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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The power of blended finance to build back stronger.
Dr. Manu Chandaria“Demonstrable accountability measures by Government especially in response to COVID19 Emergency response is key in giving confidence to private capital and donations.”Dr. Richard Munang – United Nations Environment Programme“There lies opportunities in the youth, the informal sector and mobile money platforms in contributing to financing social investments towards the achievement of the SDGs” […]
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 […]
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 scale […]
The Role of Corporate Africa in Putting SDGs Back on Track
We explore how Safaricom, a leading telecommunications company in Africa, has successfully embedded SDGs into its business strategy, making it a recognised global leader in this process. The webinar features Joe Ogutu, the Chair of Safaricom Foundation, and Karen Basiye, Director of Sustainable Business and Social Impact and Eve Serro, Senior Manager, Sustainability who share […]
The Landscape Study for Social Investments in Southern Africa
See the AVPA launch of the Landscape Study for Social Investments in Southern Africa, with highlights from the study discussed by our research team partners, Intellecap Advisory Services.