsibility. If scale reshapes power, then impact-aligned capital must take responsibility for how that power is structured and where value ultimately accrues.
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- Social Enterprise
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- Global
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Press Release: EAAIF Commits EUR 40 Million of Sustainability-Linked Financing to Support the Upgrade and Expansion of Cabo Verde’s National Airport Network
The financing will support Phase 1B of a 40-year concession awarded in 2023 to Cabo Verde Airports, and will fund critical capacity upgrades, runway extensions, terminal expansions, etc.
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- Transportation
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- Asia Pacific
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PwC Takes Over Koko Networks After Clean-Cooking Startup Enters Administration
The collapse caps nearly two years of worsening financial and operational pressure, including in 2024 when Koko was forced to pivot to more expensive and often insufficient local supply, a shift insiders say squeezed margins and destabilised its fuel logistics.
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- Energy, Environment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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African Development Bank and Djibouti Sign Agreements for $80 Million to Strengthen Infrastructure and Food Security
The program aims to improve food security, enhance climate resilience, and support sustainable livelihoods through climate‑smart agriculture, more robust pastoral and agro‑pastoral systems, and economic opportunities for women and youth.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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