Machal Karim

Managing the impact of investments in financial services @CDCGroup. Forever Canadian, home in the U.K. #impinv

[Center for Financial Inclusion (CFI) @CFI_Accion]

"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: https://t.co/F3Vzl2sinY

[Machal Karim @MachalKarim]

We, humanity, have made so many mistakes...all we should have now is humility and profound respect for our Doctors.
https://t.co/ObClZg5KiS

[Machal Karim @MachalKarim]

Delivering impact through businesses, necessarily should mean on customers.

[NextBillion @NextBillion]

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

[Machal Karim @MachalKarim]

Scaling finance for clean energy responsibly.

[British International Investment @BritishIntInv]

☀️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

[Eva Miriam Fuchs @EvaMiriamFuchs]

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

[Lindsay Wallace @LindsayWallace3]

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.

[Machal Karim @MachalKarim]

Proud to be Canadian 🇨🇦

[HuffPost @HuffPost]

The far-right, anti-immigrant People's Party of Canada failed to win a single seat in Monday's election. https://t.co/9LaxbjccBA

[Machal Karim @MachalKarim]

@gkcoetzee Brilliant as always - how do we effect change? #SAM2019

[Machal Karim @MachalKarim]

@GlobalFindex @CGAP @CFI_Accion Helpful as we keep looking for effective ways to support our companies in playing their part. @CDCgroup https://t.co/cHmMNJTNql

[British International Investment @BritishIntInv]

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

[Machal Karim @MachalKarim]

Supporting banks to fill the gaps.

[British International Investment @BritishIntInv]

📢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

[Machal Karim @MachalKarim]

Looking forward to being in Ouga again and speaking to inclusive finance towards SDGs https://t.co/KyFkFVnlR0

[Machal Karim @MachalKarim]

Very cool, been a while since we’ve seen steps forward on YFS.

[World Bank Global Findex @GlobalFindex]

Check out our new policy note on youth, financial inclusion, and entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan #Africa!

https://t.co/6Z4AvHoNVz

[J-PAL @JPAL]

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

[Machal Karim @MachalKarim]

@CardanoDev @timothyogden @WaterFinanceFac @GuarantCo @frontclear @tcxfund Thanks! Would be great to chat.

[British International Investment @BritishIntInv]

We've invested US$15m into SME lender Indifi 🇮🇳
The new capital will enable it to increase its lending multifold.
Read about it here ➡️ https://t.co/ve7HZWJJju

[NextBillion @NextBillion]

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

[Machal Karim @MachalKarim]

What is the impact of investing in financial services? We’ve tried to pull the evidence together.

https://t.co/ZTCP82Zfkt

[British International Investment @BritishIntInv]

CDC Insight: How can financial services investors achieve impact? - https://t.co/WN2fsZszUY

[British International Investment @BritishIntInv]

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