The Angel Accelerator: INVESTING WITH OR FOR IMPACT
We hope you enjoyed the last webinar we had. If you missed it, you can watch the edited version on http://theangelaccelerator.com/lessons/investing-with-or-for-impact/ and http://theangelaccelerator.com/lessons/measuring-impact/ If you have yet to see the lessons from the previous webinar, the edited version of those lessons are on http://theangelaccelerator.com/lessons/philanthropy-and-investing/ And if you want to skip ahead to other lessons we’ve yet to cover, http://theangelaccelerator.com/lessons/ has a […]
Co-Investing for Impact in Africa
This webinar focuses on how Co-investment in Africa can be challenging. Investors face hurdles in navigating competition, building trust, and aligning expectations around social impact, financial returns, governance, exits, due diligence, and fee structures. And yet, co-investment comes with many benefits. Opportunities to reduce costs, share expertise, deepen networks, fill out funding rounds and […]
THE WOMEN & GIRLS INDEX 2020
Measuring giving to women’s and girls’ causes The Women & Girls Index (WGI) is the only comprehensive index that measures charitable giving to women’s and girls’ causes. The 2020 report offers the first longitudinal look at how philanthropic support for women’s and girls’ organizations has changed in recent years. The Women & Girls Index 2020: […]
GLOBAL GENDER BALANCE SCORECARD
20-first believes that the best measure of corporate progress towards gender-balanced businesses is the makeup of executive top teams. Board membership has received much focus and legislative pressure, but the ultimate evidence of long-term commitment and follow-through is the balance on Executive Committees – the CEO and their direct reports. Here’s how the world’s top […]
BECOME THE NEXT TONY ELUMELU ENTREPRENEUR
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH are proud to partner with the European Union (EU), the Organisation of African, Caribbean, and Pacific States (OACPS) and the German Development Cooperation to unlock the dynamic potential of African women entrepreneurs. The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) is looking for African […]
Economic Empowerment and Livelihoods for Women and Girls
AVPA’s Gender Platform activities kicked off in the month of February 2021 with a series of webinar conversations on topics relevant to the three communities of practice the first one being “Empowering Women to Spearhead Socio-Economic Recovery“. AVPA and partners brought the attendees insights on how social investors are collaborating to empower women as drivers […]
Graca Machel Trust
Global Philanthropy Alliance opportunity for social entrepreneurs
GPA is now accepting applications from aspiring social entrepreneurs in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa. GPA resources bold new young leaders that create employment for young people while tackling critical social Problems. This year, they will award 10 teams with up to $5,000 paired with mentoring and advisory. GPA is looking to find and fund […]
Back to the Frontier: Investing that Puts Impact First
Impact investing has boomed over the past decade, driven by the ethos that financial performance goes hand-in-hand with social and environmental impact. But more wealth holders now see the value of putting impact before investment, and prioritizing people and planet. Impact-first impact investing, also called “catalytic capital,” is well-suited for investors “who want to support […]
How Blended Finance Can Accelerate MSME Growth in Africa
The Africa Report looks into how we can unlock financial capital in the continent to achieve the SDGs especially after the COVID-19 virus. To meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, approximately $7 trillion in private sector capital needs to be unlocked in developing countries. Peter Wamiciwe from Convergence “For African countries to improve […]