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TVET Equipment Financing Is a Constraint. How Do We Solve It?

Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) costs between 22% and 28% more per student than general secondary education due to its practical, equipment-intensive nature ...

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UK Aid Cuts Have a Date. Does Your Funding Plan?

UK official development assistance is projected to fall to 0.30% of gross national income by 2027/28. This is an estimated GBP 9.2 billion, representing the ...

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Non-Profits’ Pathway to Financial Sustainability Through Earned Income

Driven by the promise of social and environmental returns alongside financial yields, impact investing has grown to an estimated USD 1.571 trillion worldwide (GIIN 2024). ...

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Sustainable Energy Finance: Opportunities for African Markets

In 2024, Africa added just 4 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity to its grids. The world added 585 gigawatts. Africa holds the planet’s greatest untapped ...

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Capital Mobilisation Strategies for Development Organisations

Official Development Assistance fell 9% in 2024, and OECD projections warn of a further 9–17% decline in 2026.¹ For African development organisations whose revenue models ...

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Community-Centred Development: Beyond Extractive Models

Africa needs an additional $194 billion annually to achieve the SDGs by 2030, yet the 2024 Africa Sustainable Development Report — produced jointly by UNDP, ...

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ESGs Without Investor-Ready Foundations Won’t Save Your Funding Bid

Only 17% of SDG targets are on track globally. Yet in 2024, blended finance mobilised $18 billion across 123 deals. The capital is there. So ...

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Global Partnerships Conference May 2026: The Clock Is Right. The Time is Now!

The Global Partnerships Conference (GPC) which takes place in London this May (2026), under the theme – Common Challenges, Collective Action, is co-hosted by the ...