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Press Release: Impact Investment Exchange (IIX) Closes the Women’s Livelihood Bond™ 5 – the Fifth Issuance in the Women’s Livelihood Bond™ Series and the World’s First Orange Bond
The US$50 million IIX Women’s Livelihood Bond™ 5 is the first sustainable debt security in the market issued in compliance with the Orange Bond Principles and is expected to empower ~300,000 women and girls across Asia and Africa.
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- Investing
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- Global
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African Development Fund Provides Grant of $12 Million to Develop the Financial Market and Drive Financial Inclusion in the Democratic Republic of Congo
The African Development Bank Group has approved a $12 million grant to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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African Development Bank Fund Offers $8.9 Billion for Vulnerable African Countries
The $8.9 billion replenishment package includes $8.5 billion in core ADF funding and $429 million for the newly created Climate Action Window.
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- Environment, Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The Federal Government of Nigeria Boosts World Bank-Assisted Girls’ Education With $700 Million
Nigeria is boosting World Bank’s $500 million funding for Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE).
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- impact investing, youth
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Delta and JA Africa Further STEM and Business Education
Delta Air Lines and Junior Achievement Africa have renewed their partnership to advance business and STEM.
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- Education
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- partnerships, youth
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African Development Bank Launches Multinational Project for Youth Empowerment in Nigeria, DRC, Uganda
The initiative will support young farmers who are attracted to urban farming
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Microsoft, African Development Bank Partner to Promote Youth Entrepreneurship
Through a public-private partnership model, the alliance aims to assist the creation of national institutions that will scale up financial and technical support for young entrepreneurs.
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- Uncategorized
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- partnerships, youth
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Getting Children Back to School: Lessons Learned from Uganda as it Ends the World’s Longest COVID-19 Shutdown
Uganda recently reopened schools after the world’s longest COVID-19 shutdown. Due to limited access to online education, most young people had not been learning for nearly two years – and officials estimate that roughly a third won't ever return to school. Atul Tandon and Andrew McCusker at Opportunity International explore the impact of pandemic closures on low-cost private schools in the country, discuss the particular risks of school closures for girls, and share three key lessons that can help schools successfully reopen and bring students back to the classroom.
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- Coronavirus, Education
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- COVID-19, gender equality, youth