• About Us

      Our Team

      Dr Frank Aswani

      Chief Executive Officer

      Nasri Adam

      Regional Director - East Africa

      Tochukwu Ezeukwu

      Regional Director - West Africa

      Matebe Chisiza

      Regional Director - Southern Africa
    • Our Impact Programs

      2024 Africa Impact Investing Fellowship

      Africa Climate Investing Forum

      African Healthcare Funders Forum

    • Upcoming Events

Sankalp Dialogues & AVPA – Crushing the Curve 05: Gender & Domestic Violence During COVID19 Pandemic

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 crisis. The event focused on the relevance of public and private sector collaboration in COVID-19 emergency and recovery responses, highlighting the opportunities for private investors and philanthropic capital to contribute to recovery and stabilisation efforts.

Innovative Finance: Hacking finance to change the world- University of Cape Town

To address global poverty – do we really not have enough resources or do we not have the right tools to allocate our resources? The tools of finance, when applied correctly, can be an enabler of social and environmental outcomes. This course is designed to give you the ability to build innovative financing strategies that […]

Equity, Inclusion And the Evolution Of Venture Finance

Commitments to gender and racial representation in financial markets have been escalating over the past several years, from Goldman Sachs to the International Finance Corporation. And it’s no wonder, research from McKinsey & Co. has indicated that companies in the top quartiles for ethnic diversity  are 35 per cent more likely to generate higher than […]

Women in African Investments

The Organisation supports women fund managers through networking, knowledge-sharing and awareness-building to catalyse gender-equitable economic growth in Africa. Members include senior executives at DFIs, PE/VC funds, Philanthropic funds, FinTech intermediaries, Family Offices and Market development organisations. The WAI Group makes women fund managers visible, holds our industry accountable and combats inequalities in access to capital. […]