• About Us

      Our Team

      Dr Frank Aswani

      Chief Executive Officer

      Nasri Adam

      Director, Impact & Communications (Pan-Africa) & 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

Advancing Impact Reporting Series: Presenting Impact Performance

Advancing Impact Reporting Series: Presenting Impact Performance

Join AVPA and Impact Frontiers for a practical, interactive webinar series on 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 – starting July 3 𝐒𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 1: 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 Date: Thursday, July 3 Time: 16.00–17.30 EAT Venue: Zoom https://lnkd.in/dZdkYEVs This session will dive into: ▪️Understanding who your impact report is for and why it matters ▪️The Impact Performance Reporting Norms […]

Webinar Series: Outcome-Based Financing in Mental Health

Mental health remains a critical yet underfunded global challenge, with gaps in access, quality, and sustainability of services. Traditional financing models often focus on inputs rather than results, leading to inefficiencies.   Outcome-based financing (OBF), where funding is tied to measurable results, offers a promising alternative to improve mental health service delivery, accountability, and impact. […]

Deal Share Live: Investing in The Future, Youth-Led Innovation Across Africa

Across the continent, young entrepreneurs are not just building businesses—they’re building solutions, creating jobs, and driving innovation in some of the most challenging environments. Join us for this special Deal Share Live session, where we spotlight and celebrate the power, potential, and promise of youth-led businesses in Africa and business-impacting youth on the continent. This […]

The 2025 AVPA Conference

The African Venture Philanthropy Alliance (AVPA) serves as a leading Pan-African convener, bringing together key stakeholders across the continent to drive catalytic social investment and impact. Through strategic events, AVPA fosters collaboration among philanthropists, impact investors, development agencies, governments, and social entrepreneurs to address Africa’s most pressing challenges. Our convenings create platforms for knowledge-sharing, innovative […]

AVPA Deal Room x OTACCWA

We were excited to partner with the Organization for Technology Advancement of Cold Chain in West Africa (OTACCWA) at the 7th West Africa Cold Chain Summit & Exhibition (WACCSE 2025), which took place from March 25 to 27 at the Landmark Centre in Lagos, Nigeria. The OTACCWA—AVPA Deal Room, held on the 26th and 27th, […]

AVPA at West Africa Cold Chain Summit & Exhibition 2025

The 7th West Africa Cold Chain Summit & Exhibition (WACCSE 2025), started at the Landmark Centre in Lagos, Nigeria. On Wednesday, 26th March, AVPA hosted a panel discussion titled “Financing the Future of Cold Chain: Unlocking Capital for Sustainable Food Systems.” This session delved into the critical ways of exploring investment models and blended finance […]

Webinar: Gender-Smart Investing

Explore how Gender-Smart Investing drives both impact and returns at our upcoming webinar. Join family offices, foundations and social enterprises as we discuss practical strategies, impact metrics, and real-world case studies on integrating gender considerations into investment decisions. Register Here – Link

Writing an Impact Report Masterclass

As resources for sustainable development became increasingly scarce, trust, transparency, and accountability grew more critical than ever. Impact reporting played a vital role in ensuring that capital was deployed effectively, demonstrating real-world outcomes, and strengthening confidence in impact investments. In an interactive session organized by AVPA and Impact Frontiers, leading experts shared practical insights on […]

Investing for Jobs in Africa

The continent needs between 11 to 13 million jobs annually to absorb its youths into meaningful jobs, it currently creates 3 million of those. This gap is too large and smells dangerous for social outcomes like unemployment, insecurity, low productivity, and stunted economic growth among others. The fiscal budgets of African governments are perennially inadequate […]

AVPA at the World Economic Forum

Nasri Adam, Director, Impact & Communications (Pan-Africa) & Regional Director, East Africa- AVPA, attended the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2025 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, from January 20 to 23.