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Israel’s Rather Different Social Network
ISTANBUL—One of the more unusual presentations at the Webit conference here was from Israel Venture Network, a 10-year social entrepreneurship network targeting some of Israel’s deprived and excluded citizens, in a talk given by the former tech Chief Executive Isabel Maxwell.
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- Investing
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- North Africa & Near East
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Opportunity Africa: How One Social Venture Is Crowdsourcing the For-Profit Finance Model
The best social entrepreneurs are always tweaking the model. In microfinance, crowd-sourced ventures have aimed at connecting first world capital with developing world opportunity – and with some success. A few years ago, I met Mads Kjaer in Oxford and was fascinated by a model that added risk and reward to what had been more a form of philanthropy than investment.
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- Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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USAID and Acumen Partner to Spur Private Debt Capital for Social Enterprises in Developing Countries
New York – Today the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Acumen Fund, a nonprofit global venture fund addressing poverty across Africa and South Asia, announced a collaboration to facilitate the flow of up to $15 million in private debt capital to social enterprises working to provide critical goods and services to the underserved across these regions.
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- Investing
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- venture capital
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Early stage investment growing in Africa tech
The rise of technology hubs over the last couple of years has spurred investment, helped by humanitarian agencies and VCs
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- Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Venture Capital Is Taking Off in Mexico
Mexico has a large, stable and growing economy, currently the 14th largest economy in the world and, according to Goldman Sachs, will be the fifth largest economy by 2050.
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- Investing
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- Latin America
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Get Your Corporate Governance Groove On: Why social entrepreneurs need get in step with reality
You started out with just an idea for a social enterprise, and you’ve worked hard to get the right pieces in place to put it into action. Who’s going to be your CEO? If you’re not ready for that question yet, you should be. You may think the answer is obvious: You. Guess again.
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Microfinance Giant Launches Venture Capital Fund For East Africa
Accion, an international microfinance and investment firm, has launched Venture Lab, a $10 million investment vehicle which will provide seed capital and management support to financial inclusion startups worldwide, with a particular focus on East Africa and India.
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- Investing, Technology
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- North Africa & Near East
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Cisco Invests in Rural Venture Capital Firm
Cisco today announced an investment in Aavishkaar, a venture fund founded to promote development in rural and semi-urban India.
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- Investing
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- South Asia
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