Japan’s Tokyo Metropolitan Government is accepting applications for the Green
Finance Subsidy for Tokyo Market Entry, a financial and technical assistance initiative
intended to attract foreign green finance companies to Tokyo. The program is open to
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: SoftBank Leads $400m Equity Funding Round for Fintech OPay of Nigeria as it Eyes International Expansion
The SoftBank Vision Fund 2, a vehicle of the Japanese conglomerate SoftBank, recently led an investment package totaling USD 400 million in the Nigeria-based financial technology (fintech) firm OPay, a mobile platform for sending payments. The funding round values
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: BlueOrchard Raises $140m for “COVID-19 Emerging and Frontier Markets MSME Support Fund” from Schroders, Japan, UK, US
BlueOrchard Impact Investment Managers, a member of the UK-based Schroders Group, recently partnered with Schroders and three development finance institutions to launch an initiative to fund lenders serving micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in developing countries that have been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The group of investors, which has committed a total of
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: UNIDO Incubates Agro-processing Training Center, Moving Groundnut, Sesame Farmers Up Oils Value Chain in South Sudan
The UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) recently handed over a program for developing agricultural value chains to local managers in South Sudan. Since its launch in 2019, 250 farmers in the country have enrolled, learning entrepreneurship skills and