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IFC’s First Investment in South Sudan Critical for Young Country’s Growth
IFC made its first investment in South Sudan, Africa's newest country, in support of a large commercial building in Juba.
IFC and The MasterCard Foundation Launch Partnership to Improve Financial Services for Millions in Africa
IFC and The MasterCard Foundation launched a $37.4 million partnership to increase access to financial services for an estimated 5.3 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa.
IFC Launches Pan-African Bond Program to Support Local Capital Markets
IFC and Standard Chartered today launched a bond-issuance program that will increase the availability of local-currency financing for private sector development in Africa.
Gender Focus Benefits Women, Banks, Communities
Mozambique entrepreneur Arlete Patel had an idea: open the very first supermarket in Matola, 12 kilometers from the capital. But she had no funding, until IFC client-bank BCI Mozambique saw the opportunity...
Netherlands Signs Agreement with IFC, Contributes €100 Million to Help Poor Farmers
By 2050, a 70 percent increase in world food production will be needed to feed two billion more people with most of the additional $83 billion investment likely to come from the private sector.

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