Happy New Year 2018 to our readers
January 3rd, 2018 by Tom Minney
Happy New Year 2018 to Africa securities exchanges and private equity, we have updated our listing of 2018 conferences, events and training.
Tag Archive for 'Impact Investing'
More weather index insurance for African smallholder farmers
January 16th, 2014 by Tom Minney
IFC signed 2 grant agreements with MicroEnsure Ltd for index-based weather insurance to help small-scale farmers in Rwanda and Zambia manage drought and too much rain.
Calvert Foundation says all investors set to include impact investments in portfolios
March 9th, 2013 by Tom Minney
A major shift is coming in which investors, individual and institutional, will commit at least a portion of their investable assets to social impact and investing in harmony with their values, says Calvert Foundation..
Impact Exchange (iX) gets closer to launch on Stock Exchange of Mauritius
September 8th, 2012 by Tom Minney
A partnership between the innovative Stock Exchange of Mauritius and social enterprise NeXii is making great progress towards setting up the Impact Exchange (iX) board on a globally recognized stock exchange. Six companies have gone through the listing process and the iX board expects to start trading in the third quarter of 2013.
Voxtra impact fund backs growing seed potatoes in Tanzania
July 10th, 2012 by Tom Minney
Voxtra East Africa Agribusiness Fund, a Norwegian social investor, has completed its inaugural investment of US$1.5 million in Mtanga Farms Limited in Tanzania, which grows seeds, crops and livestock.
Aureos Africa Health Fund invests $2.5m in Kenya healthcare
November 21st, 2011 by Tom Minney
Aureos Africa Health Fund invested $2.5 million in a Kenyan hospital and health insurance company, the Avenue Group, which offers affordable healthcare cover, integrated with quality healthcare provision.
InReturn Capital invests in Kenya’s Eagle Eye Laser Centre
November 3rd, 2011 by Tom Minney
East African venture capital firm InReturn Capital has entered a partnership with Hurlingham Eye Care Services group (HECS). InReturn Capital is an impact investing company which aims to generate positive social impact and profits by investing in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in East Africa.
OPIC invests $285m in 6 impact investing funds
October 31st, 2011 by Tom Minney
U.S. development finance institution, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), is to invest up to $285 million in financing to private equity funds. These in turn should raise more than $875m, representing the largest commitment by the U.S. Government to impact investing in emerging markets.
UK’s regulator FSA warns on unregistered “ethical” tree investment schemes
October 28th, 2011 by Tom Minney
The UK’s regulator, the Financial Services Authority (FSA), has issued a warning about unregulated “sustainable, ethical and alternative” investments. It says: “We are seeing an increasing number of overseas schemes that offer investment opportunities in tree and crop plots abroad, and other ethical investments.”
SANAD Fund to target SMEs in North Africa and Middle East
August 25th, 2011 by Tom Minney
Tiny, small and medium businesses in Egypt and Tunisia, later Algeria and Morocco, are set to benefit from a new €30 million ($43.2 mn) SANAD Fund for MSME.