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Enable Ventures backs Be My Eyes to develop AI applications for the blind
Danish tech venture Be My Eyes connects blind and low-vision individuals with volunteers for support with everyday tasks, like reading food labels or …
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Call No. 43: How responsible fintech in Africa provides resilience in a downturn (video)
ImpactAlpha, June 3 – Just as investment in financial inclusion in Africa was really ramping up, a market downturn threatens to slow progress. Or …
Call No. 34: How tech innovation is bridging gaps in small business financing in emerging markets
ImpactAlpha, November 19 – The boom in African fintech startups began before COVID-19. The economic shutdowns and financial dislocations of the pandemic supercharged …
Impact Voices
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How impact financing can deliver better edtech products to children
Education technologies designed well have the potential to deliver positive outcomes for youth around the world. Too often, however, real-world implementation and measurement …
How fintechs are bridging the gender-based financing gap in Latin America
At ALIVE Ventures, we believe that applying a gender lens across our investment processes and supporting investees in implementing gender-smart business practices isn’t …
A market map of tech solutions for climate adaptation and resilience
Annual record-setting in the climate crisis is becoming the new normal. This year is on pace to be the hottest ever recorded. Last …
Giving first-generation college grads the (artificial) intel to launch their careers
The far-reaching global economic impact of generative artificial intelligence (AI), across functions and industries, is estimated by McKinsey to reach a whopping $4.4 …
Optimist? Pessimist? How a dose of techno-pragmatism can make tech the good guys again
At the dawn of the computer age, coding was seen as so rote that a 1968 career guide suggested that women who like …
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