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Incentivising corporate landscape restoration
In the face of the accelerating global climate-biodiversity crisis, and faced with the loss of carbon sinks and ecosystems critical to human survival, there has never been a more urgent need to restor...
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Project preparation funds: an effective solution for unlocking investment in sustainable infrastructure in Afr...
Financing of essential local services and sustainable infrastructure in African cities is not sufficient to meet current demand. Project preparation funds can provide both preliminary technical assist...
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Orchestrating multi-player collaboration in water and sanitation in Latin America and the Caribbean
Irene Arias Hofman, CEO of IDB Lab, describes the Lab’s role in Latin America and the Caribbean, specifically in the water and sanitation sector of the region. This against the backdrop of IDB Lab’s f...
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Tourism in Africa: a priceless resource with untapped potential
Although there has been a significant increase in tourism in Africa, the sector’s abundant potential remains largely untapped on the continent. Mossadeck Bally gives an overview of the challenges and...
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Social business: the challenge of scaling up
Entrepreneurship can meet the needs of “base-of-the-pyramid” populations, provided the business in question has reached the critical size needed for profitability and sustainability. Examples of “incl...
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Unlocking the potential of tourism in Zambia
Although Zambian authorities recognize the importance of tourism, the sector suffers from preconceived ideas. It is underperforming and only attracts 3% of tourists visiting Sub-Saharan Africa. And ye...
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Rural electrification in Africa: An economic development opportunity?
Electricity is expensive and difficult to access in Sub-Saharan Africa. Improving infrastructures would accelerate the electrification of rural areas but requires a high level of funding. Decentralise...
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Growing a Business in a Growing Industry
Sub-Saharan Africa contains 11 % of the world's population but bears 24 % of the global disease burden¹ (World Bank). A recent the International Finance Corporation (IFC) study, with McKinsey, estimat...
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Pioneer role of DFIs in sub-Saharan Africa
Growth in emerging markets is currently leading the financial development institutions (FDIs) to re-focus their efforts on low-income countries – bringing sub-Saharan Africa to the fore once again. FD...
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The role of development finance institutions in good governance for microfinance
Development finance institutions, via their involvement in the sector, give microfinance greater access to private financing. They also play a decisive role in the governance of microfinance instituti...
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Counterfeit drugs – a global public health scourge
Along with Asia and Latin America, Africa is currently one of the regions most affected by the trade in counterfeit drugs which account for almost one-third of pharmaceutical products on sale in these...
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The diversity of social business: the case of Madagascar
Despite a troubled macroeconomic and political environment, Madagascar possesses a fairly diversified, dynamic economic fabric in comparison to other countries with a similar level of development. Thi...
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Proparco, IFC, African and European Partners Launch Alliance to Support Private Sector Growth in Africa
To support a stronger private sector, entrepreneurship and the growth of small and medium-sized businesses across Africa, African, European, multilateral and bilateral partners today launched the Alli...
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Proparco and Digital Africa join forces to provide a range of financing solutions for startups "Made in Africa...
As part of its 2022-2025 roadmap, Digital Africa will support 200 African startups at different stages of their growth with a wide range of offers at their disposal. Thanks to a joint and sustainable...
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International Collaboration of DFIs agree new steps to increase the resilience of economies threatened by the ...
The Group of G7 Development Finance Institutions working together under the DFIs+ Adaptation and Resilience Collaborative has put forward a practical plan to the G7 on actions to accelerate investment...
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Privately-produced renewable energy in Africa: a credible alternative to traditional projects?
In Africa, many independent energy supply projects have grown up alongside state-controlled programmes. Sector-based reforms designed to boost production of renewable energies have been a boon for suc...
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Implementing Smart Cities in Africa: a project framework
According to the International Telecommunications Union and the UN, a smart city is, “... an innovative city that uses … ICT and other means to improve quality of life, efficiency of urban operation a...
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Reducing cement's CO2 footprint
The manufacturing process for Portland cement causes high levels of greenhouse gas emissions. However, environmental impacts can be reduced by using more energy-efficient kilns and replacing fossil en...
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Africa: on the way to CSR
Nowadays the concept of CSR is becoming increasingly widespread and is endorsed by a growing number of economic actors. Yet awareness levels in sub-Saharan Africa remain low, and few businesses implem...
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Good corporate governance practices: constantly developing
Corporate governance appeared in the 1970s and has become a core component of the functioning of the private sector. It is both a process and a conceptual and organizational framework and is based on...
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