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This brief article points out different aspects of innovation in low-income countries as well crucial impeding factors of innovations.

Produced by Magnitt, Wa’ed sponsors the 2021 MENA VC Impact Investment Report, which tries to shed some light on the VC impact investment ecosystem in MENA since 2016. The report reveals that $444m was invested across 403 deals by impact-driven startups across the region since 2016. This accounts for 7% of all venture capital (VC) deployed in MENA startups between 2016 and the third quarter of 2021. The information gathered in the report aims to enable a more informed conversation on this space between stakeholders, and to attract greater investment and support for impact-driven sectors and startups.

This report aggregates the voices of 6,000 Kenyan farmers interviewed between June 2020 and May 2021. They relate their lived experience during the Covid-19 pandemic and how livelihoods were adversely affected by supply chain disruptions and government lockdowns. 

As is the case elsewhere, in Africa, many people depend entirely on food systems for employment and incomes as well. For these reasons, building resilient and sustainable food systems is crucial to ensuring sustainable economies and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Agenda 2063 Goals. However, Africa remains food insecure, accounting for 256 million of the world’s 795 million people suffering from hunger. Against this challenge, this 2021 African Agriculture Status Report (AASR21) provides evidence and insights on the prospects of achieving resilience and sustainability in Africa’s food systems.

The report plots the cost and value-add of non-financial support. It recommends the best ways of engaging investees and grantees with non-financial support in order to accelerate their progress towards producing solid societal outcomes. The guide is targeted specifically at venture philanthropy (VP) and social investment (SI) practitioners, and more broadly at other social sector funders such as foundations, grantmaking organisations and impact investors.

The report maps the social enterprise space in the Philippines. It provides an overview of key government support and regulatory barriers, interested investors, investor attitudes and discussion on the barriers to investment, and information about the support organisations within the ecosystem by category and sector.

This report investigates how the Latin America and the Caribbean's market at the BOP has changed during recent years. It presents data on the BOP market size, socioeconomic characteristics, market segments, expenditure patterns, and demand-related factors, and it also provides insights into what the region's BOP consumers want and identifies underserved markets and business opportunities. It includes an examination of the supply side of BOP markets and analyses what types of business models, distribution channels, and input sources have enabled enterprises to successfully engage the Latin American and the Caribbean BOP market.

This guide intends to bring newcomers into the game. It should help high net worth individuals, family offices and others to know some of the questions, if not the answers, to determine what’s right for them and what to do next to move toward meaningful, measureable impact.

This paper is one of 13 country studies on access to energy in Sub-Saharan Africa. It describes the current situation for off-grid solutions in Ethiopia and identifies key policy measures to enable accelerated access to electricity.

This paper is one of 13 country studies on access to energy in Sub-Saharan Africa. It describes the current situation for off-grid solutions in Ghana and identifies key policy measures to enable accelerated access to electricity.