This webinar is the second in a series of virtual events we are running to sensitize participants on Catalytic Capital in preparation for the Catalytic Capital Investment training programme for grantmakers that we will run this year. We will be joined by Natasha Dinham from Roots of Impact whose expertise in Impact Finance will shed more light on the use cases for catalytic capital in maximising impact in Africa.

The Catalytic Investment training programme for grantmakers aims to do foundational work in enhancing the understanding, growth and use of Catalytic Capital in Africa.

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Guest Speaker

Natasha Dinham is the Lead Advisory & Advocacy at Roots of Impact. Her work includes offering inspiration, advocacy, and critical support to build the Impact-Linked Finance market through high-end programs, facilities, and partnerships. Roots of Impact is a specialized advisory firm that’s mobilizing private investment for high-impact opportunities and shaping innovative public-private investment opportunities. One of their design programs, dubbed, “Impact-Linked Finance” is structuring finance in a way that it’s linked to impact.

Before, she led the Innovative Finance Initiative at the Bertha Centre for Social Innovation, an organization using creative and disruptive tools to drive capital towards better social outcomes. Here Natasha co-convened the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business’s ‘Impact Investing in Africa’ course. Prior to this, she managed technical assistance portfolios in Africa, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia at FMO, the Dutch Development Bank.

Natasha has served on multiple investment committees and/or TA advisory boards for SME funds, and is currently the Chair of the Green Outcomes Fund. She holds a Master’s degree in Economic Science from the University of the Witwatersrand, where she was an associate lecturer in Economics, and a certificate from Harvard Kennedy School’s Rethinking Financial Inclusion Program.