Workshop Recap: Growing a Refugee-Lens Technology Business
Key takeaways from RIN’s ‘Growing a Refugee-Lens Technology Business’ workshop for Resilient 100 participants
The RIN is a hub of refugee investment-related knowledge, tools, and resources for investors and entrepreneurs alike. Below are tools and cutting-edge research from the RIN and other partners in the refugee investment field.
Key takeaways from RIN’s ‘Growing a Refugee-Lens Technology Business’ workshop for Resilient 100 participants
With support from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), RIN conducted in-depth assessments of market and policy barriers to Refugee Lens Investing in Jordan and Uganda. Learn more in this overview of the study’s research objectives and methods.
Highlights, key takeaways, & recordings from the June 2022 event featuring entrepreneurs from RIN’s Resilient 100 program.
Highlights and key takeaways from RIN’s “Growing a Refugee Lens Creative Brand” workshop for Resilient 100 participants.
Key takeaways and full session recording of RIN’s latest webinar, featuring entrepreneurs and business leaders who have tapped into new pools of capital & growth opportunities as refugee-lens enterprises.
Looking to shop with impact this holiday season? Check out the Resilient 100 Holiday Collection to shop products from refugee-owned and supporting businesses.
*In Spanish only*
This new report from the Innovation Laboratory (IDB Lab) and the IDB Migration Unit shares data, stories, and successful initiatives that demonstrate the power of active private sector & civil society involvement to drive inclusive development.
Within the first 30 days of taking office, the Biden-Harris administration has made clear that climate change, migration, and displacement issues will be a priority for its first term.
This issue brief by Refugees International seeks to provide guidance on how to enable action on these key issues.
The World Bank-UNHCR Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement (JDC) published the first issue of their Quarterly Digest, which shows how refugees, host communities, and countries of origin benefit from the interactions across the members of their respective communities.
RIN’s Co-Managing Director Tim Docking presents key insights from their recent COVID-19 Refugee Investment Ecosystem Survey, and is joined by three panelists with unique perspectives on the experiences and needs of refugee entrepreneurs in the U.S. at this moment.
Dr. Elizabeth Ferris on supporting the 80% of the world’s refugees who don’t live in camps. “As refugees lose even their tenuous informal jobs in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, promoting and supporting self-reliance of refugees seems like a pragmatic alternative.”
This report from VillageCapital sheds light on the barriers that European fintechs face around working with refugee populations, and provides actionable recommendations for investors, financial institutions and government leaders to reduce these barriers to scale.