Impact Investing Fellowship
Africa-Asia Impact Investing Fellowship
Applications are now closed. You can register your interest for the next Impact Investing Fellowship.
Introduction
A spotlight on Africa and Asia
Social investment networks, AVPN and AVPA, will be launching the inaugural Africa-Asia Impact Investing Fellowship to nurture asset owners and capital managers into becoming effective impact investing practitioners. Leveraging strong networks in Asia and Africa, this fellowship will build the capacity and knowledge of fellows in areas such as innovative finance, impact management and leadership in complexity. The Fellowship aims to ultimately increase the flow of social investment capital into Africa and Asia.
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Benefits
Fellowship Benefits
Become an impact investing practitioner
Develop know-how and gain tools to apply an impact lens to your investing strategy
Grow your network
Build rapport with leading practitioners in Asia and Africa and explore collaboration opportunities
Understand latest regional and global trends
Be immersed in a strong impact investing network and deepen your knowledge
Agenda
Fellowship Agenda
Early September
Induction: Introduction and Orientation
Mid-September
Module 1: Overview of Impact Investing in Africa and Asia
- Understand the Asia and African Social Investment Landscape and learn from innovators and trends in this space as a starting point to map your impact journey
- Build the case for how this model can lay the foundation for more effective deployment of capital into the social economy in Asia and Africa
Mid-October
Module 2: Impact Measurement and Management in an Age of Complexity
- Understand the universe of impact standards and establish a common language around impact goals and performance
- Apply leadership strategies for integrating IMM into organization
- Become familiar with tools that will help you assess and measure systemic change
Mid-November
Module 3: Using Blended Finance to Address Complex Problems
- Learn how grants, donations and high-return investments blend together to create innovative fund structures and large-scale impact
- Gain insight into social finance tools including catalytic philanthropy, public-private partnerships, social and development impact bonds and systems change models
First week of December
Graduation
The facilitators
Meet the Facilitators
Gayle Peterson
Fellow at Oxford Said Business School
Jennifer Pryce
President & CEO at Calvert Impact Capital
Safeena Husain
Founder & Executive Director at Educate Girls
Sujata Lamba
Director, Finance & Private Sector at Competitive Value Chain Practice, The World Bank
Hari Balasubramanian
Managing Partner at EcoAdvisors & Co-founder at EcoInvestors Capital
Phyllis Costanza
CEO at UBS Optimus Foundation
K Sujata
Senior Fellow at pfc Social Impact Advisors
Dr. Adam Richards
Director of Impact at Social Value International
Sombo Chunda
Senior Fellow at pfc Social Impact Advisors
Robert Mayfield Yawson
Fellow at pfc Social Impact Advisors
Dr. Frank Aswani
CEO at AVPA
Nancy Kairo
Executive Director – East Africa Region at AVPA
Naina Subberwal Batra
Chairperson & CEO at AVPN
Komal Sahu
Chief of Sustainable Finance at AVPN
Roshini Prakash
Knowledge Director at AVPN
What
What is the Fellowship about?
The Fellowship will select 30 individuals in Asia and 30 individuals in Africa who embody the values and skills needed to develop a strong impact investing sector. It will then work with these Fellows to build their capacity to ensure that they have the right information and resources, knowledge and insight on how to build an impact strategy, manage a portfolio, define, evaluate and manage impact, among other skills.
Why
Why is it necessary?
Impact investing is at its nascent stage in Asia and Africa. Although it is now getting an increasing level of attention from various actors in the social investment ecosystem, there are only a handful of impact funds and foundations that are actually practicing impact investing. The obstacles that are hindering impact investing from gaining traction in Asia and Africa amongst wealth holders, asset managers and their advisors include the perception that it will necessitate a trade-off on financial returns, a lack of an investment-ready pipeline, inexperience in managing a portfolio, and the complexities in defining and evaluating impact measurement.
Who
Who should apply?
The Fellows will consist of Private Equity and Venture Capital Fund managers, Foundation Directors, Family Office Princicaps/Directors, NextGen Leaders, Incubators and Accelerators; those who have access to significant capital, or have responsibility for large investment portfolios and are used to managing assets of high networth individuals, families or funds. These individuals are either deploying or intend to deploy capital with an impact investing lens.
Frequently Asked Questions
The Fellowship costs USD 975 for Fellows based in Asia and USD 1275 for Fellows based in Africa respectively to be paid in full upon acceptance. Africa Fellows will receive an additional 6 months of engagement following the fellowship graduation which accounts for the higher cost.
The cost will give Fellows from Asia full access to highly-curated course materials, connections to leading practitioners, closed-door learning sessions, and access to the AVPN Conference 2022 – the largest social investing convening in Asia – to be held on 21 – 24 June 2022 in Bali, Indonesia. This cost does not include air tickets, hotel accommodations, local transportation, or other personal expenses incurred in Kenya, Singapore or Indonesia.
The Fellows based in Africa will receive a discount for AVPN Conference 2022 tickets.
Participants from an AVPN Member organization are entitled to a discounted price of USD 550 per person.
Upon successful completion of the Fellowship, Fellows will receive a certificate of completion jointly from AVPN and AVPA.
To make the most of your impact investing learning journey, we strongly encourage all Fellows to commit to the full Fellowship. Please save the dates, set aside sufficient time to attend the tutorials and discussions, and complete the required readings and assignments.
Failure to do so may result in an incompletion of the Fellowship and disqualify you from receiving the certification.
Cancellation of the registration 30 days prior to the start of the Fellowship (September 1, 2021) is entitled to a full refund. No refunds will be provided for cancellations made less than 30 days prior to the start of the Fellowship or after the Fellowship is started.
Please reach out to Jenny Kim, Platforms Associate, at africaasiafellowship@avpn.asia.
Partners
Lead Partners
Partners
Implementing Partners
AVPA is a Pan-African network for social investors interested in collaborating to increase the flow of capital into social investments in Africa and ensure that capital (financial, human and/or intellectual) is deployed as effectively and innovatively as possible for maximum social impact.
