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LeapFrog Expands Insurance Industry in West Africa via Record Foreign Direct Investment

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LeapFrog Expands Impact Investment Fund in Africa and Asia, Hires Insurance M&A Leaders from AIG and Atradius

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Microinsurance Identified as New Paradigm for Business

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Could impact investing help India’s poor?

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Impact Investing – Happy Returns

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Shriram, LeapFrog Jump Into Microinsurance

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Latest LeapFrog Newsletter Released – Nov 2011

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“LeapFrog’s high-impact and innovative investments covering India, South Africa, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania have been featured in a host of media stories. Our favourite is a powerful BBC Indian Business Report featuring one man who, with the help of LeapFrog portfolio company Shriram CCL, has created a poverty-beating business out of garbage – literally.

In this issue, we also celebrate Ashok Shah, CEO of LeapFrog portfolio company Apollo, winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award for service in East Africa. Finally, we announce the new Executive Director of LeapFrog Labs, three new Global Advisory Board members who have shaped diverse industries, and exciting roles now available on our fast-growing global team…”

Read the full newsletter here or sign-up for newsletters on our Sign-up page.

Clinton Global Initiative Feature

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“Microinsurance is one of the most unexplored markets and yet one of the greatest needs of the 21st century. In wealthy and poor countries alike, millions of uninsured people lie awake at night worrying about what will happen to their families or businesses in the event of an unanticipated shock such as a flood or family illness. While many of these households are both willing and able to pay for a basic safety net, most do not have access to affordable and quality insurance services. In developing countries alone, it is estimated that 1 billion people are currently seeking and willing to pay for life and health insurance products.”

View the full article here.

LeapFrog Newsletter – April 2011

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LeapFrog Poised for Scale and Impact

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LeapFrog Investments has surged past its $100 million target capitalization, months ahead of schedule. Leading global investors have aligned behind LeapFrog’s profit-with-purpose investment proposition, with their leaders gathered in Frankfurt for an announcement on March 29 2010 (read the full global press release here). The news was featured across the world, in tens of publications and in multiple languages. Here are some highlights:

Global – Bloomberg, Microcapital Brief, Dow Jones
India – Hindu Business Line, Wall Street Journal, Insurance Daily
South Africa – Business Day, Financial Mail
Philippines – Business Inquirer
Ghana – Ghanaian Times, Business & Financial Times
Kenya – The Standard, Kenya Times
Germany – Handelsblatt, Tagesspiegel, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung