CDFIs Seek Capital Innovation With a Community Focus
At OFN42, leaders explored new ways to fund affordable community finance.
At OFN42, leaders explored new ways to fund affordable community finance.
Can impact investing’s flagship gathering become more than a meeting ground?
Why verified human judgment remains essential to digital scale
by Yariv Cohen | Africa, Blended Finance & Philanthropy, Impact Economy, Impact Investing, Policy & Regulation, Regions, Scaling Solutions, SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities, SDG 13 - Climate Action, SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy, SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth, SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure, SDGs, Systems Change, Tech for Social Good
Mission 300 has set an ambitious target for electrifying Africa. But without a fundamental redesign of mini-grid finance, policy, and operations, the math simply does not work. One of the most sobering figures in the Mission 300 agenda is not aspirational — it is...
by Gloria Uwingabiye | Africa, Europe, Financial Inclusion, Impact Economy, Impact Measurement & Management, Regions, Scaling Solutions, SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities, SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities, SDG 13 - Climate Action, SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy, SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth, SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure, SDGs, Stakeholder Capitalism, Systems Change, Tech for Social Good