• About Us

      Our Team

      Dr Frank Aswani

      Chief Executive Officer

      Nasri Adam

      Regional Director - East Africa

      Tochukwu Ezeukwu

      Regional Director - West Africa

      Matebe Chisiza

      Regional Director - Southern Africa
    • Our Impact Programs

      2024 Africa Impact Investing Fellowship

      Africa Climate Investing Forum

      African Healthcare Funders Forum

    • Upcoming Events

Guide to Legal Forms for Social Enterprises in South Africa

Investing for Impact Barometer

The African Investing for Impact Barometer is an annual publication launched by the Bertha Centre in 2013. It provides a snapshot of the growing investing for impact (IFI) market in Africa. Associate Professor Stephanie Giamporcaro, the academic scholar behind the Barometer, believes that by collecting publicly available information on the industry, and by publishing these […]

An Introduction to Impact Investing for Foundations

Impact Investing in Africa is a specialised short course, offered by the Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the UCT GSB, designed to equip fund managers, asset owners, consultants and other financial intermediaries with expertise in this rapidly growing field. This interactive four week online course allows participants to engage directly with leaders […]

Becoming a Changemaker: Introduction to Social Innovation

This is a new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) being offered by the Bertha Centre and RLabs in partnership with UCT’s Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching (UCT CILT) The Becoming a changemaker: Introduction to Social Innovation MOOC is a free six-week course for anyone who wants to make a difference. MOOCs are free […]

Building Back Better

The Webinar held on the 17th June 2020 Bertha College spoke about Building Back Better: What asset owners and managers are doing to ensure that short, medium term and long term strategies align with building back a more equitable, climate friendly, inclusive society.

Applying Impact Investing Strategies to the COVID-19 Crisis

The Bertha Centre and Impact Investing South Africa (IISA) hosted a webinar, titled Applying impact investing strategies to the COVID-19 crisis. The event focused on the relevance of public and private sector collaboration in COVID-19 emergency and recovery responses, highlighting the opportunities for private investors and philanthropic capital to contribute to recovery and stabilisation efforts.