Interview With Nedjip Tozun: Perspectives of an Off-Grid Solar Entrepreneur

Around 700 million people living in developing countries, mostly in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, lack access to electricity, while…

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What Impact Is AI Having on Impact Investing?

Artificial Intelligence, or “AI,” is gradually weaving its way into many aspects of our lives. The other day, for example,…

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The Digitization of Microfinance: Pitfalls Along the Path to the “Holy Grail”

Despite the many successes microfinance has achieved in delivering financial services to the world’s poor at scale, it has often…

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How Did This Play Out? The Impact of the Pandemic on Small Businesses and Micro-Enterprises

About a year ago, I posted a story about the pandemic shockwave that was hitting the developing world entitled “MFIs…

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India: The World’s “Laboratory of Social Innovation and Impact Investing”

Of all the countries I have made investments in, none has had more appeal than India. While my investment remit…

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Interview with Elisabeth Rhyne: The Past, Present and Future of Financial Inclusion

  Elisabeth Rhyne recently stepped down as head of the Accion Center for Financial Inclusion (CFI), a position she held…

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What is Blended Finance and Is It Needed?

Interest in blended finance, it seems, is growing in popularity. Having personally designed and invested in multiple transactions involving blended…

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