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MDIF launches blended-value loan fund with Sida-backed first-loss protection

16 November 2016

New York, November 16, 2016: MDIF today announced the launch of MDIF Media Finance I, a blended-value loan fund for …

Media Forum: Separated by geography, united in mission

12 November 2016

The Media Forum 2016 in Prague closed after two days of insightful, practical and sometimes passionate panels, keynotes and workshops …

Media Forum 2016 kicks off in Prague

11 November 2016

More than 130 MDIF clients, investors, staff and Board members from nearly 40 countries attended the opening ceremony of the …

MDIF Impact Dashboard 2016

7 November 2016

Impact assessment is a critical part of our work. Since 2005, we have published our Impact Dashboard to publicly present …

Himal Southasian magazine forced to suspend publication

25 August 2016

In a statement on 24 August, The Southasia Trust announced the suspension of its groundbreaking publication Himal Southasian due to …

Заявление MDIF в связи с объявлением Фонда «нежелательной организацией»

18 August 2016

Мы выражаем свое недоумение по поводу решения Генеральной прокуратуры Российской Федерации о включении Фонда инвестиций в развитие СМИ в список …

MDIF statement on being declared ‘undesirable’ in Russia

18 August 2016

We regret the Russian Prosecutor-General’s decision to designate Media Development Investment Fund as an “undesirable” foreign organization. MDIF is an …

MDIF Portfolio Review 2015

31 July 2016

The MDIF Portfolio Review 2015 provides an overview of the performance of our investment portfolio, including visualizations of allocations by …

Leading Puntland radio station back on air 12 days after closure

29 June 2016

A closure order issued to Radio Daljir, the leading news station in the Puntland region of Somalia, was lifted on …