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The data that counts
One of the great challenges of development work is that you can never really tell…
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It’s not about the money in education… South Africa vs Zimbabwe
South Africa spends 5.4% of its GDP – or 16.9% of total government spending in…
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Success story: How iCow scaled and scaled
Three years ago the Indigo Trust came in as sole funder of Kenyan farming SMS service, iCow. The…
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The true size of Africa
In a bid to fight “immappancy” and chronic misjudgement of Africa’s true scale, software and…
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Impact investing: A closer look
What is it? It’s a growing field of financial and social innovation. In short, it…
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Reformed gangsters transform a community
The problem of gangsterism is a deeply entrenched one in the cluster of Cape Town…
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The New (not-so-Oxford) Dictionary of Innovative Finance
Innovative finance is a new and growing field. It’s also the source of many questions,…
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Questions of Scale
The psychology of scaling is powerful. It can also be exhausting. We carry this idea…
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A handful of thoughts on innovative finance…
Issue number 5 of Inside|Out focuses on new ways of financing social impact. These new…
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Many sectors, many branches
Innovative finance is not limited to a specific society, sector or need. Players from various…