Impact Reporting Norms

The African Venture Philanthropy Alliance (AVPA) and Impact Frontiers, funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), hosted a four-part webinar series on Impact Performance Reporting Norms, aimed at enhancing the clarity, consistency, and utility of impact reporting in Africa. The programme helped fund managers, asset owners, and capital allocators understand and apply global reporting guidance in ways that reflect local market needs, practices, and priorities.

These Norms, developed through an 18-month consultation with more than 350 global and African stakeholders, provide clear expectations for how fund managers in private markets should present their impact results. They bring structure, credibility, and comparability to reporting practices that have historically varied widely.

Recognising the importance of contextualising global guidance to African realities, the pilot program focuses on:

• Building local capability to apply the Reporting Norms effectively
• Supporting organisations to adapt the Norms to their sectors, systems, and capacities
• Anchoring reporting practices in Africa's unique cultural, operational, and developmental contexts
• Enhancing the decision-usefulness of impact information for investors, asset owners, and implementers

Impact Reporting Norms provide recommendations on content that impact reports should include, as well as Guiding Principles to ensure the reported information is helpful. Initially focused on private markets, the Reporting Norms are now being expanded to include other asset classes and investor types.

The Impact Performance Reporting Norms are also available in Spanish, French, and Japanese to support broader global access and understanding.

Learn More: https://impactreporting.org/