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 most significant challenges and risks on the continent. To meet the growing employment demand, we need to create 12 million jobs annually but as it stands, we are only creating three million jobs per […]
Making More Health Together
Making More Health Together is an annual global convention dedicated to fostering collaborative partnerships for sustainable social impact. This convention serves as a platform for impactful investors, philanthropists, social entrepreneurs and changemakers from various sectors to network and drive innovative solutions to pressing social challenges. At the event, you will have the opportunity to see […]
2024 Africa Impact Investing Fellowship
Enhance your impact leadership experience, gain innovative tools to apply an impact lens to your investing strategy and be immersed in a strong impact investing network in Africa. Register here.
Introduction to Inclusive Business
This general introductory course imparts basic knowledge of inclusive business (IB), its definition and its features. The course also sets the parameters of the IB target groups and how they are involved in the value chain. It outlines the different sectors where the base of the pyramid (BoP) is engaged, identifies different IB approaches and […]
Developing and Scaling Inclusive Business Models
The e-learning course “Developing and Scaling Inclusive Business models” is designed for multiple actors from the inclusive business (IB) ecosystem, especially companies and intermediaries. Learn more.
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 engagement practices reveals that although many companies engage with the SDGs, their activities often lead to SDG washing. According to a 2018 survey by Ethical Corporation of 1,542 business professionals worldwide, 51% of respondents used […]
Closing the Capital Gap in Impact Investing in Africa
Africa-based and African-led investment funds prioritising social impact alongside financial reward face a particularly difficult task in securing capital. Polo Leteka, founder and chairman of IDF Capital, remarks, “It’s hurdle, after hurdle, after hurdle. And that’s what makes it prohibitive for a lot of fund managers, or potential fund managers, to get into this [impact investing] space.” The Bridgespan […]
Priming Private Sector Investment in Climate Adaptation Innovation in East Africa: Report Launch
Climate change has not only accelerated in recent years but has also inflicted severe and pervasive damage on vulnerable regions, particularly in East Africa. While much attention has been given to mitigating climate change, climate adaptation solutions have been largely overlooked. The need to “correct course” on adaptation finance is paramount. According to the Climate […]
Deal Share Live – Education Showcase
By the middle of this century, Africa will be home to a billion children and adolescents under the age of 18, almost 40% of all children and adolescents worldwide. Yet, Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest rates of educational exclusion in the world with over one-fifth of children between the ages of 6 and 11 […]
West Africa Network Dinner
We are bringing together our valued members and partners for an exclusive evening of networking, collaboration, and meaningful exchange with our CEO, Frank Aswani and the AVPA West Africa Team. This gathering presents an opportunity to build connections and strengthen existing relationships among our community and members. Attendance for this event is strictly by invitation, please […]