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 vast majority of funds still goes to their foreign-led counterparts—organizations with easier access to capital, social networks, and the donor-speak that funders prefer. Not only is this unjust; it is also ineffective. Local actors use resources […]
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.
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 innovative solutions to pressing social issues, taking on risks that no other actor in the market can take – or is willing to take. Investors for Impact have a role to play in testing such solutions and […]
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 report offers the first longitudinal look at how philanthropic support for women’s and girls’ organizations has changed in recent years.
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 of your existing operations to reveal where change is most needed.
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 learnings from those programs and applied them to teaching people how to be Angel investors for those startups. This video is an excerpt from the webinar that describes how the program works, what topics are […]
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 is no exception. In a bid to better understand how social change organizations in Africa have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, ACT Foundation surveyed hundreds of organizations across Africa. This report examines the extent […]
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/ If you have yet to see the lessons from the previous webinar, the edited version of those lessons are on http://theangelaccelerator.com/lessons/philanthropy-and-investing/ And if you want to skip ahead to other lessons we’ve yet to cover, http://theangelaccelerator.com/lessons/ has a […]
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 […]
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 charitable giving to women’s and girls’ causes. The 2020 report offers the first longitudinal look at how philanthropic support for women’s and girls’ organizations has changed in recent years. The Women & Girls Index 2020: […]