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Jacana makes first investment in East Africa VC fund manager

1 September 2010
Alliance magazine

Jacana Venture Partnership announced at the end of June its first investment in an African venture capital (VC) fund manager, InReturn Capital, an East African SME investment firm based in Kenya. SMEs are generally acknowledged as crucial motors for economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa, but access to finance is a major obstacle to their growth.

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Femina HIP – 10 years to reach 10 million
Minou Fuglesang

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Femina HIP – 10 years to reach 10 million

Minou Fuglesang
1 June 2010
Alliance magazine

Femina HIP, the citizen media initiative, started as a small project in Tanzania in 1999. By 2010, Femina had become the country’s biggest ‘citizen’ media platform, and a significant shaper of contemporary culture and values, reaching 10 million (out of 40 million) people in Tanzania, with over 800 distribution partnerships reaching across the country.

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Follow the hummingbird…
Wangari Maathai

Follow the hummingbird…

Wangari Maathai
1 March 2010
Alliance magazine

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A distinct role for small grants…
Ezra Mbogori

A distinct role for small grants…

Ezra Mbogori
1 March 2010
Alliance magazine

At the end of the first decade of the new millennium, it is clear that many countries will fail to meet several of the Millennium Development Goals by 2015. Compelling reasons might be advanced for this, but we should all feel more than a tinge of guilt for failing to attain standards that themselves fall well below aspirations that existed prior to the Millennium Declaration.

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Liberia: a new model for collaborative philanthropy
O Natty B Davis II

Liberia: a new model for collaborative philanthropy

O Natty B Davis II
1 March 2010
Alliance magazine

Given Liberia’s recent history, it’s almost impossible to imagine my country as the starting point for a positive social innovation like the exciting new collaborative model for philanthropy that we are now piloting. But fortunately, following a brutal 14-year civil conflict that killed an estimated 270,000 people and ruined the lives of countless others, Liberians saw and grabbed their chance for a fresh start in 2005 when we elected Ellen Johnson Sirleaf as the first-ever female African head of state.

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Social Investment Exchange to launch in Kenya

1 March 2010
Alliance magazine

There is a clear need for an institutional structure to lead, coordinate and expand the development of Kenya’s social investment sector. With this in mind, Allavida, funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, has embarked on the establishment of the Kenya Social Investment Exchange (KSIX), the first social investment exchange in East Africa, to be launched later this year. KSIX aims to promote the growth of social investment in three important ways.

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Ibrahim Prize has no winner this year
Mo Ibrahim

Ibrahim Prize has no winner this year

1 December 2009
Alliance magazine

The Mo Ibrahim Foundation’s flagship event in support of better governance in Africa is the awarding of the annual Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership, worth $5 million. But this year there was no winner. According to the press release, ‘the Prize Committee has considered some credible candidates. However, after in-depth review, the Prize Committee could not select a winner.’ Mo Ibrahim himself pointed out that it was ‘the Prize Committee's decision not to award a prize this year and we entirely respect it.

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African Grantmakers Network - A new force in Africa

1 December 2009
Alliance magazine

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Does ad content affect consumer demand?
Dean Karlan

Does ad content affect consumer demand?

Dean Karlan, Manfred Kuhn and Jonathan Zinman
1 September 2009
Alliance magazine

Exposure to advertising is pervasive in most countries, with companies and other advertisers paying significant sums in the hope of influencing consumer decisions. In fact, there is little research that quantifies the effect of the 'creative content' of ads. Nor do we know much about how important ad content is relative to the product’s price.

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Development strategies based on African views
Hadeel Ibrahim

Development strategies based on African views

Hadeel Ibrahim
1 September 2009
Alliance magazine

The current economic climate creates a series of challenges for the development community. While Western economies are increasingly required to justify development spending, developing economies, particularly in Africa, are suffering as a result of lower commodity prices, decreasing in-flows of investment, lower demand for African exports and falling government revenues. This is exacerbated by the disproportionate effects of climate change on the continent –Africa is suffering the consequences of other nations’ emissions.

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