The Africa Advantage Healthcare Convening

AVPA is hosting “The Africa Advantage” Healthcare Convening and Innovation Showcase! The Africa Advantage is a pioneering magazine by AVPA that celebrates…

Putting the SDGs Back on Track (video)

A recent article by Amanda Williams explores the reasons behind the stagnation in SDG progress. Her research on corporate SDG…

Making More Health Together

Making More Health Together is an annual global convention dedicated to fostering collaborative partnerships for sustainable social impact. This convention…

Deal Share Live: Youth Empowerment

Youth account for 60% of Africa’s unemployed population, according to the World Bank. Youth unemployment is arguably one of our…

Philanthropic Pooled Funds: Mobilising Capital for Impact

Africa’s social challenges far outstrip the available resources. We need to think of how we can better use our limited…

Who gets the returns? A Global Journey in Catalytic Capital

Globally, we face significant development challenges such as climate change, gender inequality, inequitable access to healthcare, and access to quality…

The Rise of The Impact Economy

AVPA is excited to welcome Tom Hall, the Global Head of Social Impact and Philanthropy at UBS, for a conversation…

The State of Innovative Finance in South Africa

South Africa’s SDG Index Score is 63.7 out of 100, ranking 108 out of 163 countries, and is only on…

Deal Share Live – Healthcare

For this live pitching session, we will feature high-impact entrepreneurs in the healthcare space. These enterprises have been nominated by…

2023 Africa Impact Investing Fellowship: Open Session

Africa’s Impact Investing story is just beginning to take shape, and it is already showing unique characteristics that are specific…

Africa Social Impact Summit

The Africa Social Impact Summit is a gathering of leaders from the private and public sectors, civil society organizations and…

Putting the SDGs Back on Track

We are hosting research fellow and professor, Amanda Williams to unpack her recent article on: Putting the SDGs back on…

Africa Impact Summit

The inaugural Africa Impact Summit is taking place this July to showcase how impact investing can transform the continent. The…

Catalytic Capital: Unlocking Africa’s Impact Potential (video)

We discuss how catalytic capital has been deployed to address the social and economic needs of various underserved populations in…

Scaling Impact: Finance and Investment for a Better World (video)

Investment professional and author of the book “Scaling Impact: Finance and Investing for a Better World,” Kusi Hornberger joined us…

Membership Launch Event

Unlocking Capital for Social Impact Across Africa

Catalytic Capital: Unlocking Africa’s Impact Potential

Join us for the third webinar in our Catalytic Capital series! To wrap up this series, we have invited Amma…

Scaling Impact: Finance and Investment for a Better World

Investment professional and author of the book “Scaling Impact: Finance and Investing for a Better World,” Kusi Hornberger, is joining us for a…

Impact-Linked Finance As Catalytic Capital (video)

Impact-Linked Finance is a powerful investment model that can be used to scale social impact in Africa. Listen in as…

Catalytic Capital: The Evolving Role of Philanthropy (video)

Speaker, William Asiko, is a seasoned philanthropy and impact investing expert and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to…

Impact-Linked Finance as Catalytic Capital

This webinar is the second in a series of virtual events we are running to sensitize participants on Catalytic Capital…

Catalytic Capital: The Evolving Role of Philanthropy

Frank Aswani and William Asiko, The Rockefeller Foundation, Africa Managing Director delve deeper into Catalytic Capital and The Evolving Role of Philanthropy in…

Introducing The African Healthcare Funders Forum: Fireside Chat 3

The third in a three-part conversation series introducing a consortium of investors and social entrepreneurs dedicated to transforming healthcare in…

Introducing The African Healthcare Funders Forum: Fireside Chat 1 (video)

A consortium of funders and innovators dedicated to accelerating access to healthcare in Africa AVPA, Ashoka, and Social Innovation Circle,…

Introducing The African Healthcare Funders Forum: Fireside Chat 1

A consortium of funders and innovators dedicated to accelerating access to healthcare in Africa AVPA, Ashoka, and Social Innovation Circle,…

Catalytic Capital: The Role of Impact-Linked Finance in Mobilizing Private Capital for Impact in Africa (video)

Learn about how Roots of Impact is using Impact-Linked Finance, a subset of Catalytic Capital, to address gaps in the…

Driving Africa’s Development Through Sustainable Finance: The Role of Financial Institutions (Video)

AVPA collaborated with Responsible Business Consulting Limited and thought leaders in the sustainable financing space from ABSA South Africa, International…

Driving Africa’s Development Through Sustainable Finance: The Role of Financial Institutions

The African Venture Philanthropy Alliance (AVPA) and Responsible Business Consulting (RBC) invite you to Driving Africa’s Development Through Sustainable Financing: The Role of Financial Institutions,…

SUSTAINABLE FINANCING: The Channel to Africa’s Sustainable Development (video)

The event seeks to chart the landscape of sustainable finance with key financing stakeholders and give critical insights into how…

Sustainable Finance: The Future We Want (Video)

This is the first of a three-part, virtual Sustainable Finance Dialogue Series hosted by AVPA and Responsible Business Consulting. It is…

Catalytic Capital: The Role of Impact-Linked Finance in Mobilizing Private Capital for Impact in Africa

The African Venture Philanthropy Alliance (AVPA) and Roots of Impact invite you to a session that will explore how to…

SUSTAINABLE FINANCING: The Channel to Africa’s Sustainable Development

The African Venture Philanthropy Alliance (AVPA) and Responsible Business Consulting (RBC) invite you to SUSTAINABLE FINANCING: The Channel to Africa’s Sustainable Development, taking place on 03…

SUSTAINABLE FINANCING: The Future We Want

Click HERE to watch the webinar recording The African Venture Philanthropy Alliance (AVPA) and Responsible Business Consulting will be convening…

Africa Asia Impact Investing Fellowship AVPA AVPN

Africa-Asia Impact Investing Fellowship

AVPA and AVPN (our Asia sister network) in collaboration with Faculty from the Oxford Saïd Business School are proud to…

COVID IN AFRICA. A Symposium on Vaccine Hesitancy and Access – Evidence from the Field

There will be a virtual symposium on vaccine hesitancy and access to be held on Wednesday, June 16, 2021, beginning from…

Propelling Agri-SMEs from Early to Growth Stage Investment

In recent years, African markets have seen an influx of hundreds of millions of dollars in seed capital for agri-SMEs….

Launch of the Crowdfunding for Impact E-Talk Series

AVPA’s sister network, EVPA invites you to a new event series on the role of crowdfunding as a growing channel for…

Development Impact Bonds

African Venture Philanthropy Alliance (AVPA), in partnership with In Their Hands (ITH), KOIS, and the United Nation’s SDG Partnership Platforms,…

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…

Economic Empowerment and Livelihoods for Women and Girls

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

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…

Gender Lens Investment

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

AVPA Deal Share Platform

Join us for a demonstration of the new AVPA Deal Share Platform  14:00 (Nigeria) 15:00 (South Africa) 16:00 (Kenya) 4 February…

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/…

The Angel Accelerator, Powered by AVPA

The Angel Accelerator, Powered by AVPA Webinar and Training Series beginning January 2021 AVPA is partnering with The Angel Accelerator…

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…

DFC Announces Direct Equity Request for Applications

December 1, 2020 DFC seeks applications to invest in early, growth-stage companies committed to developmental impact WASHINGTON – U.S. International Development…

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…

DEAL SHARE PANEL DISCUSSION Co-Investing for Impact in Africa | 9 December 2020

  DEAL SHARE PANEL DISCUSSION Co-Investing for Impact in Africa Wednesday, 9th December 202014:00 Lagos; 15:00 Johannesburg; 16:00 Nairobi Co-investment in Africa can…

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…

AVPA Deal share demo session | 8 December 2020

The AVPA Deal Share Platform is a community for social investors to share opportunities amongst themselves. Social investors include foundations,…

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 West Africa

See the launch of AVPA’s landmark study, Landscape for Social Investments in West Africa, with highlights from the three regional…

The Landscape Study for Social Investments in Southern Africa

See the AVPA launch of the Landscape Study for Social Investments in Southern Africa, with highlights from the study discussed…

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…

The Landscape Study for Social Investments in East Africa

See the AVPA launch of the Landscape Study for Social Investments in East Africa, with highlights from the study discussed…

Open now: Call for applications for sponsored Gender Lens Technical Assistance (South Africa)

Value for Women is pleased to launch this Call for Applications for Gender Lens Technical Assistance (TA) for entrepreneurial investors…

Changemakers United Africa 2020 Summit

Join the Changemakers United Africa Online Summit with 16 outstanding social entrepreneurs in Africa Tuesday November 10th: 3pm Nairobi, 2pm Johannesburg,…

The challenge of 2030 SDG Financing in Africa – Why we need a different approach

For registration Click Here Webinar Highlights We are entering the last decade of the SDGs and Africa faces a real…

The AVPA Landscape Study for Social Investments In East Africa, Date: November 17th 2020

We are delighted to invite you to the launch of a landmark AVPA study for Social Investments for East Africa….

The AVPA Landscape Study for Social Investments In Southern Africa, Date: November 12th 2020

We are delighted to invite you to the launch of a landmark AVPA study for Social Investments for Southern Africa….

Primary Healthcare Impact Fund

Investing in Primary Health Care to Strengthen Health Systems across Africa We are delighted to invite you to a webinar…

The AVPA Landscape Study for Social Investments in Africa Date: November 10th 2020

We are delighted to invite you to the Global Launch of a landmark AVPA study:The Landscape for Social Investments in East, West…

AVPA Deal Share Platform Weekly Demos, Date: 11th, 18th, 25th November & 2nd December 2020

We are delighted to announce the launch of the AVPA Deal Share Platform Pilot. Please join us for a platform demonstration…

#BuilbackBetter Start-Up Innovation Challenge

WOMEN, COVID-19 & DIGITAL HEALTH Applications open 4th of September! Gender inequities in global health security are undermining the response to…

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…

GSG Global Summit 2020

For a Just and Impact-led Recovery Speakers Elias Masilela SOB,Director, BuMa Consulting Fiona Reynolds,CEO, Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) Paul…