New York, N.Y. Good news for Haiti: Leopard Capital has announced the successful initial closing of Leopard Haiti Fund (LHF). LHF is the world’s first private equity fund to operate and focus exclusively on Haiti since the 2010 earthquake. The fund seeks to raise USD 40 to 75 million to invest in businesses in Haiti. […]
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Goldman Sachs Helps 10,000 Women, Including Andeisha Farid
New York, N.Y. In March 2008, Goldman Sachs announced a significant new initiative called 10,000 Women that has two goals: To increase the number of underserved women receiving a business and management education and improving the quality and capacity of business and management education around the world.To expand the entrepreneurial talent and managerial pool in developing and […]
Fonkoze: Haitian Diaspora Unites Across U.S.
With Barbara Magnoni. Photos by Tequila Minsky. Brooklyn, N.Y. As the world economy collapses, the lifeline to already-impoverished Haiti has run thin. One third of Haiti’s economy flows through remittances — through companies such as Western Union and Moneygram — from overseas family members sending cash home. Banks and micro-finance institutions such as Fonkoze also play […]
