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Press Release: Visa Foundation Commits To Uplift Women Entrepreneurs Across Sub-Saharan Africa Through Its Equitable Access Initiative
As part of its $200 Million Equitable Access Initiative, Visa Foundation commits $1 Million to two local organizations – AfriLabs and Graça Machel Trust – building on its efforts to support gender diverse and inclusive small and micro businesses
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- Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Addressing India’s Economic Achilles Heel: Leveraging Trade and Digitalisation to Boost Women’s Labour Force Participation
India will soon become the world’s most populous country and third-largest economy, and it is a bright spot in an otherwise gloomy global economic forecast. But as international development consultant Abhirup Bhunia points out, the labour force participation rate for women in India is just 24% — far lower than most countries. He argues that India will not realize its potential if women’s economic participation fails to increase, and explores how the country can leverage international trade and digitalisation to empower women to drive its emergence as a global economic powerhouse.
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- Finance, Technology
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Analysis: These Startups Are Helping Women While Reforesting Africa
Rural communities and especially women are crucial to the reforestation movement.
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- Environment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: IFC Invests in Vinci Partners’ New Fund to Support the Growth of Medium-Sized Companies in Brazil
IFC is investing in Vinci Capital Partners IV to support the growth of medium-sized enterprises, which are key to job creation, increased productivity, and sustainable development in Brazil.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- Latin America
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Asian Development Bank and Cambodia Post Bank Sign $10 Million Loan to Support Recovery of MSMEs From Pandemic
The loan will expand access to finance, and at least 50% of the proceeds are marked to finance MSMEs led by women.
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- Finance, Health Care
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- South Asia
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Press Release: IFC and Itaú Partner in a Gender Bond to Support Women Entrepreneurship in Brazil
IFC subscribed $200 million in a gender bond to Itaú Unibanco to support the bank's lending program to women-owned small and medium enterprises in Brazil.
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- Investing
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- Latin America
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African Development Bank’s AFAWA Hits $1 Billion Investment Milestone in Lending to Women Entrepreneurs in Africa
This is yet another milestone for the bank following a historic summit last week to tackle the escalating challenges of food security in Africa.
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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South African Corporate Travel Agency Looks to Embolden Women Under New Investor
A pioneering female-focused private equity fund has backed a management buyout at Johannesburg's Club Travel Corporate.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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