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November 12, 2024

The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) together with SLASSCOM and FITIS, recently hosted a forum titled ‘Unlocking Value via Capital Markets and Funding Options for the IT Sector’. The forum aimed to empower companies in the ICT sector by exploring alternative funding sources and raising awareness about the process […]

October 22, 2024

Neptune Recyclers, a forerunner in Sri Lanka’s sustainability landscape, is thrilled to announce a groundbreaking collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), under USAID’s Oceans Plastics Reduction Activity. This partnership will improve waste collection systems, enhance recycling capabilities, and foster collaboration between public and private sectors in support of USAID’s broader efforts […]

October 11, 2024

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Unilever Sri Lanka, in partnership with Vega Innovations, and the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID), is scaling up the use of refillable stations. These stations, part of Vega Innovations’ UFill initiative, offer consumers cost-effective ways to refill Unilever products such as laundry liquids and shampoos, while reducing reliance on single-use plastic packaging. […]

May 14, 2024

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The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) collaborated on a forum to provide small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in southern Sri Lanka with insights into opportunities to raise capital through the CSE. Held recently at the Weligama Bay Marriott Resort & Spa, the issuer forum titled “Redefining […]

May 10, 2024

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Navara Capital Ltd, a leading corporate advisory service provider in the country, has been appointed as the Training Partner for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) CATALYZE Sri Lanka Private Sector Development (PSD) Activity to train staff members of selected private sector banks and other financial institutions on debt restructuring, debt rehabilitation and […]

March 27, 2024

Hatch together with the Singapore Sri Lanka Business Association, supported by USAID Catalyze and Sri Lankan Airlines, showcased the innovative ventures of five remarkable Sri Lankan women in Singapore. In a world where only 2% of venture capital funding finds its way to female-founded businesses, this event brought hope, opportunity, and recognition to this group […]

March 18, 2024

Batticaloa, March 12, 2024 – Gunadamin Elephant House of Ceylon Cold Stores PLC (CCS), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and Viridis Recycling recognized the contributions of women waste collectors to economic empowerment and environmental wellbeing at a ceremony at the Selvanayagam Memorial Hall in Batticaloa. The event, which celebrated Sri Lanka’s first […]

March 11, 2024

Monarch Imperial Hotel, Sri Jayawardhanapura, Colombo, Janathakshan GTE Ltd., with the funding support of USAID Clean Cities, Blue Ocean (CCBO) Program, is pleased to remark on the Project Closing Event of the Project, Strengthening the Role of IWCs through a Plastic Recycling Model in Kaduwela Municipal Council Area funded by USAID Clean Cities, Blue Ocean […]

February 28, 2024

The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) organized a forum titled “Redefining the Trajectory of Your Business” in collaboration with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) CATALYZE Sri Lanka Private Sector Development (PSD) Activity. Held on February 12th, 2024, at North Gate Hotel – Jaffna, the event aimed to provide small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with […]

January 10, 2024

10 January 2024, Colombo – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United States through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have partnered with the Sri Lanka Ministry of Agriculture in a (US) $9.2-million activity to continue revitalizing agriculture in Sri Lanka by enhancing paddy productivity, diversifying crops […]

ICT Sector Explores Unlocking Value and Funding Opportunities Through the Capital Market

Neptune Recyclers joins USAID to combat plastic pollution in Sri Lanka

Unilever Sri Lanka Partners with USAID and Vega Innovations to scale-up Refillable Systems

CSE and USAID hold an Issuer Forum in the Southern Region, educating SMEs on the opportunities in capital-raising through listing.

Navara Capital Ltd selected by USAID CATALYZE PSD to strengthen bank capabilities in debt restructuring for stressed MSMEs in Sri Lanka

The future of Sri Lanka shines brighter, and it’s powered by women

Empowering Women, Transforming Communities: Gunadamin Elephant House, USAID, and Viridis Drive Recycling Innovation in Batticaloa

Strengthening the Role of Informal Waste Collectors (IWCs) through a Plastic Recycling Model in Kaduwela Municipal Council Area

CSE and USAID’s Issuer Forum to promote Capital-raising for SMEs in Jaffna

FAO, USAID, and Ministry of Agriculture Partner to Continue Agriculture Sector Revitalization