Strengthening Investees’ Balance Sheets Through Innovative Financing
Featured Image: Horamama Coffee Dry Mill in Ntarambo, Burundi was the first investment in Kampani’s portfolio. Set up in January 2016 by the Fairtrade certified Burundian coffee exporter COCOCA, a union of smallholder cooperatives, the hulling plant was acquired, financed by Kampani, to hull and store coffee beans – an activity which up to that […]
Catalytic Capital: The Role of Impact-Linked Finance in Mobilizing Private Capital for Impact in Africa
The African Venture Philanthropy Alliance (AVPA) and Roots of Impact invite you to a session that will explore how to leverage catalytic capital to attract private capital into social investments. WHERE: Register HERE to participate Meet our Speaker Natasha Dinham, Lead Advisory & Executive Education, Roots of Impact Natasha Dinham is the Lead Advisory & Executive Education […]
Widening and Deepening Impact through Innovative Solutions that Uplift the Marginalized
Andia Chakava is an Investment Director at the Graça Machel Trust and a global thought leader in gender lens investing Graça Machel Trust is a Pan-African advocacy organisation focused on child health and nutrition, education, women’s economic and financial empowerment, leadership and good governance. Over the last nine years, the Trust has worked to “Multiply […]
The State of Innovative Finance in South Africa
South Africa’s SDG Index Score is 63.7 out of 100, ranking 108 out of 163 countries, and is only on track to achieve two SDGs (gender equality and responsible consumption and production) by 2030. The country continues to struggle with social challenges, from rising youth unemployment, and strains on its utility infrastructure, particularly in the electricity and water sectors, […]