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Women hold the key to African green revolution
josephine_okot.jpg Making a commitment to women is essential for a successful green revolution in Africa, emphasises Josephine Okot, founder and managing director of Victoria Seed Ltd in Uganda.
Females account for 70 per cent of all agricultural production in Africa, the only continent in the world which cannot feed its own population.

“As a self-employed businesswoman, I started out with very few resources and have personally fought against a male-dominated commercial culture,” she says.
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Norfund becomes Norway’s leading microfinance investor
Thursday, 01 November 2007

Two new investments totalling some NOK 70 million place tNorfund among Norway’s largest investors in the microfinance sector.

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Leading Development Finance Institutions Bring Corporate Governance to the Forefront
Tuesday, 23 October 2007
Norfund is part of a joint statement issued by the leaders of 31 Development Finance Institutions that positions corporate governance at the forefront of their sustainable development agenda in emerging markets.
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CASEIF II first investment: Microfinance software developer
Friday, 12 October 2007

Grupo ASI is a company specialized in developing and delivering software solutions specifically for Micro Finance Institutions, and also for financial institutions and larger companies in Central America. By buying a 1 million USD equity stake in the company on 20th of September 2007, CASEIF II finalized its first transaction.

 

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Investment guidelines
  • Norfund is a provider of risk capital for private companies in developing countries.
     
  • It invests in profitable companies and shares the risks and rewards involved with its partners.
     
  • Fostering economic growth by building healthy companies is at the heart of its business.

  • Norfund can offer various financial solutions to its partners, ranging from loan instruments to equity financing.  
     
  • Norfund invests in a broad range of industries and has established a global presence through its current project portfolio.