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Man no die, man no rotten: coronavirus against our Nigerianess
It goes without saying that the immediate impacts of coronavirus are likely to have a more significant impact on communities that cannot practice social distancing and hygiene measures. In Nigeria, this includes hundreds of thousands of households in both rural...
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Steps Development Finance Institutions can take to help emerging markets weather the storm
DFI leaders must act both quickly and creatively to fill the gaps opened by the pandemic. This Dalberg-authored Impact Alpha post shares five actions DFIs can take to help developing economies survive the catastrophe and thrive afterwards. The original article...
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Webinar recording: What African leaders can do
As the pandemic reaches around the world, Africa-based businesses can prepare or and mitigate risks associated with the crisis. On 24 March, Dalberg Advisors Global Managing Partner Edwin Macharia and Amref Health Africa CEO Dr. Githinji Gitahi hosted a webinar...
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Getting critical medical supplies and protective gear to 54 African nations
On 22 March a cargo flight from Guangzhou, China arrived in Addis Ababa with a first round of supplies donated by the Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Foundation. Dalberg was on hand to help receive the shipment, which included more...
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Developing the Nigeria National Integrated Pneumonia Control Strategy and Implementation
Dalberg is a member of the Every Breath Counts Coalition (EBCC), the world’s first public-private partnership to support national governments to end preventable child pneumonia deaths by 2030. Across 2019, Dalberg and other EBCC partners worked closely with the Nigerian...
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Assessing women’s financial inclusion in Nigeria
Unlike comparator countries in Africa, including Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda, Nigeria’s gender gap in financial inclusion is widening. CBN and EFInA (Enhancing Financial Innovation and Access), a financial sector development organization that promotes financial inclusion in Nigeria – observed...
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Closing the Gaps: Finance Pathways for Serving the Missing Middles
Small and Growing Businesses (SGBs) serve as the lifeblood of inclusive growth in emerging markets. Found in all sectors of the economy, they employ and target many markets that larger businesses either cannot serve or overlook. But when SGBs set...
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Impact and Ikigai: A conversation with Yana Kakar, Dalberg’s outgoing Global Managing Partner
In 2013, the partners at Dalberg made an audacious-at-the-time decision to elect Yana Kakar as the firm’s Global Managing Partner. As a relatively less tenured partner, a woman, and pregnant with her first child at the time, she was not...
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Dalberg Advisors Elects Edwin Macharia as Global Managing Partner
Dalberg Advisors, the leading global consulting firm specializing in inclusive and sustainable business, policy, and investment strategy, is pleased to announce Edwin Macharia as its incoming Global Managing Partner. Elected by the firm’s equity partners to serve a three-year term beginning on...
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What are hidden data treasuries and how can they help development outcomes?
Cashew nuts in Burkina Faso can be seen growing from space. Such is the power of satellite technology, it’s now possible to observe the changing colors of fields as crops slowly ripen. This matters because it can be used as...
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Youth NEET in Kenya: Understanding values, capabilities, and barriers towards achieving career and life goals
In Kenya, youth NEET – young people not in education, employment, or training – are among the most vulnerable, with few prospects for income-generating activities in the future. Who are these youth, what are their challenges, enablers, and aspirations, and what would...
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USAID’s Investment Support Program (implemented by Dalberg Advisors) creates Primer on Catalyzing Agricultural Finance
According to the World Bank, growth in the agriculture sector is two to three times more effective at reducing poverty than equivalent growth in other sectors. However, agriculture remains largely under-financed, with actors across the value chain chronically lacking the...
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