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AVPA April Newsletter 2024

As we stand at the crossroads of African development, with the promise of a future defined by sustainable growth and…

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AVPA March Newsletter 2024

Despite the growing number of women entrepreneurs, it’s shocking that less than 3% of the venture financing in Africa has…

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AVPA January Newsletter 2024

2023 was a difficult year for capital mobilisation, with many organisations and programmes struggling to fundraise. Amongst other reasons, this…

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AVPA November Newsletter 2023

We are ending the year on a high note with the recent launch of “The Africa Advantage,” a pioneering magazine by AVPA that…

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AVPA October Newsletter 2023

In the face of escalating climate challenges across Africa, AVPA is championing a transformative approach to climate financing on the…

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AVPA September Newsletter 2023

In September, AVPA partnered with the FirstRand Empowerment Foundation and Deloitte to release a groundbreaking report on Innovative Finance in…

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AVPA August Newsletter 2023

In July, AVPA formally opened for membership with a remarkable launch event in Cape Town graced by more than 140 leading impact…

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AVPA May Newsletter 2023

May was a highly eventful month for the social investment community in the West Africa Region. The first-ever West Africa…

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AVPA April Newsletter 2023

Over the last few months, AVPA hosted a series of webinars on Catalytic Capital that provided a deep dive into…

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AVPA March Newsletter 2023

March marks Women’s history month across the globe; a time when women’s hard-won economic, social, cultural and political achievements are celebrated….

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AVPA February Newsletter 2023

I hope you’ve all had a good start to the year and are looking forward to the rest of 2023…

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AVPA November Newsletter 2022

The flow of capital to SMEs in Africa is yet to match the intensity of the prevailing policy rhetoric on…

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AVPA October Newsletter 2022

Africa makes up 16% of the world’s population and carries 23% of the global disease burden, yet only 1% of…

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AVPA September Newsletter 2022

The $4.2 trillion needed to address the SDGs is about 1% of the ~$430 trillion in the global financial markets…

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AVPA August Newsletter 2022

A warm hello to our AVPA community. It is both an honour and an ideal time for me to write…

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AVPA July Newsletter 2022

In contrast to the past two COVID-19 ravaged years, it’s amazing to see how quickly this year is flying by….

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AVPA June Newsletter 2022

We are already halfway through the year. It feels like there is still so much to be done yet so…

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AVPA May Newsletter 2022

It’s a real pleasure to connect with you again and share what happened to be an inspiring month of April….

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AVPA April Newsletter 2022

We are finally ready to share our thoughts on the past year and some of our future plans. We are…

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AVPA March Newsletter 2022

Happy Women’s History Month! We recognise and amplify the contributions of women to our progress. AVPA is intentional and committed…

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AVPA December Newsletter 2021

As the year comes to an end, it is important to look back on the past year and reflect on…

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AVPA November Newsletter 2021

The year is speeding away at a pace that’s hard to keep up with, especially as more and more economies…

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AVPA September Newsletter 2021

As we continue to grapple with the effects of the pandemic, we are glad to see that COVID-19 vaccinations are…

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AVPA August Newsletter 2021

We are extremely glad to see the overwhelming response to the Africa-Asia Impact Investing Fellowship program; it shows the growing…

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AVPA July Newsletter 2021

We deliberately delayed this newsletter because we wanted to include some great news about the launch of our Impact Investing Fellowship…

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AVPA April Newsletter 2021

At AVPA, 2021 has started on a very high note. In February, we were really excited to welcome five new…

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AVPA Newsletter 2019

The African Venture Philanthropy Alliance (AVPA) recently launched its first convening in a series of quarterly events dubbed: The Power…

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AVPA Newsletter 2020

As a Pan-African network focused on building a vibrant social investment ecosystem, we see a critical need for social investors…

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Reasons To Explain Fast Business Builder.

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How To Go About Initiating An Start-up.

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GSG Impact Summit 2017

The GSG is an independent global steering group catalysing impact…

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Venture Philanthropy & Social Investment in the age of a changing Europe

At EVPA we run “country meetings” to bring together the top players…

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The power to make real choices

At EVPA we know that trust is vital in shaping the relationship between

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Social Impact Bond by Smarter Futures

The Health Movement project aims to reduce the risk of developing…

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Providing peer social counselling to refugees in Germany

A story about the partnership of IPSO and Ashoka Germany …

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Catalysing more and better venture philanthropy in the UK

In the last few months, Big Society Capital carried out some research…

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Investment opportunity: Good Fashion Fund

The Good Fashion Fund is a first-of-its-kind initiative to create systemic…

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