Solving Early Childhood Challenges in South Africa by De-risking Early-stage Product and Service Development

Innovation Edge is an impact-first investor focused on solving early childhood challenges in South Africa. Adliya van Niekerk is the…

Widening and Deepening Impact through Innovative Solutions that Uplift the Marginalized

Andia Chakava is an Investment Director at the Graça Machel Trust and a global thought leader in gender lens investing…

Unlocking Africa’s Growth Potential by Strengthening Impact Practice Among Fund Managers

Eva Abel is an Investment Manager at Oryx Impact Oryx Impact is a new impact fund aiming to unlock Africa’s…

Catalyzing Private Capital for Impact Through Retail Financing

Image: Azuri Technologies Ltd Energise Africa enables renewable energy and clean technology companies operating across the African continent and beyond…

Africa’s Renaissance: Realised Through Sustainable Finance

In this article, Dr. Frank Aswani, the CEO of the African Venture Philanthropy Alliance explores the potential of Sustainable Finance…

Kuruka Accelerator CEO Baiju Vaidya

Using New Instruments to Support Small Businesses

Kuruka aims to support a portfolio of small businesses with revenue share financing and a unique long-term, counseling and coaching…

Aavishkar Group Impact Report 2020

The Aavishkar Group Impact Report 2020 is derived from women stories across the Group organizations, each recounting their own impact…

Opportunity for startups founded and operated within Sub Saharan Africa.

Unknown Group and we are working together with Bayer Foundation to search for early stage impact startups who would like…

Kenya has reported an increase in Gender Based Violence

Between January and December 2020, a total of 5009 cases were recorded through the National GBV toll-free helpline 1195, showed…

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…

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…

Moving the dial on gender-smart investing: why our new guide focusses on the ‘how’

“It’s about investing in women entrepreneurs; it’s financial inclusion for women; it’s getting more women into boards; it’s about better…

#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…

Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR)

We are preparing to test over 100,000 people per month through a self-test sample collection process. Nigerian Institute of Medical…

GIVE Food Nigeria

Givefood.ng Initiative is an emergency food relief program that aims to deliver 1 million meals to vulnerable Nigerians through the…

AFEX Nigeria

AFEX Commodities Exchange is a financial services organization Brief Description of the project: Input financing to farmers, financial inclusion and…

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…

Ashoka

Bringing together a community of leading Social Entrepreneurs and Young Change makers, curating solutions, disseminate, support and scale solutions. We…