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. […]
Catalytic Capital Training
𝐖𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐘𝐨𝐮 — 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 25 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞. The impact of the recent aid cuts continues to reverberate across the continent, exacerbating the already delicate situation of declining resources against rising need and a growing young population. How can you amplify impact with the stretched philanthropic resources at our disposal? Catalytic Capital (CC) is […]
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.