In this section, we will update you with announcements from the ecosystem of inclusive business, pre-selected according to their relevance for inclusive business ventures.
In cooperation with the private sector, develoPPP.de operates in more than 60 countries in various sectors. Projects typically cover a wide range of themes – from training local experts and piloting innovative technologies and demonstration units to protecting value chains and improving manufacturers’ environmental and social standards.develoPPP.de provides public contributions between 100,000 and 2 million €. The prerequisite is that the private partner contributes at least 50% of the total volume.
How do you allocate not too much, not too little, but just the right amount of resource to measuring a programme's effectiveness? Spend too little time tracking the efficacy of development programmes and you risk wasting resources, not to mention losing the confidence of your backers. But spend too much time and you could still end up wasting resources, thus doing less of the good you initially set out to do. Christian Jahn and Susann Tischendorf on how to approach the 'Goldilocks dilemma' of tracking impact.
On 19 February 2020, Mercy Corps announced the successful launch of a collaborative action with Golden Sunland - a rice company, Village Link - a digital agri-solution provider, and Daung Capital - a fintech. By leveraging the production contract with Golden Sunland, smallholder farmers gain access to credit to purchase seed, fertilizer and operation capital on an extremely versatile credit terms offered via Daung Capital.
Dynamic Nigerian entrepreneurs are in focus after the Nigerian Stock Exchange launched a growth board for fast-growing small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to help businesses raise long-term risk capital and grow. At the 29 January the bourse outlined the services on offer for businesses in the growth cycle. Services offered include: pre-listing diagnostics, institutional services (such as audit, financial advisory, legal advisory, corporate strategic advisory), investor relations, analyst coverage, corporate access and corporate governance.
The I&P Afrique Entrepreneurs 2 (IPAE 2) fund welcomes two new African companies to its portfolio, thus pursuing an active investment rhythm, less than two years after its launch. Fully in line with the fund’s mandate, these new investments will strengthen I&P’s footprint in Anglophone Africa and allow a first entry into Nigeria, monitored from I&P’s office in Ghana...
USADF and All On are excited to request proposals for the USADF-all On Off-Grid Energy Challenge. Proposals are invited from eligible Nigerian off-grid energy companies. Selected enterprises will receive funding in the form of convertible debt and grant capital. To be considered for the Challenge, applicants must be 100% African-owned, majority Nigerian-owned and -managed private companies registered in Nigeria and must be operating in Nigeria.
The SGB Evidence Fund aims to address knowledge gaps in the small and growing business sector by commissioning high-quality, practitioner-researcher co-generated research projects that yield insight into what works to stimulate the growth of SGBs through improvements in firm productivity and performance, as well as build evidence on the economic and social impacts of SGB growth.
At its summer 2019 meeting in Geneva, the World Economic Forum International Business Council (IBC) launched a project to develop a proposal for consideration at its winter 2020 meeting in Davos‑Klosters for how its members could measure and disclose meaningful and relevant aspects of their performance on environmental, social and governance matters and their contribution to progress on the SDGs on a consistent and comparable basis.
SNV has joined hands with DBCCI for engaging the private sector to bring more Inclusive Business (IB) solution for readymade garments (RMG) sector. DBCCI will be supporting private companies to build knowledge, design inclusive business model, piloting and promoting in national and international arena. DBCCI is inviting private companies to design and pilot IB Models to serve RMG workers to improve their health and wellbeing.
The deadline for submission of proposals is January 31, 2020.
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