Frank Aswani and William Asiko, The Rockefeller Foundation, Africa Managing Director delve deeper into Catalytic Capital and The Evolving Role of Philanthropy in Africa.

This is the first of the three webinars we are hosting to sensitise participants on Catalytic Capital in preparation for the Catalytic Capital Investment training for grantmakers that we will run this year. For this first webinar, we will be joined by William Asiko in broadly introducing the concept. 

The Catalytic Investment training for grantmakers aims to enhance the understanding, growth and use of Catalytic Capital in Africa with sponsorship from the C3 consortium. With Rockefeller being a part of the consortium, William’s extensive knowledge of the subject is a great kickstarter to the subject

Register to participate: http://bit.ly/3XisjeG

Guest Speaker

William Asiko, Managing Director of the Africa Region Office of The Rockefeller Foundation. William joined The Rockefeller Foundation in 2019 as the Managing Director of the Africa Region Office. He is an experienced, results-oriented leader of international development institutions with both private and public-sector experience.

William started his career as an attorney for the Government of Kenya’s external resources department, handling transactions between the Government and international development finance institutions and monitoring the implementation of the obligations placed on the Government. He then moved to the private sector and, in a career spanning nearly 20 years with The Coca-Cola Company, held various positions in several countries, including the United States, Kenya, Morocco, the United Kingdom, and South Africa.

He was also formerly the Executive Director of GrowAfrica. Before this, he spent 3.5 years in Tanzania as Chief Executive Officer of The Investment Climate Facility for Africa (ICF). William serves on the Discovery Channel’s foundation boards, the Discovery Learning Alliance in Washington DC, and Isha Sesay’s women’s empowerment foundation, W.E. He holds a degree in Law from the University of Nairobi and an MBA from Emory University.