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Black Star Advisors

South Africa

Black Star Advisors Black Star Brokerage and Black Star Fund Managers provide financial advisory/business strategy brokerage and fund/asset management services respectively.Black Star Holdings was founded by a team of investment bankers from Wall Street s premier investment banks (including JP Morgan and Solomon Smith Barney) and consultants from the preeminent consulting firms (including McKinsey & Co. and The Boston Consulting Group) with a singular aim of creating value by applying their 25 years of global experience to the unique needs circumstances and macro economic / political effects of transactions and privatizations in markets within West Africa.

Type: Wealth Manager/Advisor

Geography: Africa

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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FSG

United States of America

FSG is a mission-driven consulting firm supporting leaders in creating large-scale, lasting social change. Through customized consulting services, innovative thought leadership, and support for learning communities, we help foundations, businesses, nonprofits, and governments around the world accelerate progress by reimagining social change.

Type: Foundation

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Information

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GrowthAfrica

Kenya

We are growth frontiers. GrowthAfrica is the business runway to success for African entrepreneurs seeking a platform for their business take off and for international companies in need of a market landing space and growth hub.We are founded on the desire and mission to proactively contribute to the social and economic growth of African economies through the strengthening of local enterprises. It is a love story to Africa its people and its vast opportunities. We are here to grow Africa through entrepreneurship innovation and business. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Nairobi GrowthAfrica is a leading African impact startup accelerator and business and market consulting company. It has since its inception worked with more than 2000 small East African businesses accelerated close to 100 regional startups and supported more than 120 international companies coming into East Africa.

Type: Accelerator/Incubator

Geography:

Impact: Capacity Building

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HamsaHub

Myanmar

HamsaHub is a Myanmar based responsible business consulting firm providing specialist services in CSR programme design stakeholder engagement and due diligence. Thuta Aung co founder of HamsaHub capitalises on his western education and networks within his home nation.What's in our name? Hamsa is a mythical bird in Myanmar Legends. The Hamsa can be found a symbol for trade and commerce being used as a mascot for Yangon Region and Mon State both being centres of trade for centuries and the Myanmar Ministry of Commerce. Being involved with inception of new projects and ventures we see ourselves as an important hub for responsible business development in Myanmar. Hence we named ourselves HamsaHub.What makes HamsaHub special is that the company is made up of Myanmar professionals who have studied and worked abroad who can bring international standards to Myanmar while understanding the local context. The internationalisation of services is supported by expatriate staffs who have rich Myanmar and regional experience.

Type: Corporate

Geography: Asia

Impact: Access to Education

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Mercer

United States of America

Mercer is a global consulting leader in talent health retirement and investments. Mercer helps clients around the world advance the health wealth and performance of their most vital asset their people. Mercer's more than 20000 employees are based in 42 countries and the firm operates in over 130 countries. Mercer is a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies (NYSE MMC) a global team of professional services companies offering clients advice and solutions in the areas of risk strategy and human capital.

Type: Corporate

Geography: Global

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Moody's Analytics

United States of America

Moody’s Analytics, a unit of Moody’s Corporation, helps capital markets and credit risk management professionals worldwide respond to an evolving marketplace with confidence. The company offers unique tools and best practices for measuring and managing risk through expertise and experience in credit analysis, economic research and financial risk management. By offering leading-edge software and advisory services, as well as the proprietary credit research produced by Moody’s Investors Service, Moody’s Analytics integrates and customizes its offerings to address specific business challenges.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: Africa

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Oak Ventures

Oak Ventures is a business acceleration company that helps driven and passionate entrepreneurs in transforming disruptive ideas into sustainable, successful growth companies.

Type: Accelerator/Incubator

Geography: Europe

Impact: Access to Information

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Potencia Ventures

Brazil

Potencia Ventures backs system changing new business models businesses and institutions to help create the entrepreneurial ecosystem that improves opportunity for the base of the pyramid. We support the emergence of businesses that overcome structural difficulties faced by low income people. Education health and housing are priority sectors. Likewise finance technology and distribution mechanisms are important tools that enable new models to be constructed within these sectors.

Type: Investor Network

Geography: Europe

Impact: Capacity Building

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Sinapis Group

Kenya

Sinapis Group's mission is to empower aspiring entrepreneurs in the developing world with innovative scalable business ideas by providing them with a rigorous Christ centered business education world class consulting and mentoring services and access to seed capital. Through these means they strive to create ethical business leaders sustainable employment and an improved quality of life for many that they may glorify God in service of His people.

Type: Corporate

Geography: Kenya

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Social Ventures Australia

Australia

Social Ventures Australia (SVA) is a social purpose organisation that works with partners to improve the lives of people in need.Our range of services are designed to scale social impact helping business government and philanthropists to be more effective funders and social purpose organisations to be more effective at delivering services.To drive the change we seek we build on our practical knowledge of effective practice in education employment housing and with First Australians.

Type: Accelerator/Incubator

Geography: Australia

Impact: Community Development

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Steward Redqueen

Netherlands

Steward Redqueen is a specialised consultancy that works across the globe advising organisations on impact and sustainability. Like any organisation corporations are looking to operate in harmony with their surroundings and to become sustainable that is to be a steward for people and planet. At the same time corporations are competing for sound market positions. In a globalising economy the combination of stewardship and competition offers dilemmas challenges and above all opportunities. The Steward Redqueen team has a strong track record in this area. Steward Redqueen works for corporations and other organisations in developed and emerging markets.

Type: Corporate

Geography: Global

Impact: Capacity Building

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Swift Silliker (Pty) Ltd

South Africa

Since its inception in 1991 as the first commercial food testing laboratory of its kind in South Africa Merieux NutriSciences (formerly Swift Silliker (Pty) Ltd) has built a brand name synonymous with quality and service.In South Africa Merieux NutriSciences provides a comprehensive product safety service to the food and beverage cosmetics hospitality and related industries throughout the SADC region from its branches in Cape Town Midrand Durban George and Jeffreys Bay. By addressing needs such as microbiological and chemical testing of products the design implementation and auditing of quality management systems staff training (from floor worker to management level) as well an on site technical consultancy service Merieux NutriSciences builds long term partnerships with its clients.Globally with over 80 accredited laboratories and more than 6000 employees across 21 countries the Merieux NutriSciences network works with clients as a trusted partner to promote public health through analysis consulting auditing training contract research and sensory analysis services.Merieux NutriSciences is proud to be BEE rated in South Africa.

Type: Corporate

Geography: South Africa

Impact: Agricultural Productivity