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San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
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It was a great honor and super fun to join high impact entrepreneurs, investors, and ecosystem builders at #cliiq2022 in Quito. Thank you @impaqtoec and @nexusimpinv
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Here are 5 steps funders can take to support social enterprise resilience, both during the #COVID19 pandemic and in response to future crises. bit.ly/3nBUI07
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Thank you @NextBillion for the opportunity to co-author this piece with @alethiakang of @acceso_org on pandemic #impinv for #SocEnt and @Kiva's partnership in El Salvador and Colombia. Have a look!
The #Pandemic is Not Over for #SocialEnterprises: Here’s How #ImpactInvestors and Other Funders Can Help Them Survive #COVID19
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Very pleased to support @Coldhubslimited, a Nigerian #SocEnt that operates solar-powered walk-in cold rooms, preventing +42,000 tons of food spoilage, increased farmer incomes by 50%, created 66 jobs for women, and saved an estimated +1m kg of CO2. #impinv kiva.org/lend/2182102
Excited to support Mountain Harvest, a #socent in Uganda working with coffee farmers to elevate quality, disconnect pricing from commodity markets, and return bigger margins to farmers ~20% above market. #impinv kiva.org/lend/2137508
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GGEM Farming has one of the most effective and impactful models I have seen, combining tech with deep farmer insight and empathy. Lend here to support a great social business in Malawi support farmers. kiva.org/invitedby/ramona808… via @Kiva
Thrilled to support @PawameAfrica, a Kenyan home solar company reaching the country's most underserved communities. Pawame has provided last-mile electricity to over 80k individuals, enabling over $5.5 million in additional income. You can too! #impinv kiva.org/lend/2117590
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Balancing urgency and risk during the COVID-19 pandemic is difficult.
Luke Seidl, Kiva's Senior Investment Manager for Small and Growing Businesses, explains how Kiva's impact-first collaborations have helped entrepreneurs during the pandemic. → bit.ly/2TQToGH
It was a pleasure joining you @mcccdea! Thank you @AspenANDE for the innovative panel. We produced some great action items for balancing risk and urgency for emergency funding.
Thank you @AspenANDE for inviting @promujer to be part of the #ANDE2020 solution salon. Great ideas came up last night for the challenge presented by @LukeSeidl from @Kiva on how do we create more resilience and emergency funding in incertain times!
“Scaling investment in women entrepreneurs is not only the next step in building pathways to prosperity for women but also crucial for country-level recovery and resilience.” #GenderLens #impinv businesswire.com/news/home/2…
In response to food shortages and transport challenges in Northern Uganda as a result of #covid19, @cycle_connect distributed 110 bicycles to healthcare workers and delivered 564 emergency seed loans. #impinv
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We are happy to be part of #SankalpAfrica20 discussing 'Women Who Drive Investment, Accelerate Development' with other amazing panelists.
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Cacao de Aroma in Peru has scaled from commercializing 80 to 1,000 tons of cacao, supporting 900 small farmers, and increasing wages 30% with the help of Kiva loans. #catalyticcapital #impinv #sdgs Breaking generational cycles: from cocaine to cacao pages.kiva.org/blog/breaking…
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It's Global Entrepreneurship Week and we're thrilled to be supporting entrepreneurs in the United States and all over the world! 💸Check out "High Impact Lending Where Others Can't", an article about Kiva Labs by our Senior Investment Manager @LukeSeidl!
bit.ly/2KVZCks
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Congrats!! It's #BusinessTime now! 😎
Our support from @Kiva has enabled us to accelerate the trade relationships we have with our smallholder farmers. We now mean business!
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There are many amazing small businesses in #emergingmarkets run by brilliant social entrepreneurs that cannot obtain the financing required to grow. #GEW2019 #GEWInclusion
Learn how @Kiva is bridging the gap and solving for the missing middle: genglobal.org/global-entrepr…
In Cambodia, where 70% of people rely on fish for their protein intake, the lake that feeds the Mekong Basin is facing a shortage of fish n.pr/2rj4Dwm
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What used to be offensively called the "Third World" (Africa/Asia/Latin America) now produces more total GDP than the "First World" (Western Europe/ US/ Canada/ Australia/NZ/Japan)
