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Social Responsible Investing unleashed
FSP
08/21/2012


 Impact Investing – for profit investments that address social and environmental challenges – is steadily gaining global momentum. USAID’s Financial Sector Program (FSP) has been tracking and...

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Investment boost for SMEs
08/21/2012

The Development Credit Authority (DCA) boosts investment into SMEs.

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Not only is access to finance a key challenge for SMEs, but significant hurdles also exist for those non-bank financial intermediaries (NBFIs) who support them. NBFIs are non-deposit taking financial...

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Developing Competitive Businesses

USAID
07/13/2012


 It’s often said that South Africa has two economies. The South African business sector needs to expand in economic growth and stability. The Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) Accord seeks to increase...

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Integration of TB Services
USAID/SA Partner
07/12/2012

Another step toward achieving comprehensive, family-centered support.

Pact, under a cooperative agreement with USAID/South Africa, contracted an accredited service provider, Greenfield Management Solutions, to offer training to PEPFAR-funded orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) partners on...

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Right to Care Leads to Story of Hope

USAID/SA
07/12/2012

A life-changing story of Sthembile Nxumalo* who knocked on death’s door before being saved by dedicated staff at the ACTS Clinic in Mpumalanga.

 Sthembile, now 32, was extremely sick in 2002. “I became sick and went for a 6 months TB treatment and felt much better after that,” said Sthembile. However, things took a turn when she suddenly fell...

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Tackling TB with GeneXpert in urban Johannesburg
Submitted by Dr Varanna Dogan Gharbaharan
07/12/2012


The success of GeneXpert can be seen at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital’s (CMJAH) Specialist TB Clinic funded by USAID at. At the clinic, complicated cases of TB are seen, including patients with...

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Using Innovative Technology to tackle TB
Project Partner
07/12/2012

Use of Innovative Technology supports Intensive Case Finding (ICF) activities in EThekwini District, KwaZulu Natal.

 There is an overwhelming need to improve the management of TB in South African communities. The Department of Health’s move towards community-based management of TB is a positive development that needs to be...

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2012 Annual Letter by Dr. Rajiv Shah, USAID Administrator
USAID
03/09/2012


Two years ago, President Barack Obama and Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton both called for elevating development within America’s foreign policy. Many people in the development community assumed their call to...

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South Africa’s Men of the Year Embrace Responsibility
Collin Schenk
11/25/2011


South African men are joining hands to eradicate abuse from their homes. In a country where 27.6% of men report raping a woman (Medical Research Council, 2009), eliminating gender-based violence is paramount to solving...

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Personal Testimony – Working for USAID Ms. Nomea Masihleho
USAID
11/18/2011

A personal testimony by a USAID Southern Africa long serving employee, recalling her journey of service with USAID, which started in 1989

Ambassador Gips; the Consul General; Vice Chancellor of the University of the Western Cape (in his absence); Deputy Vice Chancellor of the University of Western Cape; USAID Director and Deputy Director; Esteemed Guests,...

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