Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

million solar securitization deal in Nigeria appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, February 21 – Securitized financing enables d.light to move loans to solar customers off of its balance sheet, freeing its capital to. The post D.light closes $7.4

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Global Renewable News

AUGUST 16, 2023

Trade and Development Agency-funded feasibility study for Nigeria's Hotspot Network Limited has led to the issuance of financing for the deployment of 120 solar-powered rural telecommunicat.

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Impakter

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Climate Change Made the Recent Floods in Nigeria 80 Times More Likely. Between June and November, Nigeria, Niger and Chad experienced extreme rainfall that led to one of the deadliest floods in the region’s history. The post Climate Change Made the Recent Floods in Nigeria 80 Times More Likely appeared first on Impakter.

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Impact Alpha

MARCH 28, 2024

The post Capria Ventures backs fintechs in Nigeria and Bangladesh to expand financial services appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Capria Ventures, a Seattle-based venture investor in emerging markets, continues to deploy capital from its Global South Fund II, which achieved a first.

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3BL Media

JULY 20, 2022

DESCRIPTION: LAGOS, Nigeria, July 20, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Today, Global Citizen, the international advocacy organisation, released an impactful short film highlighting the call to action to combat gender-based violence across Nigeria, and urging all states to immediately implement the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act of 2015 (VAPP Act).

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Global Renewable News

JULY 16, 2023

Companies to receive finance for projects connecting businesses with clean energy as part of programme designed to support Nigeria Energy Transition Plan The Universal Energy Facility (UEF).

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Impact Alpha

JUNE 12, 2023

The post The Brief: Local climate partnerships, Just Capital’s impact-linked carry, EVs in India, digital health in Nigeria appeared first on ImpactAlpha. At Heron Foundation, Preeti Bhattacharji tested strategies to boost the impact of municipal bonds.

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3BL Media

JUNE 16, 2022

In May this year, the young people that make up the fellowship's third cohort, hailing from Nigeria and South Africa, embarked on a project — which we named “We Can. The UNFPA Nigeria team provided 100 reusable sanitary pads and 60 yards of fabric for the girls who participated at the school workshop. As part of the “We Can.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 19, 2024

Take Nigeria, where okra, fufu (made from yam or cassava) and vibrant leafy greens like ewedu and spinach grace daily meals. With that in mind, the founder of VeggieVictory, Hakeem Jimo, helped spearhead ProVeg International’s expansion into Nigeria last year. Nigeria isn’t the only African nation experiencing a shift.

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Impact Alpha

JULY 26, 2021

The post CrossBoundary backs PowerGen to develop mini-grids in Nigeria appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, July 26 – Nairobi-based PowerGen has developed three megawatts of small-scale distributed energy projects serving 20,000 people in Africa. The investment from.

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Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The post CcHUB Syndicate backs five startups in Nigeria and Ghana appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, November 1 – Tech accelerator and investor CcHub co-invests with the African diaspora, angel and early-stage investors to mobilize capital to promising.

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The post CrossBoundary Access backs UK-based Mobile Power for battery swapping hubs in Nigeria appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, October 5 — CrossBoundary Access has raised $35 million from the African Development Bank, Microsoft, Bank of America and other investors to.

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James Militzer

APRIL 14, 2023

That’s why Nigeria has one of the lowest insurance penetration rates in the world, at 0.5%. Yet this low uptake is also why the insurtech industry is poised for disruption and takeoff as part of Nigeria’s digital transformation, from both a business and development perspective. But why is insurance so expensive in Nigeria?

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Impact Alpha

JUNE 9, 2020

The health sector in Nigeria was in a crisis before COVID-19. The pandemic is revealing years of neglect and waste in Nigeria’s healthcare system. The post COVID recovery offers opportunities to invest in Nigeria across the healthcare value chain appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 23, 2021

The project is supported by grant funding from the World Bank and the Nigeria Rural Electrification Agency’s Nigeria Electrification Project (NEP), which provides a fixed grant for each customer connected. The financing will be used to develop and build the remaining sites in the portfolio.

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Global Renewable News

JANUARY 15, 2023

Nearly 60 per cent of Nigeria's energy.

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Global Renewable News

AUGUST 15, 2022

Green Building Council Nigeria.

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Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The post The Brief: Onboarding impact investors, Evercare’s exit in Kenya, supply-chain financing in Nigeria, cities as carbon sinks, innovative finance playbook appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Featured: Agents of Impact Podcast Toussaint Bailey: Bringing ‘the quietly bothered’ into impact investing. Between the true believers in.

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Impact Alpha

JANUARY 11, 2023

The post The Brief: GOP’s about-face on business, municipal wastewater-to-value, recycling in Nigeria, hydro power in Cote d’Ivoire, human rights in impact investing appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Featured: Institutional Impact GOP ditches ‘pro-business’ with attacks on ESG that hurt corporations and investors – and red states.

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Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The post The Brief: Impact media boomlet, AI-enabled infrastructure, solar EVs, agri-processing in Nigeria, inclusive economic growth appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Hundreds of Agents of Impact have signed up for today’s hands-on impact.

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The post The Brief: Overhead at The GIIN, ‘state of the field’ call, batteries in Nigeria, autism care, Macquarie takes stake in Sonen, digitizing African agriculture appeared first on ImpactAlpha. It was great to see so many of you at ImpactAlpha’s happy hours in Copenhagen during the GIIN Impact.

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Impact Alpha

JANUARY 11, 2023

The post Pakam raises pre-seed funding to improve waste recycling in Nigeria appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, January 11 – Africa has an outsized waste problem. Less than 5% of the continent’s waste gets recycled, far short of the.

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Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The post Lumos clinches $35 million from DFC to expand energy access in Nigeria appeared first on ImpactAlpha. An investment from the U.S. International Development Finance Corp. aims to help Lumos produce and sell 160,000.

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Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The post The Brief: Climate-adjusted returns, impact performance standards, farm fintech, Navajo power, Bay Area anchor, shuttles in Nigeria appeared first on ImpactAlpha. A sustained, inclusive and collective effort is needed to build.

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Sustainable Development Network

MARCH 25, 2020

Third workshop held on "Financing SDG Research in Nigeria" Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE The third in the series of capacity building workshops organized by SDSN Nigeria was held at the University of Abuja on 9-10 March, 2020. Extensive discussions were held on the central theme: “Financing SDG Research in Nigeria.”

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Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The post The Brief: Hop on The Call, crowdfunding small businesses, pharmaceuticals in Nigeria, Europe’s blue economy, credit cards in Mexico, boosting Black innovation appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Hop on today’s Call: The disruption in small business financing in emerging markets. Enterprise software. Crowdfunding.

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Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The post The Brief: Designing a better system, impact tech in Nigeria and Ghana, custodial accounts for children, investing in caregivers, looking ahead to COP27 appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Featured: Capitalism Reimagined Seven dimensions of a better economic system. In the not-too-distant future, a powerful and diverse movement.

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James Militzer

JANUARY 26, 2022

We’ll explore how this data can help us understand the state of mental health in Nigeria, and discuss how our evaluation of millions of these conversations has revealed new intervention opportunities and priorities for social enterprises and investors. . Overcoming the Western-Centric Focus in Mental Health Research. In 2006, just 3.3%

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Energy Central

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

megathoslaw's Olufola Wusu reviewed the recently concluded Marginal Bid Round and other issues in the oil and gas industry in Nigeria. Nigeria just. In an interview with the legendary financial guru, Mr Boason Omofaye on Tuesday 08/02/2022, the anchor of the ARISE Xchange on ARISE News TV Networks.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 29, 2021

A new study will examine the feasibility of advancing fully circular value chains in Nigeria, to help close the loop on plastics waste. Dow and Empower have been working together in Nigeria since 2020 to map and crowdsource the collection and sorting of plastic water sachets, which is a significant environmental problem across West Africa.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) Prize Competition, a philanthropic initiative sponsored by the Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Philanthropy, has named Dr. Ikpeme Neto from Nigeria; Thomas Njeru from Kenya and Ayman Bazaraa from Egypt the first, second and third prize winners, respectively, of this year’s competition.

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James Militzer

JUNE 29, 2023

There are over 70 mini-grids in operation in Nigeria today. But serving a new community that has never had power presents some unique challenges — not only in Nigeria but across the developing world. If implemented at scale in Nigeria, these productive use efforts are expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 1.4

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

DESCRIPTION: If there were any doubts in West Africa about the impact of climate change on nations with underlying sustainability issues, including poor infrastructure and food insecurity, the recent floods in Nigeria — economic powerhouse of the region — should have dispelled them.

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Impact Alpha

MAY 10, 2021

The post The Brief: Governance risk in Saudi Arabia, carbon removal, electric freight transit, first time funds in Egypt, ESG in Nigeria, sustainable packaging appeared first on Impact Alpha. GenderSmart and VC Include are hosting the.

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Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

and Nigeria, small-scale fusion, investing in economic mobility appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Featured: Impact Measurement and Management Accounting for impact at Candide, MicroVest, Echoing Green and other investment managers. The post The Brief: Impact reports roundup, Ariel’s Project Black, solar financing in the U.S.

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The post The Brief: Blue wave growth stories, fintech transparency in Nigeria, health tech in India, engagement with consequences, gender alpha, impact intersectionality appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Today’s the deadline to add your voice – and enter to win a free ticket to next week’s SOCAP Virtual. Take the survey. Featured: ImpactAlpha.

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Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

ImpactAlpha, November 29 — Lagos-based fintech startup Pivo has raised $2 million in a seed financing round backed by Precursor Ventures, Y Combinator, The post Pivo scores $2 million to provide financing and tools for small enterprises in Nigeria appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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