Tag: Impact investing

Front: Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF)

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Strengthening the Financial Independence of Independent Media Organisations

The key findings of the literature review with regard to international donor assistance and private funding for independent media are as follows:

  • The United States and Germany are the largest contributors of international media assistance (Myers & Juma, 2018); China is emerging as a large donor for media and communications infrastructure projects although it is less interested in freedom of the media (Myers & Juma, 2018);
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Gates, Soros team up on access to medical technology

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Gates, Soros team up on access to medical technology

Mologic Ltd is a world-leading innovator in the development of lateral flow and rapid diagnostic technologies, including tests that can help combat tropical diseases such as dengue, bilharzia, and river blindness – as well as Covid-19

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The £30 million acquisition was announced in summer 2021 and is being made through the Global Access Health (GAH), a social enterprise. GAH will seek to expand access to affordable state-of-the-art medical technology through decentralized research, development, and manufacturing in and for the Global South. The Soros Economic Development Fund launched the GAH in July with support from several philanthropic funds and investors including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.