Machal Karim
@MachalKarim
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Managing the impact of investments in financial services @CDCGroup. Forever Canadian, home in the U.K. #impinv
Joined April 2019
"Continuing to invest patient capital at a time when commercial investors pull back is vital.” @MachalKarim @CDCgroup for CFI’s blog series on DFI responses to COVID-19:
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We, humanity, have made so many mistakes...all we should have now is humility and profound respect for our Doctors. https://t.co/ObClZg5KiS
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Delivering impact through businesses, necessarily should mean on customers.
Social enterprises tend to put their positive impact at the center of their #marketing efforts. But according to #storytelling strategist @MoffittDeBlock, businesses should focus primarily on their benefits to the customer – not their social impact. https://t.co/WzryGntXlO
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Scaling finance for clean energy responsibly.
☀️We have been actively supporting the development of the @GOGLAssociation Consumer Protection Code in the off-grid solar industry. Read about the importance of protect customers, along with scaling innovation in this evolving sector ➡️ https://t.co/RmSzSkfR49
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Great panel discussion on day 2 of the #DFI Learning Event hosted by @CGAP and @Proparco: risks of emerging business models and how to manage them. Taking interesting insights shared by @CDCgroup and @JUMO_WORLD representatives home to @deginvest_int. #finclusion #fin4dev
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From an idea 6 years ago to signifiant innovation and impact on smallholders. So great to see how far @MCFoundationFRP has come. End 2019 impact figures even higher.
In the East African feature, the Fund and other contributors explore what is working or not in the drive to achieve real financial inclusivity in Africa. Read more https://t.co/22l8j9EVzj
#financialinclusion
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Proud to be Canadian 🇨🇦
The far-right, anti-immigrant People's Party of Canada failed to win a single seat in Monday's election.
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Investing in financial services allows our money to reach businesses in some of the toughest markets in the world as we work to meet the UN's #SDGs. We had a look at the impact of our approach and how we can be more effective, find out what we learnt- https://t.co/G4ZByqtrCf
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Supporting banks to fill the gaps.
📢We're proud to announce we have signed a $75m trade programme with @Absa, focused on supporting its drive to provide financing for local businesses across the continent 🌍 #SDG8 #SDG17 Read about our investment - https://t.co/6wzUbgJYtz
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Looking forward to being in Ouga again and speaking to inclusive finance towards SDGs
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Very cool, been a while since we’ve seen steps forward on YFS.
Check out our new policy note on youth, financial inclusion, and entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan #Africa! https://t.co/6Z4AvHoNVz
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A huge congratulations again to our new Nobel Laureates! We took some time today to toast Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer—we are beyond proud to work with you. #NobelEconomicsPrize #NobelPrize2019
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We've invested US$15m into SME lender Indifi 🇮🇳 The new capital will enable it to increase its lending multifold. Read about it here ➡️
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The #FinancialInclusion sector has grown and transformed in recent years. But is investing in #finserv an effective development strategy? @timothyogden and @MachalKarim examine the evidence: https://t.co/8fNTME1si2
@CDCgroup @financialaccess @NYUWagner #globaldev #microfinance
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What is the impact of investing in financial services? We’ve tried to pull the evidence together. https://t.co/ZTCP82Zfkt
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July Insight: 📰 Read our first Insight newsletter including our research on how financial services investors can achieve impact and why we're focusing on Egypt - https://t.co/QACH01tRri
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The #offgridsolar industry is evolving. @GOGLAssociation #ConsumerProtection Code puts consumers first and aims to set the standard of best practice, encouraging responsible growth. Together we can go #FurtherFaster. #SDG7 Find out more ➡️☀️ https://t.co/ix9w0c9Obh
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CDC invests to accelerate financial inclusion in Africa #investmentworks Read about it here ➡️ https://t.co/0e1XNsAMu6
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Introducing the 2019 #InclusiveFintech50! Learn about the most promising inclusive fintech startups: https://t.co/fzEWNqAgec cc: @VisaNews @AccionVLab @MetLife Foundation @IFC_org
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