Impact strategists Rosemary Addis and Laurie Spengler write in Forbes that, in this moment of turbulence and partisanship, corporate boards should put substance over signaling on issues of sustainability and equity. The key questions Board members should ask themselves include: “
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Replicating Gender Incentives in Climate Finance
E. T. Jackson and Associates President Ted Jackson, with Teddy Samy and Katie Turner, argue in Next Billion that in uncertain times, it is essential to double down on what works. And we know that gender incentives in climate finance work. Even a small reduction in the interest rates on loans to companies building large-scale…(Read more)
Celebrating Enduring Partnerships
Late last year, Dr. Denise Beaulieu, President of Consultation M. D. Beaulieu and longstanding Senior Associate of E. T. Jackson and Associates, visited the city of Tamale in northern Ghana to seek the advice of another valued Senior Associate, Mr. Coleman Agyeyomah. One of Ghana’s most accomplished community development experts, Coleman teaches a development studies…(Read more)
$3B for Women’s Small Businesses
The Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi), a global campaign with multilateral development banks and bilateral donors to mobilize financing for women’s micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, raised USD 5.3M in 2024, exceeding by a factor of five its goal for the year, and in the process reaching 400,000 women’s MSMEs worldwide. Also in 2024, the…(Read more)
Preparing for What Comes After the Old Aid Paradigm
Georgetown University’s Professor Ken Opalo has published a blog arguing that the trend of rich countries, notably but not only the US, could be an opportunity for African countries. “Everyone must be clear-eyed about the fact that this might be the end of the long-established aid model. And it’s imperative to prepare for what comes…(Read more)
Ghana to Host 2025 Africa Impact Summit
Impact Investing Ghana (IIG) along with sister platforms in Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria, will host the 2025 Africa Impact Summit in Accra on June 11-12, 2025. The meeting will feature deal rooms to match investors and funds and companies seeking impact capital and a pre-conference study tour to Nigeria. For more information on the…(Read more)
Big Renewables Potential in Vietnam Needs Investment: New Report
A new report on renewable energy in Vietnam by researchers at Imperial College London and Singapore Management University found that “Given Vietnam’s strong resource potential, domestic and international investors have shown strong interest in various renewable energy projects, including solar, wind, and hydropower.” The Vietnamese government has instituted supportive policies to grow renewables, including feed-in…(Read more)
Global Energy Transition Investment Surpasses $2 Trillion
US-based Canary Media reports that, in 2024, global investment in the energy transition for the first time passed the $2 trillion mark. The main components of this aggregate number were $757 billion for electrified transportation, $728 billion for renewable energy projects, and $390 billion for power grids, based on Bloomberg data. To read the article,…(Read more)
The Dismantling of USAID: Five Things to Watch For
The new US administration sent shockwaves through the Global South by abruptly and brutally dismantling the world’s largest aid donor, USAID, firing 95% of its staff, and leaving partners and life-saving projects scrambling to exit while trying to protect the interests of their stakeholders, especially poor women and children. University of Ottawa professor Lauchlan Munro…(Read more)
Gender Lens Investing and Women’s Green Businesses
On November 11, 2024 in Dhaka, impact investment fund Truvalu and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation hosted a roundtable for bankers, impact investors and women entrepreneurs to explore ways and means of increasing access to capital for women-owned businesses addressing climate change through energy efficiency, clean energy, recycling or other green products and…(Read more)