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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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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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Questions of Scale
The psychology of scaling is powerful. It can also be exhausting. We carry this idea…
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Education Innovation #3: IkamvaYouth
IkamvaYouth is a support, tutoring and mentorship initiative that works to equip learners from townships and other disadvantaged…
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The story of social impact bonds
In 2012, Jim Clifford knew that the Consortium of Voluntary Adoption Agencies (CVAA) in the…
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How mobile is Africa, really?
Africa’s mobile revolution is a trending topic on the continent’s ever-swelling wave of cellphone use…
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Innovative Finance in South Africa
There is great potential for innovative financing in South Africa. As the country has moved…
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Solving local problems with local solutions (#1)
Drones. Grain silos. Biogas. These Kenyan innovations are having great impact both on the ground…
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Impact measurement: How to do it properly?
1. Include M&E as part of the project planMonitoring and Evaluation (M&E) doesn’t have to…
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How to give your impact measurement a makeover (#2)
If you’re paralysed by the belief that your work is “unmeasurable” or by the fear…