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
CEO Diane Umunyurwa’s solar mesh-grid innovation empowers remote communities, bridging gaps traditional solutions cannot reach. Despite significant progress in energy access, 600 million people in Africa still lack reliable electricity. Expanding the grid is...
by Nathaly Botero | ESG Investing, Gender Lens, Global, Impact Economy, Impact Investing, Regions, SDG 5 - Gender Equality, SDGs
It’s been well-documented that startups with at least one woman on the founding team – and especially those led by only women – raise significantly less capital than male-led startups. This gap remains unexplained even when taking into account differences between...
by Blair Miller | Financial Inclusion, Gender Lens, Impact Economy, Impact Investing, North America, Regions, SDG 5 - Gender Equality, SDGs
It’s a grim fact that, even in 2023, wage disparity due to gender is still prevalent in the workplace. Worse, when it comes to securing financing for startups, women are barely in the picture, with women-founder teams attracting less than two per cent of all...
by Havell Rodrigues | Blended Finance & Philanthropy, Global, Impact Economy, Impact Investing, North America, Place-based Investing, Racial Equity & Justice, Scaling Solutions, SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities, Stakeholder Capitalism
The BIPOC wealth gap in the United States is growing, sustained by systemic inequities that have limited access to the cornerstones of wealth creation: real estate and entrepreneurship. While much has been done through CDFIs to improve access to real estate capital...
by Susan Barrows Libby | Editor's Picks, Financial Inclusion, Gender Lens, Impact Economy, Middle East, Place-based Investing, SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities, SDG 5 - Gender Equality, SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
In 2020, the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) opened bidding for an organization to take over its Khanke carpet-making factory, located outside a large IDP camp in Duhok province, Iraq. The factory was created to train and support Yezidi women. The...
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