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AATIF Fund to invest in Global Agri-Development Company (GADCO)

GADCO, an FMCG agri-food company operating in SSA, and also an investee company of the Acumen Fund has recently announced receiving an investment from AATIF Fund, which is supported by KfW, Deutsche Bank and the German Government. GADCO is focused on increasing the income of small holder farmers through enabling […]

January 7, 2013

Carlyle Group to make Africa investment

The Carlyle Group LP has recently joined the private equity fund in Africa by way of a soon to be made investment in its new SSA (sub-Saharan Africa) Fund. Carlyle Group is also a part of group of investors supporting a Tanzania-based agricultural company sourcing produce from small holder farmers […]

January 7, 2013

Royal Bank of Canada invests in MaRS Centre for Impact Investing

The Royal Bank of Canada recently announced a grant of US$1 million in a five year commitment to the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing. This is in keeping with the social finance initiative that RBC has been complying with, with a previous US$20 million commitment towards social and environmental change. […]

January 7, 2013

Slightly Different wins UN Social Investment Pioneer Award

Penryn-based digital agency Slightly Different was one of the ten recipients of UN award for impact investment, the Social Investment Pioneer Award. This is awarded to companies which manage to align their core business abilities and commercial objectives with philanthropic intentions. Read more here.

January 7, 2013

The scale of 0-10 of impact for social enterprises

This intriguing post takes a different approach at measuring impact when it comes to the kind of products or services that social enterprises are making accessible to the underserved of the developing world. Read more here.

January 7, 2013

The ‘ABCDs’ of impact investing and social enterprise

Impact Investment is an effective way of addressing social and environmental issues. However, as brought to light by updates in the previous issue, firms and organizations are not nearly able to tap the total potential of impact investment. This post shows how asking four basic questions can ease the transition […]

January 7, 2013

Newly formed Impact Circle makes maiden investment in affodable education enterprise in India

Impact Circle, a newly formed angel investment network with a social bend recently made an investment in Sudiksha Knowledge Solutions Private Limited, an affordable education social enterprise catering to the base of the pyramid. Read more here.

January 7, 2013

Investment for social enterprise: From open arms in Rio to stampede in Calgary

This post enlists the advances achieved in the Social Enterprise World Forum 2012 which was held in Rio de Janeiro in October. This three day event was attended by about 700 delegates from around the world. Read more of the account here.

January 7, 2013

The new bold face of impact investing

This post is an intriguing recount of how a successful investment portfolio manager got started on impact investment, and what his take on the definition of the same is. Along the piece, insightful alternate meaning of impact investment, in its essence emerges, as the ‘new bold face’ of impact investment. […]