ICRW GENDER OPPORTUNITIES EXPLORER

The Gender Opportunities Explorer highlights opportunities to better integrate gender in the operations and supply chain of an off-grid energy…

Financing Water Impact

This toolkit provides information that helps entrepreneurs understand the key components needed to successfully finance an enterprise that tackles socio-environmental…

12 Steps To Implement ESG Reporting At Your Company

Companies report that one of the biggest challenges to advancing sustainability is embedding it deeply within operations, strategies, and supply…

Aavishkar Group Impact Report 2020

The Aavishkar Group Impact Report 2020 is derived from women stories across the Group organizations, each recounting their own impact…

What happens in an outcome-based financing model when a major crisis hits?

With over 5 million recorded cases of COVID-19 across the globe and cases rising exponentially in many regions, the impacts of the…

Smallholder Farmers Access to Agricultural Finance in Southern Africa

Smallholder agriculture is the backbone to most countries in Southern Africa – this sector holds the potential for addressing the…

Regional Integration in Southern and Eastern Africa A Review of Informal Cross Border Trade

Regional integration has a long history in Africa, revealing that the reasons or objectives for integrating have been evolving over…

The Experiences and Challenges of Women in the SADC Region the Case of Trade and Agriculture Sectors

SADC region. Across the world, evidence suggests that trade is an engine of growth (US Government Fact Sheet 2008). Agriculture…

Womens Empowerment in Africa: Building Successful Female Entrepreneurs

Women’s entrepreneurship and empowerment continue to be key focus areas of development initiatives and action in Africa. While an increasing…

Investing in Female Entrepreneurs: A Social Issue or an Economic Opportunity?

A Global Review of Gender-Lens Investing in Light of the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic The UN SDG No. 5…

Moving the dial on gender-smart investing: why our new guide focusses on the ‘how’

“It’s about investing in women entrepreneurs; it’s financial inclusion for women; it’s getting more women into boards; it’s about better…

Beyond the Grant: Foundations as Impact Investors

Philanthropy can bring its whole self to work with an impact investing mindset that expands horizons beyond grantmaking alone. Imagine…

Usawa Agenda 2020 Report – Kenya

Education has both instrumentalist and utilitarian value, which is why the world has committed to ensuring that every child gets…

Mapping Social Investors’ response to Covid-19 in South Africa

This map was proudly designed by Ascent Technology This pilot map is the first phase of pioneering research, initiated by…

Women Included: A gender sensitive approach to agribusiness investment

One of FMO’s aims is to actively contribute to reducing inequalities by, among other things, seeking investment opportunities that positively…

The Development Dimension

Private Philanthropy for Development A series of OECD books analyzing the development aspects of policies in other domains, such as…

Research Brief: The Landscape of Large-Scale Giving by African Philanthropists

Jan Schwier, Craig Wallington, Maddie Holland, Wendy Magoronga 06/15/2020 Summary While charitable giving has a long history in Africa, the…

Impact of COVID-19 in Africa: a scenario analysis to 2030

Impact of COVID-19 in Africa: a scenario analysis to 2030 Africa’s development trajectory has suffered a severe setback, with extreme…

Worldwide Non-pharmaceutical Interventions Tracker for COVID-19 (WNTRAC)

WNTRAC A comprehensive dataset of over 6,000 non-pharmaceutical interventions implemented in response to COVID-19 by governments worldwide, covering 261 geographical…

COVID Response Alliance for Social Entrepreneurs

The COVID-19 pandemic forms a crisis of unprecedented scale and impact. As we learn about useful resources for social entrepreneurs…

Social Impact Measurement and Management Online Course

Dates Starting 3rd November 2020 Description VPA and Social Value UK will use their in-depth knowledge of the practice of…

How Digital Solutions May Enhance Social Finance

The How Digital Solutions May Enhance Social Finance presents another milestone on a journey that can lead us to impactful…

Innovative Financing for Social Entrepreneurs

The “Innovative Financing for Social Entrepreneurs”, released by Siemens Stiftung, shines a spotlight on imperative solutions for social development’s biggest…

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Nigerian MSMEs

FATE Foundation in partnership with BudgIt Nigeria designed and disseminated a survey to better understand the impact of the COVID-19…

Survey Results: Impacts of COVID-19 on SMEs in the Food System

The Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Business Network (co-convened by GAIN and WFP), undertook a survey of food system SMEs in…

The Small and Growing Business Sector and the COVID-19 Crisis: Emerging Evidence on Key Risks and Needs

The effect of COVID-19 on economies around the world has been unprecedented. While evidence on this impact is only beginning…

Kenya: Digital Trend Report 2020

The Nendo team and 5+ industry experts define the trends you need to know in a comprehensive free 30+ page…

Kenya: The state of Mobile data 2019

The State of Mobile Data report examines the mobile landscape and key topics from accessibility, pricing, privacy, lending, sports betting,…

Impact of Covid-19 ON Consumers and Corporates in Kenya

With millions ill, hundreds of thousands of lives lost and markets reeling in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the…