Impact Alpha

APRIL 5, 2023

The post The Brief: VC alternatives for diverse founders, energy efficiency in Europe, inclusive fintech in Uganda, AI and disability, rewilding as a climate solution appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Featured: Returns on Inclusion VC alternatives for diverse founders gain traction after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank.

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Sustainable Development Network

APRIL 27, 2021

The new Ugandan national network was launched on April 21st The Sustainable Development Solutions Network Uganda was officially launched on April 21st during a virtual event. Hosted by the Makerere University, SDSN Uganda aims to mobilize universities, research centers, civil society, private sector, and students. SDSN President Prof.

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James Militzer

MARCH 18, 2022

On January 10, Uganda reopened schools across the country — ending the world’s longest COVID-19 shutdown. Students in Uganda have been out of the classroom since March 2020, and while some schools attempted virtual education, limited digital access means that the majority of young people have not been learning for nearly two years.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Already, the retooled crop is changing the lives of more than 55,752 smallholder farmers in southern China and Uganda. A new report chronicles agronomic, economic, and environmental outcomes of perennial rice cultivation across China's Yunnan Province.

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Impact Alpha

JUNE 8, 2021

The post The Brief: Capitalism reimagined, good jobs in Pakistan, impact exit in Uganda, edtech in Vietnam, biotech financing in Hong Kong, biodiversity risk disclosure appeared first on Impact Alpha. Reminder: Tideline is hosting “Impact Investment at the Institutional Tipping Point,” Thursday, June. Featured: Capitalism Reimagined Omidyar.

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Impact Alpha

MARCH 15, 2023

The post The Brief: Investing in gap-closing startups, flexible growth capital in Uganda, affordable housing in West Africa, reversing biodiversity loss, deinfluencers appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Featured: Returns on Inclusion Freada and Mitch Kapor write the book on startup investing to close gaps of equity.

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Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The post The Brief: Methane math, change at Change.org, solar fintech in Uganda, low-cost computers, Africa’s plastics innovators appeared first on ImpactAlpha. RSVP for The Call: Optimizing for Impact. Get up to speed on impact measurement and management in a.

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Impact Alpha

JUNE 3, 2020

The post The Brief: Recovery’s racial reckoning, high-yield seeds in Uganda, carbon tech, pan-viral vaccines, innovation for aging adults appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Global Renewable News

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Highlights Projects span Angola, Uganda, the Republic of Congo, Kenya, Mozambique and Zambia Marks advancement of Masdar 10 gigawatt (GW) growth plan to unlock Africa clean energy pot.

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James Militzer

APRIL 22, 2024

Dotted across rural Uganda are countless former pay-as-you-go (PAYG) electricity shops, now overpainted with signs for other businesses that have moved in to take their place after non-dilutive grant funding dried up. Elgon in eastern Uganda. We were teetering on the edge of a rain-soaked mountain cliff in Bududa district on Mt.

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Stanford Social Innovation

OCTOBER 18, 2023

By Irene Mwendwa , Bonnita Nyamwire & Sally Roever Roughly six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of international media outlets reported on a silver linings story in Uganda. But while gig platforms began to boom in Global South nations like Uganda during the pandemic, workers did not benefit in the same way.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Having spent a big part of his childhood in Uganda, he saw the opportunity in the growing thirst for sustainable , high-quality coffee – and an opportunity to ensure that coffee farmers would receive their fair share in this business. These changing circumstances call for new solutions to adjust coffee supply chains accordingly.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Annet of Petros Zoe Initiative, Uganda – 2022 Youth Inspiration Award. This year’s honorable mentions were: Abubakar Kinene of Petros Zoe Initiative Uganda - Leaders. Mariam Namulondo of Petros Zoe Initiative, Uganda – Leaders. Community Action Teams of Petros Zoe Initiative Uganda – Programs.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 1, 2023

During 2022, the Kasperick Foundation contributed $2,069,908 to Whole Planet Foundation and microfinance partners in Burkina Faso, Egypt, El Salvador, Guatemala, Kenya, Mali, Mexico, Mozambique, Uganda, and Tanzania, for a current total of $3,160,498 for microlending programs.

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3BL Media

APRIL 17, 2024

In the first five years of its collaboration with Whirlpool Foundation, distribution is planned for underserved populations in rural and urban areas in India, Mexico, Brazil, the Republic of Congo, Kenya, and Uganda.

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3BL Media

JULY 18, 2023

That's why they support our mission to empower microentrepreneurs with income-generating opportunities, like Margaret a microcredit client from Uganda. Whole Planet Foundation's $25,000 donors believe Poverty is Unnecessary. Watch the video about Margaret’s inspiring story and how you can help support our work here.

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APRIL 1, 2024

China, Uganda and India with vocational training, counseling and temporary housing. “Witnessing how Red Oak Hope has transformed lives motivates me to contribute to their mission in any way I can,” Ian said. Operating from Austin, Texas, Red Oak Hope empowers survivors of trafficking in the U.S.,

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 11, 2024

Other cities that have signed on include Los Angeles; Didim, Turkey; Kyotera, Uganda; Norwich, U.K., The treaty is non-binding, but as the Scottish capital Edinburgh stated when it signed on last year, it “represents a public acknowledgement that food production and consumption are key drivers of the climate crisis.”

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Working in Uganda, Bangladesh, Lebanon, Myanmar, and India, they support the world’s most marginalised children, living in some of the toughest situations imaginable. Children on the Edge is building upon the cluster pilot in Uganda, expanding their digital learning innovations to help reach more refugee children. Children on the Edge.

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3BL Media

JULY 22, 2022

He’s joined by Arafat Bwambale from the Great Lakes Peace Centre in Uganda and Manal El Sayed from Ain Shams University in Egypt. I didn’t want to deal with it.”. Listen to episode 2 of our Hepcast as we follow the journey of a young man living with HepatitisB. gilead.inc/3y0XdxV.

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Impact Alpha

JUNE 8, 2021

ImpactAlpha, June 8 – Uganda-based iungo capital has made two working capital investments totaling $700,000 in Kenya, backing Kwalito, an avocado and macadamia nut. The post Small business investor iungo capital inks 30th deal – and first exit appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Global Renewable News

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Bridget Kabugho's eyes light up when she.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 1, 2021

They analyze policy experiences around the world; offer case studies of selected cities in China, Uganda and Costa Rica; and discuss sectoral challenges and opportunities in the power sector, buildings, and transport. IRENA has launched a set of new reports and briefs on renewable energy policies for cities.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

New research looked at 133 countries where 18 large carnivores ranged, and found that a person farming with cattle in developing countries such as Kenya, Uganda or India were up to eight times more economically vulnerable than those living in developed economies such as Sweden, Norway or the U.S.

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Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The Uganda-based fintech. ImpactAlpha, September 19 – Emata partners with agricultural cooperatives to extend low-cost loans to smallholder coffee, maize and dairy farmers. The post Emata nets $2.4 million for East Africa’s smallholder farmers appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Energy Central

MAY 19, 2023

BP, TotalEnergies, Chevron and others are shifting to cleaner projects WSJ BY NICHOLAS BARIYO IN KAMPALA, UGANDA, JUAN FORERO, IN BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA, AND JON EMONT IN SINGAPORE, MAY 18, 2023 Under pressure from shareholders and activists, major energy companies are retreating from higher-polluting and riskier projects around the world.

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James Militzer

MARCH 10, 2023

The Customer Outcomes-Based Research Approach Scale2Save, implemented by World Savings and Retail Banking Institute , worked in partnership with 12 FSPs across six countries: Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Côte D’Ivoire, Senegal and Morocco. The BoU’s five strategic goals identified 20 gaps they wanted to address.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

million grant focuses on Ethiopia, Ghana and Uganda and addresses challenges preventing frontline healthcare workers, patients and surrounding communities from accessing clean water, handwashing facilities and decent toilets that lead to unsafe working conditions, increased disease spread and greater health risk for mothers and newborns. “We

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Impact Alpha

JANUARY 13, 2023

A microfinance bank in Uganda. ImpactAlpha, Jan. 13 – A small-business lender in the Mississippi delta. A global development finance institution in London. The post Laurie Spengler, Courageous Capital Advisors: Structuring and designing finance for impact appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Impact Alpha

AUGUST 24, 2020

The fish farm supplier in Eastern Uganda was a solid performer until the COVID crisis shut it down. ImpactAlpha, Aug. 24 – AA Fisheries is the kind of enterprise impact investors talk about all the time. But too few turn talk into the capital such businesses need to survive and thrive. But solid is not.

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TEDxInnovations

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Nakate paints a picture of life in her home country of Uganda -- which faces prolonged droughts, landslides and flooding stemming from climate change -- and clarifies the need for energy-rich, high-emitting nations to provide climate finance for Africa and accelerate the continent's sustainable future.

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 12, 2020

The post Tugende helps Uganda’s motorcycle taxi drivers survive the lockdown – and raises $6 million to grow again appeared first on ImpactAlpha. The Kampala-based social lender, which finances the purchase of motorcycle taxis for Ugandan and Kenyan “boda boda” drivers, was in solid growth mode.

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3BL Media

JULY 14, 2023

That's why they support our mission to empower microentrepreneurs with income-generating opportunities, like Margaret a microcredit client from Uganda. Whole Planet Foundation's $25,000 donors believe Poverty is Unnecessary. Watch the video about Margaret’s inspiring story and how you can help support our work here.

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Impact Alpha

JUNE 3, 2020

Pearl made the investment from its €20 million ($22 million) Yield Uganda Investment Fund. ImpactAlpha, June 29 – East Africa-focused agriculture impact investor Pearl Capital Partners committed 4.6 billion Ugandan shillings ($1.2 million) to Naseco to distribute improved seed varieties that will help Ugandan farmers boost yields and incomes.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

We adapted our signature literacy and numeracy program Roots to Rise for delivery in and by communities throughout Uganda,” said Jyl Strong, director of Strategic Partnerships at Building Tomorrow. United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA): deliver livelihood training to obstetric fistula survivors in Nigeria.

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James Militzer

JANUARY 15, 2024

The program is delivered in the form of a pitch competition, with versions open to both established enterprises and new businesses founded by low-income entrepreneurs in Kenya and Uganda, the countries where the Foundation operates. By comparison, a GWC winner in Kenya or Uganda is awarded $10,000. In the U.S.,

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Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 13, 2023

It’s like you are telling Uganda to stay in poverty,” the country’s minister of energy and mineral development, Ruth Nankabirwa, said on social media. Uganda would be open to “a long-term phaseout”, she added, but only if “developing nations can exploit their resources in the near term, while wealthy longtime producers quit first.”

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