ACCRA, GHANA – Tugende, an MSME lending fintech in Uganda and Kenya won the 2022 Financial Inclusion Award at the 2022 African Banker Awards announced on 25 May. The Awards, held in Accra, Ghana in conjunction with the African Development Bank’s annual meetings,...
I’m delighted to share that EarthSpark’s work in Haiti was named “Sustainable Energy Initiative of the Year” by Island Innovation and The Clinton Global Initiative. Applicants hailed from around the world. The other finalists are doing great...
CHENNAI, INDIA – June 15, 2021 – WorldBusiness Capital, Inc. (WBC) announced the recent closing of a $15 million commercial loan to India’s Asirvad Microfinance Limited. WBC’s loan is guaranteed by United States International Development Finance...
WASHINGTON – U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) funded the first $25 million tranche of DFC’s $100 million loan to WaterEquity’s Global Access Fund, a $150 million impact investment vehicle targeting inclusive financial institutions in emerging...
The much vaunted phrase “win-win” doesn’t begin to capture the Haitian rural electrification project I have recently been evaluating. The Earth Spark mini-grid project implemented through local affiliate Enèji Pwòp (Clean Energy in the Haitian Creole language)...
ALMATY, KAZAKHSTAN – WorldBusiness Capital, Inc. (WBC) announced the closing of a $15 million, 10-year commercial loan to Tengri Bank JSC (Tengri) of Kazakhstan. WBC’s loan is guaranteed by Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the U.S. Government agency...
