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      Dr Frank Aswani

      Chief Executive Officer

      Nasri Adam

      Regional Director - East Africa

      Tochukwu Ezeukwu

      Regional Director - West Africa

      Matebe Chisiza

      Regional Director - Southern Africa
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A Toolkit to track Gender Diversity at your workplace

A Toolkit to track Gender Diversity at your workplace

Know that gender diversity is good for business. Creating a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce makes good business sense, positively impacting your bottom line. Diverse leadership teams boost innovation. Research by McKinsey shows that more gender-diverse companies do 15% better financially and companies with greater ethnic and racial diversity have 35% greater financial returns. […]

The Investing for Impact Toolkit

The Investing for Impact Toolkit – EVPA Download here. The Investing for Impact Toolkit is a guide that aims to assist newcomers and early-stage investors for impact by providing an insight into ‘what works’ in the European impact ecosystem. It outlines strategies and best practices for adopting the venture philanthropy approach. The toolkit also collects EVPA’s research and […]

Beyond the Grant: Foundations as Impact Investors

Philanthropy can bring its whole self to work with an impact investing mindset that expands horizons beyond grantmaking alone. Imagine what more foundations could achieve—from community development, to racial equity, to climate change mitigation—by supplying loans, loan guarantees, and equity investments for social good. The rapid growth of impact investing has brought new energy to […]

5 Recommendations for Development Institutions Engaging with Angel Networks in Emerging Markets

Entrepreneurship is a key driver of economic development – when new businesses launch and grow, they create jobs, address customer needs through market-based solutions, and drive demand for other products and services from a supply chain. With this knowledge in mind, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and other development institutions have increasingly […]

Financing Water Impact

This toolkit provides information that helps entrepreneurs understand the key components needed to successfully finance an enterprise that tackles socio-environmental challenges within the water, sanitation, waste and sustainable agriculture sectors. Explore the tools and content

ICRW GENDER OPPORTUNITIES EXPLORER

The Gender Opportunities Explorer highlights opportunities to better integrate gender in the operations and supply chain of an off-grid energy or energy application company. This interactive catalogue is relevant for companies working in the agriculture, energy access and health sectors. These tools for the off-grid energy sector can be used to explore gender opportunities, screen […]