This article from South African newspaper Mail & Guardian explores impact investing in the context of all foreign investment into African business ventures.

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"Traditional investors are interested in the primary resources that Africa offers, but less traditional investors are also showing increasing interest.

"There is a growing movement of investment to do more than merely earn profit, which benefits developing countries, including many in Africa. The new focus includes 'impact investments.'

"According to Margot Brandenburg, an associate director at the Rockefeller Foundation, this implied investing with the purpose of generating social or environmental good in addition to profit."

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