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Glen Jordan is the Co-Founder of Empowa, a platform transforming affordable housing in emerging markets through climate-smart financial innovation. A serial impact entrepreneur, he has built and exited several ventures focused on using technology to improve life for marginalised communities. Glen is passionate about reimagining financial systems to make housing more accessible across the developing world.

Glen Jordan

Dec 07 2025

The currency trap: Why climate finance isn’t reaching the Global South

Illuminem Voices

Sustainable Lifestyle · Sustainable Living

The money to save the planet exists. But it keeps getting lost in translation - between currencies

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Glen Jordan

Oct 21 2025

Sustainable Lifestyle · Sustainable Finance

How distributed ledger technology could unlock Africa’s broken housing finance systems

Glen Jordan

Sep 30 2025

Public Governance · Ethical Governance

Africa’s youthquake: Can housing keep up with the fastest urban growth on Earth?

Glen Jordan

Sep 05 2025

Public Governance · Ethical Governance

The mortgage is dead: Why traditional housing finance has failed the Global South

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