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The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation launched the Daraja Impact Fund in 2023 with 10 million Swiss Franc ($12.5 million) to provide flexible, impact-linked financing to Tanzania’s small ...

Holiday greetings, Agents of Impact! It’s that time of year. We’re taking a brief break to recharge for the new year. Not to worry: Our algorithmic elves are preparing a complete set of holiday lists ...

One of impact measurement’s most persistent problems is comparability. Thousands of organizations track social, environmental and economic outcomes using different frameworks and different languages.

The Washington-based foundation invested $1.3 million in San Francisco-based Galvanize’s decarbonization-focused public equities fund. Galvanize Global Equities focused on publicly traded companies in ...

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When it comes to early-stage ventures understanding their impact, we hear the same thing over and over: “It’s too early to measure impact, isn’t it?” The logic goes something like this: If it’s ...

The UK and Kenya-based consumer finance company M-KOPA is nearing a close on roughly $160 million in Series F equity financing, led by its longtime investor, Sumitomo Corporation, ImpactAlpha has ...

Despite a challenging fundraising environment – Leapfrog’s Andy Kuper called it “one of the most challenging fundraising cycles for private equity this century” – impact fund managers see reason for ...

Austin Mwape learned the ins and outs of banking as the deputy governor of the Bank of Zambia and chair of both Absa Bank and Stanbic Bank in the country. Now with the Zambia National Advisory Board ...

Tech-enabled ventures in healthcare, education, agriculture and financial services are driving economic growth and job creation in Africa. “This segment of the market offers the best, most attractive ...