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🌍 @SuperReturn Africa 2022 in Cape Town 🌍
Topics like #GenderLensInvesting, #impactInvesting, and #ESG are becoming mainstream and the business case for their addition to financial returns more widely acknowledged.
#SRAfrica #PrivateEquity #VentureCapital
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“Love life. Engage in it. Give it all you've got. Love it with a passion because life truly does give back, many times over, what you put into it.” #MayaAngelou
Great to participate in the @IFC_org Sustainability Exchange 2022. Phenomenal speakers and relevant conversation, including with #AislingMccaffrey!
#IFCexchange
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On this week's Impact Briefing, Maya Burney explained why South Africa-based Womvest created a pilot fund with investment firm Secha Capital.
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“If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.” #MayaAngelou
Impact investors turn to revenue-based financing to bridge capital gaps for founders of color - Impact Alpha impactalpha.com/impact-inves…
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“People are increasingly aware plant-based products are going to completely replace the animal-based products in the food world within the next 15 years. That’s our mission. That transformation is inevitable," the CEO of Impossible Foods said. on.mktw.net/383ogtP
Thrilled to have achieved the Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst (FMVA)® Certification!
This has been an incredibly constructive use of time and energy and has enhanced my financial analysis and valuation skills. Definitely recommended to those interested at any level. – at Seattle, WA
Mobilizing capital with INTEGRITY to achieve real impact at SCALE ... A powerful message from GIIN CEO @AmitKBouri, especially as #impinv gains more and more momentum. – at Seattle, WA
To have an #impact on #SDGs + #ClimateChange, scale is essential. But it must be scale with integrity - so we achieve impact at scale, not just capital at scale. @theGIIN’s Core Characteristics define #ImpInv w integrity thegiin.org/characteristics
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The @UN's Sustainable Development Goals currently face an annual funding shortfall of $2.5 trillion. Here's how the financial system has the potential to be a major catalyst in the sustainability revolution. #profitwithpurpose
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Anne-Marie Chidzero amongst the panelists at last week’s AVCA discussing the relevance of Blended Finance in Africa. 🙌 – at Seattle, WA
We’re taking a close look at blended finance with @AMChidzero of @FSDAfrica Dan Kranzler of @CapriaVC and @LDAraba, Head of Africa at Convergence. @EnitanObasanjo Director and Head of Research at @AVCA_Africa is showcasing the Association’s insight! #AVCACon2019
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#Africa has seen the most growth in regional connectivity but remains the world’s least connected continent. ➡️ wrld.bg/CNBI30o9ppj | #ACF2019 #IFCmarkets
This recently published @EMPEA report provides a useful summary of the key industry stats in emerging markets private equity for the year-end 2018.
Capital raised for Africa-focused funds increased to $2.8 billion in 2018.
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Interview with Sebastien Boye CIO Investisseurs & Partenaires on profitable dealmaking and fundraising in Africa. "Being an impact investor does not mean compromising on value creation."
Due Diligence: Spotting opportunity in Africa's frontier economies howwemadeitinafrica.com/due-… – at Johannesburg, South Africa
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The Economist stages a debate on the future of impact investing.
Advertised as, “Wall Street meets Mother Teresa,” the debate will consider the motion: “This house believes that impact investing will turn out to be the most profitable way to invest. impactalpha.com/the-economis…
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"Investing in women is not a risk—it’s an enormous opportunity to make change and enhance the well-being of half of the global community" - @emilie_cortes shares #genderlens #impinv strategies w/ examples from @zanne2 & Ruth Shaber ( @Tara_Health ) ow.ly/fZoQ50miwM0
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What resources are available to African entrepreneurs?
Here's a first look at what we learned from the 250+ accelerators, incubators and seed funds that applied to our VilCap Communities #Africa program... more data coming soon vilcap.com/2019/02/13/what-r…
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"Business cannot continue to be an island of prosperity in a sea of poverty..." - Bonang Mohale (CEO Business Leadership South Africa). #SAVCA2019 thoughtful insights from the conversation about leadership.