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Redefining Fairness: How Second-Degree Price Discrimination Can Bring Greater Access to Essential Goods and Services in Emerging Markets

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#equity #EmergingMarkets #BusinessDevelopment #PriceDiscrimination #economy #microeconomics #business #NGOs #MSMEs #EconomicDiscrimination

Transforming How Financial Service Providers and Fintechs Leverage Data: A New Free Tool Aims to Separate the Signal from the Noise

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#FinancialInclusion #fintech #DigitalFinance #EmergingMarkets #FinancialServices #data #DigitalEconomy #innovation

Measuring Systems Change in Agricultural Finance in Africa: Practical Metrics and Guidance for Detecting and Tracking Real Change Agricultural finance in Africa remains limited, but these metrics can help reveal whether systems change is actually happening in the sector.

Measuring Systems Change in Agricultural Finance in Africa: Practical Metrics and Guidance for Detecting and Tracking Real Change

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@dalberggroup.bsky.social #agriculture #Africa #lending #finance #SystemsChange #farming #SubSaharanAfrica

From COVID to Foreign Aid Cuts: How Community-Led Financial Access Can Help Women and Their Communities Weather Crises As foreign aid cuts and other crises reduce funding for women’s inclusion, community-led financial access is more important than ever.

From COVID to Foreign Aid Cuts: How Community-Led Financial Access Can Help Women and Their Communities Weather Crises

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#FinancialInclusion #microfinance #EmergingMarkets #ForeignAid #USAID #COVID19 #GlobalDevelopment @e-mfp.bsky.social #FinancialServices #COVID

The Rise of the Creator Economy in Emerging Markets: Empowering Youth and Marginalized Communities Through Web Monetization How Web Monetization — a “pay-as-you-use” approach that enables small, real-time payments — can empower content creators in emerging markets.

The Rise of the Creator Economy in Emerging Markets: Empowering Youth and Marginalized Communities Through Web Monetization

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@interledger.interledger.social.ap.brid.gy #ContentCreators #influencers #EmergingMarkets #employment #YouthEmployment

Connected Power: Ensuring Africa is Not Left in the Dark — or Offline How "connected power" — positioning telecom towers as anchor customers for energy projects — can boost energy and internet access in Africa.

Connected Power: Ensuring Africa is Not Left in the Dark — or Offline

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#Africa #SubSaharanAfrica #EnergyAccess #SolarEnergy #solar #InternetAccess #DigitalDivide #OffGridSolar #internet

Bringing Digital Transformation to the Water Sector: How New Technologies Can Boost Water Access in LMICs How digital technologies can revolutionize the management and distribution of clean water in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

Bringing Digital Transformation to the Water Sector: How New Technologies Can Boost Water Access in LMICs

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#water #WASH #technology #Kenya #Africa #WaterSector #EmergingMarkets #WaterAccess #DigitalTransformation

It’s Time to Rethink Universal Health Coverage in Africa: Introducing ‘Access-as-a-Service’ Exploring "Access-as-a-Service," a model that combines in-person care options with first-line healthcare provided through digital channels.

It’s Time to Rethink Universal Health Coverage in Africa: Introducing ‘Access-as-a-Service’

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@jhpiego.org #Africa #healthcare #health #GlobalHealth #PublicHealth #UniversalHealthcare #EmergingMarkets

Being a Changemaker in an Era of Accelerating Change: A Q&A with Ashoka Founder and Social Entrepreneurship Pioneer Bill Drayton Ashoka founder Bill Drayton shares his thoughts on social entrepreneurship as the sector faces new challenges — and exciting opportunities.

Being a Changemaker in an Era of Accelerating Change: A Q&A with Ashoka Founder and Social Entrepreneurship Pioneer Bill Drayton

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#SocialEnterprise #SocialImpact @socapglobal.bsky.social
@pioneerspost.bsky.social @impactentrepreneur.com @ssir.org

Mobilizing More Capital for African SME Funds: New Research Reveals Persistent Market Constraints — And a Growing Focus on Innovation Analysts share findings from a new report on the SME fund investment landscape in Africa, discussing their implications for fund managers.

Mobilizing More Capital for African SME Funds: New Research Reveals Persistent Market Constraints — And a Growing Focus on Innovation

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#Africa #SMEs #MSMEs #investing #ImpactInvesting #MSMEDay #WorldMSMEDay #GlobalDevelopment

Bringing African Knowledge into the Probiotic Industry: The Untapped Goldmine in Nigeria’s Fermented Foods As the health benefits of probiotic foods have become more widely known, Nigeria's fermented food market could evolve into a viable industry.

Bringing African Knowledge into the Probiotic Industry: The Untapped Goldmine in Nigeria’s Fermented Foods

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#Nigeria #probiotics #FermentedFoods #FoodIndustry #FoodIndustry #GlobalDevelopment #GutHealth #nutrition #FoodSecurity #Africa #FoodSystems

To Truly Innovate, WASH Funders Need to Get Their Hands Dirty: Key Learnings from Five Years of Pioneering Impact-Linked Finance in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Analysts explore the need for more hands-on WASH funding approaches, and share lessons from one such approach: Impact-Linked Finance.

To Truly Innovate, WASH Funders Need to Get Their Hands Dirty: Key Learnings from Five Years of Pioneering Impact-Linked Finance in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

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#WASH #water #sanitation #hygiene #ImpactInvesting #impinv #ImpactInvestors #SDG6 #GlobalDevelopment

DOGE is WEIRD: Why India’s Public Sector Consulting Ecosystem Should Not Follow in America’s Footsteps Why DOGE's approach to cutting spending on public sector consulting is “WEIRD” (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic).

DOGE is WEIRD: Why India’s Public Sector Consulting Ecosystem Should Not Follow in America’s Footsteps

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#DOGE #GovernmentEfficiency #India #consulting #PublicSector #consultants #government #governance

Africa Must Not Be a Spectator in its Own Economic Development: The Need for Pension-Backed Private Capital How tapping pension funds as a source of venture capital can provide a massive infusion of local funding into Africa's high-growth startups.

Africa Must Not Be a Spectator in its Own Economic Development: The Need for Pension-Backed Private Capital

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#Africa #ImpactInvesting #VentureCapital #investing #GlobalDevelopment #SubSaharanAfrica #startups #SMEs #MSMEs #funding #EmergingMarkets #Ghana #pensions

Building a Better AgTech Funding Model in Africa: Three Key Challenges Behind the Ecosystem’s Loss of Momentum Venture funding to African AgTech startups has declined significantly: Analysts share three priorities for building a better funding model.

Building a Better AgTech Funding Model in Africa: Three Key Challenges Behind the Ecosystem’s Loss of Momentum

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#agriculture #AgTech #VC #VentureCapital #ImpactInvesting #GlobalDevelopment #climate #ClimateChange #Africa #SubSaharanAfrica #SmallholderFarming

Scaling E-Mobility in Africa: How Ethiopia is Pioneering the Transition to Green Transportation — And How Battery Swapping Can Help How battery swapping can boost electric vehicle uptake in Africa by addressing limitations in electricity access and charging infrastructure.

Scaling E-Mobility in Africa: How Ethiopia is Pioneering the Transition to Green Transportation — And How Battery Swapping Can Help

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#EVs #ElectricVehicles #BatteryTech #EVInnovation #Africa #Ethiopia #CleanEnergy #EMobility #EnergyAccess #BatterySwapping #EVBattery

British International Investment Is Joined by PROPARCO and FMO to Expand the Reach of the Africa Resilience Investment Accelerator (ARIA) Across the Continent Beyond supporting transactions, ARIA works with a broad coalition of companies, investors, governments and donors.

Press Release: @britishintinv.bsky.social Is Joined by @proparco.bsky.social and FMO to Expand the Reach of the Africa Resilience Investment Accelerator (ARIA) Across the Continent:

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#CleanEnergy #manufacturing #ClimateFinance #ImpactInvesting #accelerator #business

Four Key Lessons for Implementing PAYGo 2.0: How the PAYGo Solar Sector Can Fulfill its Potential Yariv Cohen at Ignite Energy Access shares four lessons his company has learned from its efforts to implement the "PAYGo 2.0" approach.

Four Key Lessons for Implementing PAYGo 2.0: How the PAYGo Solar Sector Can Fulfill its Potential

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#EnergyAccess #Solar #SolarPower #SolarEnergy #RenewableEnergy #EnergyTransition #ClimateAction #CleanEnergy #Sustainability #Renewables #ImpactInvesting #impinv

🚨 Deadline Extension: Apply to Swiss Re Foundation's #Entrepreneurs for #Resilience Programme by June 3rd.

Eligibility: #SocialEnterprises with #brickandclick delivery models that enhance low-income people’s access to quality primary #healthcare in #EmergingMarkets

Apply: ➡️ lnkd.in/efcCfiFr

Demystifying Impact Measurement and Management Using a Systems Lens: Four FREE, Jargon-Free Webinars During Glocal Evaluation Week, June 2 – 5 These four free public webinars, happening June 2-5, will explore real-world, jargon-free impact measurement and management applications.

Demystifying Impact Measurement and Management Using a Systems Lens: Four FREE, Jargon-Free Webinars During Glocal Evaluation Week, June 2 – 5

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#ImpactInvesting #SocialEnterprise #SocialImpact #SystemsThinking @wdavidsoninst.bsky.social @ysk2115.bsky.social #webinars

This piece by our friend Sam Mendelson is #WorthARead:

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@e-mfp.bsky.social #microfinance #FinancialInclusion #SocialImpact #BehavioralEconomics #poverty #EmergingMarkets

Heads up, #ClimateTech #entrepreneurs: Check out the ecosystem mapping work @wdavidsoninst.bsky.social is doing in #Mexico:

We've seen a lot of discussion lately around the role of #philanthropy in addressing the interrelated global crises of our time - along with a growing realization that this #polycrisis is outpacing the #SocialImpact, #GlobalDevelopment and philanthropic sectors' ability to respond to it:

Unlocking the Investment Potential of Healthcare in Emerging Markets: How New Technologies, Platform Models and Financing Options are Driving Growth Emerging markets need new sources of healthcare funding: Here's how investors can address this need to unlock impact and financial returns.

Unlocking the Investment Potential of Healthcare in Emerging Markets: How New Technologies, Platform Models and Financing Options are Driving Growth

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#healthcare #health #PublicHealth #EmergingMarkets #investing #ImpactInvesting #impinv #HealthTech #GlobalHealth

Interesting new initiative from @j-pal.bsky.social, aiming to uncover what works in #poverty alleviation and #GlobalDevelopment — an important focus in this age of declining #GlobalAid funding:

Can tele-health finally bring quality care to India's rural patients? On a recent Thursday, Hasina bibi sat on a bench along with other patients, waiting to meet a doctor in a clinic run ...

🇮🇳 India’s rural households spend about $45 billion annually on healthcare, excluding travel for medical care.

“The rural healthcare market in India presents a significant and largely untapped investment opportunity,” says Jyotsna Krishnan of Elevar and EPIC World.

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The Current Approach to Scaling Impact Capital isn’t Working: Why Addressing the Polycrisis Requires More ‘Impact-Native’ Capital Why impact investors should choose “impact-native” firms that treat impact as a driver of stakeholder value, not just a marketing exercise.

The Current Approach to Scaling Impact Capital isn’t Working: Why Addressing the Polycrisis Requires More ‘Impact-Native’ Capital

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#ImpactInvesting #ESG #SocialImpact #investing #polycrisis #investors #greenwashing @buildersfund.bsky.social @trippbaird.bsky.social

Funding African Solutions to the Climate Crisis: Why Local Venture Capital Innovation Holds the Key to Climate Resilience How African venture capital can support locally developed innovation and play a key role in the continent’s response to the climate crisis.

Funding African Solutions to the Climate Crisis: Why Local Venture Capital Innovation Holds the Key to Climate Resilience

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#ClimateChange #ClimateAction #ClimateResilience #Africa #ClimateFinance #ImpactInvesting #ClimateCrisis #climate #VentureCapital #VC #investing

Interesting piece on the lack of "impact unicorns," based on a recent white paper on the topic, and featuring some "harsh words for philanthropic #foundations — especially those engaged in both grant-making and #impactinvesting."

#SocialImpact #SocialEnterprise #impinv #socent #philanthropy

The Quiet Revival of Microfinance: Why The Sector is Poised for Greater Growth and Impact in 2025 and Beyond Why microfinance is emerging from the malaise of the past decade, driven by a growing focus on building resilience and opportunity.

The Quiet Revival of Microfinance: Why The Sector is Poised for Greater Growth and Impact in 2025 and Beyond

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@fivetalents.bsky.social #microfinance #FinancialInclusion #microcredit #FinancialServices #PovertyAlleviation #poverty #EmergingMarkets #SocialImpact