This post originally appeared on ImpactAlpha. Read the original piece here. By Lauren Yang, INVEST Strategic Communications Advisor Environmental, social and governance, or ESG, investing is dogged by inconsistent, and sometimes conflicting, reporting criteria and ratings that make it difficult to analyze risk and impact at best, and disguise greenwashing…

This post originally appeared on ImpactAlpha. Read the original piece here. By Shuyin Tang, Co-founder and CEO of the Beacon Fund, and Yen Do, Investment Manager at the Beacon Fund Agriculture is the foundation of daily life in most of the world. The food and agriculture sector provides livelihoods for…

Despite Kenya’s extensive information and communication technology infrastructures, and high levels of broadband uptake, the country still has a significant digital divide, especially among rural populations. …

A new generation of tech-enabled start-ups across Africa is creating homegrown solutions to local problems, driving growth and job creation. In Tunisia, USAID is working with INVEST and its partners CrossBoundary and Flat6Labs to help these SMEs engage investors and get the financing they need to grow. Together, they are…

INVEST is providing project management support for the U.S. Government’s Infrastructure Transaction and Assistant Network’s Transaction Advisory Fund to bring a second submarine cable to the Pacific Island country of Palau. …

USAID INVEST partner CrossBoundary supported the Tunisian company Methania with an equity raise. Methania’s technology turns manure into biogas, which can be repurposed to power farms, and captures harmful methane gasses from being released into the atmosphere. …

The investments from USAID’s Haiti INVEST project are boosting incomes for smallholder farmers. This post originally appeared on USAID Medium. Read the original piece here. By Amelia Mecklenburg, USAID/Haiti English Editor & Carolanne Chanik, INVEST Communications Advisor Saintania is a peanut grower based in Mirebalais, Haiti, and one of more…

This post originally appeared on ImpactAlpha. Read the original piece here. By Stevie Smyth Valdez, Executive Director of SVX Mexico, and Mauricio Martinez Miramontes, Partnerships Coordinator at La Mano del Mono The theme of this year’s Earth Day is “Invest in our planet.” We’ve all heard the argument: governments, NGOs…

Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA) is an international economic development organization that creates business solutions to the challenges presented by long-standing poverty. Through USAID INVEST, MEDA and a consortium of partners are testing approaches and providing practical solutions to help female entrepreneurs access finance in Rwanda and Kenya. …