Gender Lens Investment
AVPA’s Gender Platform activities will kick off in the month of February 2021 with a series of webinar conversations on topics relevant to the three communities of practice: Financing Women Entrepreneurs – A Conversation with Social Investors Gender lens investment funds and initiatives have proliferated in Africa over the last few years. And yet, both […]
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 aligning expectations around social impact, financial returns, governance, exits, due diligence, and fee structures. And yet, co-investment comes with many benefits. Opportunities to reduce costs, share expertise, deepen networks, fill out funding rounds and […]
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 relevant to the three communities of practice the first one being “Empowering Women to Spearhead Socio-Economic Recovery“. AVPA and partners brought the attendees insights on how social investors are collaborating to empower women as drivers […]
Development Impact Bonds
African Venture Philanthropy Alliance (AVPA), in partnership with In Their Hands (ITH), KOIS, and the United Nation’s SDG Partnership Platforms, is bringing together a panel of experts in the first of three webinars under the banner “Development Impact Bonds: A Case for Adolescent Reproductive & Sexual Health in Kenya” The ASRH Development Impact Bond was […]
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 Investing for Impact capital. Building on the launch of new original EVPA research on the role of Crowdfunding, this new series provides members and practitioners in general with the opportunity to explore the topic, building knowledge and […]
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. However, many companies still struggle to make the leap from early to growth stage capital, while many investors targeting growth stage agri-SMEs struggle to develop a pipeline of bankable deals. How can we facilitate the […]
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 12:30 Hrs. to 14:00 Hrs. (East African Time). Find attached the programme detailing how the one and half hour Symposium will be run. Register in advance for this webinar:https://amref.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0VQBwX0UR4mcMXLRqt3Pvw RSVP: Maggie.Rarieya@covid19businessresponse.ke […]
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 announce the inaugural Africa-Asia Impact Investing Fellowship programme to nurture asset owners and capital managers into becoming effective impact investing practitioners. Leveraging strong networks in Africa and Asia, this Fellowship will build the capacity and knowledge […]
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 the SUSTAINABLE FINANCING: The Future We Want webinar, taking place on 05 August 2021. This will be the first of a three-part, virtual Sustainable Finance Dialogue Series hosted by the two organizations. The event will […]
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 November 2021. This will be the second of a three-part, virtual Sustainable Finance Dialogue Series hosted by the two organizations. Building on the outcomes of the first event, this event seeks to chart thelandscape of sustainable finance […]