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The Brief: Bringing renters into the ownership economy with ‘tenant equity’
Greetings Agents of Impact! In today’s Brief: Featured: Ownership Economy ‘Tenant equity’ models start to give renters access to housing wealth. Tenants typically …
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UK’s Manufacturing Africa to launch $200 million fund for green manufacturing startups
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The ‘ethical nature’ of Islamic finance opens new markets
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With working capital and warehousing, Small Foundation boosts emerging fund managers in Africa
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Tapping local asset owners to finance growing businesses in Africa
The Call
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Laying bets on entrepreneurial households in industrious communities
Among the misperceptions that have kept capital from flowing to broad sectors of emerging markets: Risks are too high. Customers are too poor. …
Agents of Impact converge on financing solutions to ‘light every clinic’
The people and principles needed to solve the challenges of financing solar power for frontline health clinics were represented on ImpactAlpha’s Agents of …
Changing investment algorithms to advance racial justice
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 1 – What got us here won’t get us where we need to go. Guidelines that govern global finance need to …
Rooting out racism as a systemic risk
ImpactAlpha, Aug. 27 – Investors have been talking about systemic risks at least since the Great Financial Crisis of 2008. More recently, climate …
Impact investors confront the impact of the November election
It’s long past time to get political. Impact investing, with appeal on both the left and the right, has generally steered clear of …
Impact Voices
Provocative opinions and insightful analysis from the community
The case for investment in alternative ownership and governance models
There is an unspoken design decision fundamentally shaping our economy: economic rights and governance rights are inextricably linked. Whether it’s a venture capitalist …
An unexpected partnership is boosting savings for low-income families
Building savings is critical to establishing financial security. The ability to save underpins financial health for low-income and low-wealth households. It also serves as an …
NYC is proving government can invest for the triple bottom line
What if public entities could act more like private impact investors? What if public capital could be deployed for measurable social and environmental …
Impact Oscars 2026: The movies that made a difference
From Hollywood thrillers like “Sinners” and “One Battle After Another,” to indie crowd-pleasers like Folktales and Orwell: 2+2=5, impact is playing a starring …
With ‘Sinners,’ Ryan Coogler demonstrates the power of creative ownership
One of the central themes in the Oscar-nominated film, “Sinners,” is the demand for a cultural experience that is both for us and …
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