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Social Impact Pulse Podcast Episode Release Featuring BIDUK!

Social Impact Pulse Podcast Episode Release Featuring BIDUK!

by Athena Global | May 20, 2022 | Resources

“One of the fundamental drivers of our business model is acknowledging and recognizing that small and growing businesses are the backbone of any healthy and resilient economy.” On May 11, 2022, The Social Impact Pulse Podcast, together with Artesan Gateway...
For Every $1 invested in Women, $25 goes to Men in African Startups

For Every $1 invested in Women, $25 goes to Men in African Startups

by Athena Global | May 19, 2022 | Gender Lens Investing, Resources

Securing funding is one of the many challenges female African entrepreneurs face. This Bloomberg.com article is a great resource to understanding these obstacles as it highlights the issues women-led companies encounter as well as the pioneers in the space working to...
Participatory Product Design: Elevating End Stakeholder Voices to Create Better Financial Products for Women

Participatory Product Design: Elevating End Stakeholder Voices to Create Better Financial Products for Women

by Athena Global | May 18, 2022 | Blog, Financial Products/ Structures for DEI, Library, Publications

BIDUK’s Managing Director, Kaylene Alvarez, was proud to speak at a panel on Participatory Product Design at the KIVA and USAID Gender Equity + Financial Inclusion Forum (GEFI Forum) from March 15-17, 2022. There, Kaylene shared how BIDUK designs products and services...
Athena Issues RFP for Subcontractor to Develop Wizard-Tool and Learning Platform for Latin American Project

Athena Issues RFP for Subcontractor to Develop Wizard-Tool and Learning Platform for Latin American Project

by Athena Global | Feb 21, 2022 | Blog, Library, Publications

Athena Global is issuing a request for proposals (RFP) with the intention of issuing a single, fixed-price subcontract. This engagement aims to ultimately co-create (with Athena Global) a Wizard-style Tool and Learning Platform to increase access to finance, skills...
Investing in Women: Counting Versus Valuing

Investing in Women: Counting Versus Valuing

by Athena Global | Aug 24, 2021 | Blog, Gender Lens Investing, Indigo Phibbs, Publications

By Indigo Elliot Phibbs, BIDUK MEL Specialist Gender has long been a hot topic in impact investing. With a growing number of people using social and environmental lenses to inform their investment decisions, gender has taken centre stage in social considerations....
IPCC Report on Climate Change: Don’t Despair, Make Changes

IPCC Report on Climate Change: Don’t Despair, Make Changes

by Athena Global | Aug 11, 2021 | Blog, Climate and Environment, Resources

It’s very bad, but curbing emissions will help By Robert Hurst, Athena Global The recent IPCC Report on global heating didn’t provide a great deal of new information for anyone who has been paying attention so far, but it hit the news with some confusion. The...
3 Fundraising Principles for Business Owners

3 Fundraising Principles for Business Owners

by Athena Global | Aug 3, 2021 | Blog, Daniel Marantika, Resources

By Daniel Marantika, BIDUK Business Development Manager Personally, the topic of funding businesses fascinates me quite a lot. There is no shortage of materials that you can find online and in libraries about funding, about fundraising, and about corporate finance. It...
Exit Interviews: Learning Through a Client Feedback Loop

Exit Interviews: Learning Through a Client Feedback Loop

by Athena Global | Jun 30, 2021 | BIDUK, Blog, Gender Lens Investing, Indigo Phibbs, Publications, SME/SGB

By Indigo Elliott Phibbs, BIDUK Learning and Communication Specialist Monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) has become a well-accepted standard in any impact-focused industry. It is the method used to track and benchmark your progress towards increased impacts...
Tip Sheet: Practical Considerations for Gender Lens Investing (GLI)

Tip Sheet: Practical Considerations for Gender Lens Investing (GLI)

by Athena Global | May 22, 2021 | Gender Lens Investing, Resources

By Athena Global Download a PDF version of the following Tip Sheet: Practical-Considerations for Gender Lens Investing Download Gender Lens Investing (GLI) is the intentional act of making investment decisions and adopting processes and policies that will have a...
Gender DD Topics

Gender DD Topics

by Athena Global | May 21, 2021 | Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Gender Lens Investing, Publications, Resources

As part of a project completed in March 2020 for a major investor, Athena developed the following short framework to begin assessing the role of women and the level of gender equity within a company, to be submitted along with other DD requests. The guide (pdf) can be...
Finding the Right Words: Indonesian Language

Finding the Right Words: Indonesian Language

by Athena Global | May 7, 2021 | BIDUK, Blog, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Publications, Resources

By Reyhan Fachry, BIDUK Program Officer Ross: “What is Chandler Bing’s job?” Rachel: “Oh-oh-oh he’s a transpons—a transponster!” Monica: “That’s not even a word!” This scene is certainly one of the most memorable scenes from the American television sitcom...
Battle of the Abbreviations: SME vs. SGB

Battle of the Abbreviations: SME vs. SGB

by Athena Global | Apr 22, 2021 | Blog, Gender Lens Investing, Resources, SME/SGB

By Robert Hurst, Athena Global Is your business large enough to be considered Small? At Athena two very important abbreviations have been battling for supremacy, and finally one has come out on top. We’ve decided to use the term SGB (Small and Growing Business) rather...
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