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African Development Bank, Government of Chad Sign $650,000 Grant Agreement to Extend Digital Financial and Non-financial Services to Women and Youth
The funding will advance the Microfinance Development Support Project for Women and Youth Entrepreneurship.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Symbiotics Investments Provides a US $10 Million Gender-Focused Bond to Khan Bank in Mongolia
This is the first bond in Mongolia with the explicit purpose of supporting the SDGs through a gender lens.
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- Investing
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Report: Smallest Agri-SMEs in Africa Owner-Managed by Women Bore the Brunt of COVID-19
The new research was led by a team of CABI scientists and published in the journal CABI Agriculture & Bioscience.
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- COVID-19, MSMEs, research, women entrepreneurs
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SME Growth Lab Partners with Shecluded to Empower African Female Entrepreneurs
As part of the 2023 IWD, SME Growth Lab Africa and Shecluded launched an only-female accelerator to provide a ₦1 million shared grant to five African entrepreneurs.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Visa Foundation Commits $5 Million to Support Women Entrepreneurs in Africa
Visa Foundation says it expects to contribute $5 million in grants and impact investments in Africa that will support women’s participation in the digital economy.
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- Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: A $7 Million Gift from MacKenzie Scott Will Help Village Enterprise End Extreme Poverty for 20 Million People in Africa
As Women’s History Month comes to a close, Village Enterprise is thrilled to announce a gift of $7 million from MacKenzie Scott.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Health Care, Technology
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African Development Bank Decries Inadequate Funding for Female Entrepreneurs With $42 Billion Financing Gap in Africa
The AfDB President, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina made the call during Access Bank’s International Women’s Day Conference held in Lagos, Investors King reports.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Outgrowing the Flower Pot: Why Just Selling Productive Equipment to Smallholder Farmers is Not Enough
A new wave of companies are bringing equipment powered by renewable, decentralized energy to smallholders, and these devices can significantly boost farmers' yields and product quality. But as Daniel Waldron, Christopher Emmott, Priyanka Dudeja, Paraag Sabhlok and Chris Wayne at Acumen explain, just like a tree growing in a flower pot, this new growth can become a burden if it has nowhere to go. They argue that productive equipment must be combined with market access interventions to truly benefit smallholders, and highlight two innovative companies that are demonstrating the impact of this approach.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Investing, Social Enterprise, Technology
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