Press / Publications

2 FEBRUARY 2012, PRESS RELEASE
SONG Investment Company Announces New Advisor for India

4 FEBRUARY 2011, PRESS RELEASE
SourceTrace Systems Announces Series B Financing Round

29 NOVEMBER 2010, ARTICLE
Firm says phone messages to boost African farmers

22 NOVEMBER 2010, PRESS RELEASE
African Farmers Get Boost From IFC, Soros Economic Development Fund, and Esoko

23 APRIL 2010, ARTICLE
SEDF Invests in New Fund Targeting Small and Growing Businesses

01 MARCH 2010, ARTICLE
Fringe of Social Investing

22 JULY 2009, PRESS RELEASE
New Partnership Jump-Starts Development in Sierra Leone and Liberia
With support from SEDF, OSIWA, Omidyar Network, and Humanity United, BRAC leads a $15 million initiative to rebuild war-torn communities in West Africa.

11 MAY 2009, PARTNER PRESS RELEASE
Soros Leads 3rd closing for IGNIA, bringing Fund I to US$40.7 million
Latin America’s first social venture capital fund has reached a total of US$40.7 million in equity commitments by completing its third closing led with $5 million from (SEDF), the global private foundation created by investor and philanthropist George Soros.

2009, ARTICLE
Business Bomba Competition launched in Sierra Leone
A new business plan competition tagged Business Bomba Competition launched by Vice President Sam Sumana with the sponsorship of SEDF.

19 FEBRUARY 2008, PRESS RELEASE
SEDF, Omidyar Network and Google.org Launch Small to Medium Enterprise Investment Company for India
SEDF, Omidyar Network, and Google.org announced today a new $17 million Small to Medium Enterprise Investment Company for India to create job opportunities and spur greater economic participation for a larger segment of the population.

5 JULY 2007, VIDEO
SEDF’s Vice President, Fawzia Naqvi interviewed by Tammy Haq for 27/7 (Part II)

5 JANUARY 2007, PRESS RELEASE
Soros Economic Development Fund Awards Its First Microfinance Grant for Pakistan
The Soros Economic Development Fund (SEDF) is pleased to award a grant of $175,000 to Tameer Microfinance Bank Ltd, the fastest growing microfinance institution in Pakistan.

13 OCTOBER 2006, PRESS RELEASE
Muhammad Yunus, OSI Grantee, Awarded 2006 Nobel Peace Prize
Muhammad Yunus, an OSI grantee, and Grameen Bank, the institution he founded, have been awarded a 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for promoting economic and social development.