African Healthcare Funders Forum: Focus Group Report

This report captures findings from two Focus Group Discussions (FGD) held with key social investors on 10th March 2022 and…

DFI Working Group launches report on blended concessional finance for private sector projects

The report measures private investment in development projects in which MDBs and DFIs also make investments or have otherwise provided…

The power of blended finance to build back stronger.

Dr. Manu Chandaria“Demonstrable accountability measures by Government especially in response to COVID19 Emergency response is key in giving confidence to…

How Blended Finance Can Accelerate MSME Growth in Africa

The Africa Report looks into how we can unlock financial capital in the continent to achieve the SDGs especially after…

Back to the Frontier: Investing that Puts Impact First

Impact investing has boomed over the past decade, driven by the ethos that financial performance goes hand-in-hand with social and…

Global Philanthropy Alliance opportunity for social entrepreneurs

GPA is now accepting applications from aspiring social entrepreneurs in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa. GPA resources bold new young…

Economic Empowerment and Livelihoods for Women and Girls

AVPA’s Gender Platform activities kicked off in the month of February 2021 with a series of webinar conversations on topics…

BECOME THE NEXT TONY ELUMELU ENTREPRENEUR

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH are proud to partner with the…

GLOBAL GENDER BALANCE SCORECARD

20-first believes that the best measure of corporate progress towards gender-balanced businesses is the makeup of executive top teams. Board…

THE WOMEN & GIRLS INDEX 2020

Measuring giving to women’s and girls’ causes The Women & Girls Index (WGI) is the only comprehensive index that measures…

Co-Investing for Impact in Africa

This webinar focuses on how Co-investment in Africa can be challenging. Investors face hurdles in navigating competition, building trust, and…

The Angel Accelerator: INVESTING WITH OR FOR IMPACT

We hope you enjoyed the last webinar we had.  If you missed it, you can watch the edited version on http://theangelaccelerator.com/lessons/investing-with-or-for-impact/ and http://theangelaccelerator.com/lessons/measuring-impact/…

Resourceful Material to aid individual and organisational development

The global disruption caused by the novel coronavirus has had severe implications for life in general and the social sector…

The Angel Accelerator, powered by AVPA (video)

Has it crossed your mind if accelerators were just for startups?! Most are, but The Angel Accelerator has taken the…

How to Begin Considering a Gender Lens Investing Strategy

Implementing a gender lens at an investment fund can be daunting. Start by assessing the gender diversity across four levels…

Measuring giving to women’s and girls’ causes

The Women & Girls Index (WGI) is the only comprehensive index that measures charitable giving to women’s and girls’ causes….

The 2020 Investing for Impact survey – infographics’ series

EVPA is committed to be the prime supporter and convener of the community of investors for impact in Europe. Investing for impact means supporting and co-developing…

Mapping Agriculture Investing in Africa – a new resource from Village Capital

AVPA is pleased to share an illuminating new piece of research by Village Capital, entitled Mapping Agriculture Investing in Africa.

Overlooked No More: Donors invest in African change makers to maximize impact

Research shows that only a small fraction of international funding for humanitarian and development initiatives in Africa goes to locally-led organizations. The…

5 Recommendations for Development Institutions Engaging with Angel Networks in Emerging Markets

Entrepreneurship is a key driver of economic development – when new businesses launch and grow, they create jobs, address customer…

Blended Finance Opportunities To Meet the SDGs

The broader theme in having this virtual seminar series is about igniting thought leadership, collaboration and action around the adoption…

AVPA Launches Southern Africa Social Investment Landscape Mapping Study Report

RELEASE DATE : 13 November 2020 Insights into the current state of the social investment landscape and key trends that…

What happens in an outcome-based financing model when a major crisis hits?

With over 5 million recorded cases of COVID-19 across the globe and cases rising exponentially in many regions, the impacts of the…

Primary Healthcare Impact Fund

Investing in Primary Health Care to Strengthen Health Systems across Africa Webinar on innovative financing for developing and scaling primary…

The Landscape for Social Investments in East, West and Southern Africa

See the launch of AVPA’s landmark study, Landscape for Social Investments in East, West and Southern Africa (2020), with highlights…

Beyond the Grant: Foundations as Impact Investors

Philanthropy can bring its whole self to work with an impact investing mindset that expands horizons beyond grantmaking alone. Imagine…

Women Included: A gender sensitive approach to agribusiness investment

One of FMO’s aims is to actively contribute to reducing inequalities by, among other things, seeking investment opportunities that positively…

The Development Dimension

Private Philanthropy for Development A series of OECD books analyzing the development aspects of policies in other domains, such as…

Research Brief: The Landscape of Large-Scale Giving by African Philanthropists

Jan Schwier, Craig Wallington, Maddie Holland, Wendy Magoronga 06/15/2020 Summary While charitable giving has a long history in Africa, the…

Impact of COVID-19 in Africa: a scenario analysis to 2030

Impact of COVID-19 in Africa: a scenario analysis to 2030 Africa’s development trajectory has suffered a severe setback, with extreme…

Worldwide Non-pharmaceutical Interventions Tracker for COVID-19 (WNTRAC)

WNTRAC A comprehensive dataset of over 6,000 non-pharmaceutical interventions implemented in response to COVID-19 by governments worldwide, covering 261 geographical…

COVID Response Alliance for Social Entrepreneurs

The COVID-19 pandemic forms a crisis of unprecedented scale and impact. As we learn about useful resources for social entrepreneurs…

Synergistic Response COVID 19 Impact Consortium

In this episode, a consortium made up of 4 impact investors share their goals for the Covid-19 impact consortium. It…

The role of Mechanization as a key driver for economic diversification Post COVID-19

In this 6th episode, Ibrahim Mohammed, General Manager Machines at Mantrac Nigeria shares how mechanization has changed over the years,…

The Exchange: COVID – 19 & Beyond Episode 5: The Future Of E-commerce Post AfCFTA Implementation

In this episode, Juliet Anammah the Chairwoman, Nigeria & Head of Institutional Affairs, Jumia Group, a Pan African E-commerce platform…

The Exchange: COVID-19 & Beyond Episode 4: The Youth Perspective

Here our guests Terry Akagha, a Nigerian based in the Uk, Hadeeqa Guli Raza from Pakistan, Charles Aborisade and Nadia…

The Exchange: COVID-19 & Beyond Episode 3: Harnessing Investment for Healthcare.

Our guest, Fola Laoye of Health Markets Africa discusses with the Co-hosts on how to attract investors into the healthcare…

The Exchange: COVID-19 & Beyond Episode 2: COVID-19 Insights from Private Sector and Media

In this episode John Shidiak Business Development Director of Bristol Scientific,(a key partner to the Nigeria Communicable Disease Centre, assisting…

The Exchange: COVID-19 & Beyond Episode 1: Spotlight on the Corona Virus

This is the first episode where Paul Olele of Corporate Council on Africa, Toyin Adegbite-Moore of African Venture Philantropy Alliance…

Now is the time for the world to rally behind women in business

The covid-19 pandemic is ravaging the world indiscriminately, but a combination of health and economic factors means the pandemic presents…

Supporting Women Throughout the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Emergency Response and Economic Recovery

This brief highlight evidence from the Africa gender innovation lab and other promising research on mechanisms that can help protect…

The power of parity: Advancing women’s equality in Africa for the continent’s growth prospects

Africa has so much promise. The continent is home to some of the world’s fastest growing economies and offers an…

Assessing Gender Lens Investing in Blended Finance

Over the past few years, gender equality has become increasingly incorporated in the investment strategies of impact investors and institutional…

10 ways to redesign venture finance for a more inclusive post-COVID world

Impact investing was created to revolutionize capital markets. Instead, we are replicating them. This needs to change. The good news…

Incentives for driving impact in deal and fund structures

Incentivizing impact is the third in a series of posts by Aunnie Patton Power that examine how to redesign impact…

Funding women entrepreneurs: How to empower growth

“Funding women entrepreneurs: How to empower growth”, prepared by the joint EIB and European Commission InnovFin Advisory, provides a sound…

Key Insights from the Latest Gender Lens Investing Report

Much like the larger umbrella of impact investing, gender lens investing — investing to generate financial returns and a positive…

The Missing Middles – Segmenting Enterprises to Better Understand their Financial Needs

This report aims to help investors, intermediaries, and entrepreneurs better navigate the complex landscape of SGB investment in frontier and…

Closing the Gaps – Finance Pathways for Serving the Missing Middles 2019

The Collaborative for Frontier Finance and its founding members have produced a follow-up report to the “Missing Middles: Segmenting Enterprises…

Emerging Market Small & Growing Business Capital Provider’s Survey Results

To better understand impact of COVID-19 on small and growing businesses and the local capital providers that support them, the…

Meet the Women that make up our Global Leadership Network

We search the world for women leaders with daring vision for change, and partner with her to make that vision…

The State of Women’s Economic Rights Worldwide

While significant progress has been made over time, women still face entrepreneurship and employment barriers. In fact, on average around…

A Toolkit to track Gender Diversity at your workplace

Know that gender diversity is good for business. Creating a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce makes good business sense,…

Women in African Investments

The Organisation supports women fund managers through networking, knowledge-sharing and awareness-building to catalyse gender-equitable economic growth in Africa. Members include…

Equity, Inclusion And the Evolution Of Venture Finance

Commitments to gender and racial representation in financial markets have been escalating over the past several years, from Goldman Sachs…

Innovative Finance: Hacking finance to change the world- University of Cape Town

To address global poverty – do we really not have enough resources or do we not have the right tools…

Applying Impact Investing Strategies to the COVID-19 Crisis

The Bertha Centre and Impact Investing South Africa (IISA) hosted a webinar, titled Applying impact investing strategies to the COVID-19…

Global Responses to a Global Pandemic webinar series #3 Sharing African responses to COVID 19

As the global community for investors for impact, AVPA, AVPN, EVPA & IVPC (LatImpacto) are working together to share lessons…

Sankalp Dialogues & AVPA – Crushing The Curve 09: Supporting SMEs During COVID-19 And Beyond

This is our 9th webinar under the partnering to crush the curve series – a collaboration between AVPA and Sankalp…

Partnering To Crush The Curve: Mental Health & Wellness During COVID-19

This is our 8th webinar under the partnering to crush the curve series – a collaboration between AVPA and Sankalp…

Sankalp Dialogues & AVPA – Crushing The Curve 07: Misinformation & Communication During COVID-19

This is our 7th webinar under the partnering to crush the curve series – a collaboration between AVPA and Sankalp…

Sankalp Dialogues & AVPA – Crushing the Curve 06: Access To Healthcare For COVID-19 Patients

This is our 6th webinar under the partnering to crush the curve series – a collaboration between AVPA and Sankalp…

Sankalp Dialogues & AVPA – Crushing the Curve 05: Gender & Domestic Violence During COVID19 Pandemic

This is our 5th webinar under the partnering to crush the curve series – a collaboration between AVPA and Sankalp…

Sankalp Dialogues & AVPA – Crushing the Curve 04: Access To Education During The COVID-19 Pandemic

This is our 4th webinar under the partnering to crush the curve series – a collaboration between AVPA and Sankalp…

Sankalp Dialogues & AVPA – Crushing the Curve 03: Economic Impact of COVID-19 On The Informal Sector

This is our 3rd webinar under the partnering to crush the curve series – a collaboration between AVPA and Sankalp…

Sankalp Dialogues & AVPA – Crushing the Curve 02: Access to Food & Basic Needs

This is our 2nd webinar under the partnering to crush the curve series – a collaboration between AVPA and Sankalp…

Sankalp Dialogues & AVPA – Crushing the Curve: 01 Preparing Informal Settlements

This  was  AVPA’s  1st webinar under the partnering to crush the curve series – a collaboration between AVPA and Sankalp…

Building Back Better

The Webinar held on the 17th June 2020 Bertha College spoke about Building Back Better: What asset owners and managers…

Becoming a Changemaker: Introduction to Social Innovation

This is a new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) being offered by the Bertha Centre and RLabs in partnership with…

An Introduction to Impact Investing for Foundations

Impact Investing in Africa is a specialised short course, offered by the Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship at…

Social Impact Measurement and Management Online Course

Dates Starting 3rd November 2020 Description VPA and Social Value UK will use their in-depth knowledge of the practice of…

Incentives for driving impact in deal and fund structures

Date: Aug 25, 2020 04:00 PM (SAST) Description: Many impact investing funds and deals simply replicate the financially focused incentives…