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Newsweek: Solar Power Brightens Residents' Prospects in East Africa
Every day, she lines up a solar panel outside her home, where it soaks up sunlight. The energy the panel gathers charges the batteries that power all her electrical devices.
Venture Capital for Africa: Ground Game: Smart Investing In Africa
In April I was sitting at Pete’s, the outdoor café in Nairobi’s iHub, lunching with a Nairobi-based entrepreneur. Pete’s and the iHub can make a visitor feel like he or she is actually in Palo Alto.
NextBillion: PEG Completes $7.5 Million Round to Expand Activities in West Africa
Accra, Ghana – PEG, the leading off-grid solar company in Ghana, announced today that it has closed a $7.5 million Series A round. The funding will be used to expand operations in Ghana, build out the management team, and to enter Ivory Coast.
The White House: New Commitments to Accelerate Investment in the Clean-Energy Transformation
Government and private sector leadership continue to work together to transition new clean-energy technologies from lab to market.
The Impact: Early-Stage Impact Investing: A Primer for Families
Early-stage impact investments can be a powerful tool for scaling businesses that are designed to make money and have measurable social impact.
Forbes: Spotlight on Impact Investing: In Hollywood, Big Issues Can Mean Big Business
In announcing the award for Best Documentary Short during the 88th Annual Academy Awards, comedian Louis CK uncorked the line of the night: “This Oscar is going home in a Honda Civic.”
Knowledge@Wharton: How Impact Investing Can Change the World
WSII’s report, “Great Expectations: Mission Preservation and Financial Performance in Impact Investing,” aimed to debunk the expectation that impact investors must always sacrifice financial returns when seeking social returns.
Knowledge@Wharton: Social Entrepreneurship: What's the Best Way to Make a Difference?
Social entrepreneurship is on the rise. Sixty percent of all social enterprises today were founded only within the past eight years, according to Harvard Business Review.
The ImPact: Liesel Pritzker Simmons
Where I was spending my time and what I was particularly passionate about had nothing to do with how my wealth was invested.
Chronicle of Philanthropy: 40 Under 40: Young Leaders Who Are Solving the Problems of Today — and Tomorrow
Philanthropy has long suffered the reputation, rightly or wrongly, that it is a stuffy, formal field of conservative approaches. No more.
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