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Nov 01, 2024
GIF launches new Investment Vehicle

The Global Innovation Fund formally launched its returnable capital investment vehicle, GIF Growth, at a reception in Washington DC, to coincide with the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group.GIF Growth is designed to...

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Aug 15, 2024
Investing Locally for Sustained Impact

GIF has long sought to direct its funding towards locally headquartered organisations, and our investments in 2023 were no exception. Often, our investments are not only locally headquartered, they are also locally led. More broadly, when innovators are not local...

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Jul 26, 2024
Inside the Africa Impact Summit

Earlier this month, I attended the second annual Africa Impact Summit in Nairobi. Organised by Impact Investing Kenya and other groups, it focused on "Scaling Impact: Accelerating Action for the Africa We Want," and highlighted the important role of impact...

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Sep 22, 2023
Engaging for climate resilience: GIF attends Africa Climate Summit 2023

The inaugural Africa Climate Summit 2023 (ACS23) – one of four key region-focused climate conferences – took place earlier this month in Nairobi, Kenya. The event provided a crucial platform for innovators to showcase their solutions to pressing climate issues...

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Jul 21, 2023
Women Deliver Conference: Sustainable Solutions for Gender Equality

Image: GIF team alongside gender equality portfolio grantees and co-funders at the 2023 Women Deliver Conference. As one of the largest multi-sectoral convenings to advance gender equality, this year’s Women Deliver Conference, held from 17-20 July in Kigali, Rwanda, created...

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Dec 08, 2022
Kenya Innovation Week: Why we must take risks to make economic and social progress

This year’s Kenya Innovation Week (KIW), held from 6th to 8th December in Nairobi, focussed on innovations’ potential to develop economies and improve individual livelihoods. Through panel discussions and start-up exhibitions, centred around the theme ‘Connecting Innovations GLocally”, the event...

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Nov 30, 2022
Takeaways from the Asia Philanthropy Congress: Innovation is driving development in Asia

The Asia Philanthropy Congress, which took place last week in Tokyo, is a platform that seeks solutions to social problems through cross-sectoral collaboration. It also provides a venue for setting agendas to address Asia’s social issues as well as facilitating...