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Myanmar Political Party Uses Microfinance Small Business Loans to Boost Its Election Chances
With the 2020 elections in mind, a political party thwarted by its lack of returns last November plans to make headway with a new microfinance scheme.
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- Investing
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- South Asia
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25 Places to Raise Funding for Your African Tech Startup
African tech startups raised at least US $185.7 million in funding in 2015, and the signs are that 2016 is set to be another big year. Not sure where to look for investment? We’ll make it easy for you with this list of 25 good places to start.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- impact investing
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Changing Tack for That Social Impact
Ten years, two funds and the first close of its third fund, impact investment firm Lok Capital is all set to change tack as it continues to bet on ventures that have a social impact.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- South Asia
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- impact investing
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Rockefeller backs Africa push by Mainstream
The family foundation of the wealthy Rockefeller dynasty has emerged as a backer of an energy project in Africa that's being spearheaded by Eddie O'Connor's Mainstream Renewable Power firm.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Global Partnerships and The Eleos Foundation Launch Social Venture Fund
Global Partnerships (GP) announces the launch of the Global Partnerships/Eleos Social Venture Fund (SVF). The SVF is a new, early-stage impact-led fund investing in social enterprises that expand opportunity for people living in poverty in East Africa.
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- Investing
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Among Foundations, Who’s the Biggest Impact Investor?
Figuring out which foundations engage in the most impact investing is not so easy. While some reports, like a 2015 study by the Center for Effective Philanthropy, have gauged how widespread this practice has become in foundations, actual dollar amounts are still hard to come by—unlike annual grantmaking tallies, which are readily available.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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Weekly Roundup: A $350 Million Boost for New Antibiotics, a ‘Brain Drain’ Dilemma and an Impact Investing ‘Ghetto’
With the global health threat posed by antibiotic resistance, it was kind of a big deal this week when a public-private partnership came up with $350 million to encourage pharmaceutical companies to make new antibiotics. We cover that story – along with the challenges of doctor migration, a landmark legal case against fossil fuel companies, and a provocative discussion on women's role in impact investing – in this roundup.
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- Environment, Health Care, Investing
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Viewpoint: Social impact investing: Opportunity or ghetto for women?
Until the notion of evaluating investments by measuring underlying sustainability becomes mainstream, the social-impact investment sector will remain “cloistered,” and so will the women advisers who dominate it, says Matthew Weatherley-White, managing director of the Caprock Group.
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- Investing
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- impact investing
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