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22Dec 20

Africa Rising and the Private Equity Opportunity

The “Africa Rising” narrative has long been touted on the back of strong macro-economic growth across the continent since the early 2000’s. The recurring question however is whether it will…

11Nov 20

Traditional Microfinance – Going the way of the Dodo?

Thanks to lenient regulations on deposit taking in West Africa, what we now understand as microfinance is individual loans to microentrepreneurs with an established business in the retail sector, used…

16Oct 20

The Problem and Opportunity of Waste in Emerging Markets

The world and emerging markets in particular have a waste problem. Cities around the world generate over 2 billion tons of waste per year, and one-quarter of the world’s population, located primarily in emerging markets, does not have its waste collected. Continued economic growth, urbaniza

30Sep 20

Virtual due diligence – Changes during Covid-19 times

Covid-19 is impacting our lives in almost every way, privately and professionally. And it will continue to do so for quite some time, even if a proper vaccine is developed…

16Sep 20

Minigrids as part of the solution to address rural electrification in Sub-Saharan Africa

On the electricity demand in Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) Following the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) most governments in Africa adopted the target to reach universal access to electricity by…

26Aug 20

Some thoughts on fixed income investing in Emerging markets versus developed markets

Part II: Spotlight on investing in loans versus buying bonds As usual, one can complain about a lot of things in capital markets – at any time. But one of…

12Aug 20

Deforestation and carbon tax: The Costa Rican approach to protect and restore its forests

The economic benefits of the carbon tax are earmarked to fight deforestation as well as to promote social development of rural poor communities.

29Jul 20

Cybercrime and COVID-19: A challenge

We at FS Impact Finance communicate and interact with our partners and clients all over the world, increasingly relying on information systems, electronic networks, the cyberspace. We benefit from the…

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Signatory organizations report on Covid-19 Pledge implementation and lessons learned

16 November 2020

Over the past months, the financial inclusion sector has embarked on…

Internship at FS Impact Finance

31 July 2020

We asked our summer intern Lars Ballhausen to tell us about his experience at FS Impact Finance.

Mikrofinanz: Spezial-Anleihen oder eigene Assetklasse?

8 June 2020

Wie hat sich das Anlageuniversum der Mikrofinanzkredite in den letzten Jahren…

An international coalition to protect microfinance institutions and their clients in the COVID-19 crisis

11 May 2020

At the initiative of Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation, a group of microfinance lenders and key players in inclusive finance worked on a set of principles to better support the microfinance sector in the health and economic crisis caused by the Covid-19. Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation, ADA, Alterfin, Cerise, CIDR Pamig

Peer Group Comparison GLS Microfinance Fund

13 February 2020

Technical Papers

22Dec 20

Cybercrime and COVID-19: A challenge