Opportunities for Impact Investors Interested in Africa

Opportunities for Impact Investors Interested in Africa
September 30, 2024
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Summary 

A companion guide “For Outsized Impact, Investors Should Look to Africa,” these lists can help investors find investment funds and opportunities in Africa and learn effective practices in the region. The lists include african fund managers where institutional investors can invest through African funds that are catalyzing outsized impact and focused on delivering commercial returns as well as global funders and regional industry groups where institutional investors can learn effective practices from organizations with experience in the region. The lists are non-exhaustive, and much of the information is from the organizations’ website. We encourage you to do additional research to identify other proximate players doing remarkable work in this space.

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