The 2024 Krutham Impact Investment Awards sponsored by FirstRand Bank aim to recognize innovative work at the intersection of finance and social and environmental development. They celebrate achievement, showcase best practice and inspire greater capital allocation for impact investing in Africa. They also provide a well-researched and comprehensive review of the best examples of impact investing in Africa.
The inaugural 2023 Africa Impact Investing Awards set a significant precedent with many nominations and impactful case studies as well as extensive media coverage. This year the Impact investing Awards will recognise the following achievements:
- Social Enterprise of the Year
- Impact Funder of the Year
- Financial Structure of the Year
- Impact Fund of the Year
- Impact Intermediary of the Year
- Outstanding Individual Achievement of the Year
Eligibility is open to any organization or individual registered in Africa or with operations on the continent. Winners will be determined by a panel of eminent judges active both on the continent and beyond. Nominations close on 7 April 2024. Visit the KAIIA website or contact kaiia@krutham.com for more information.
The 2024 Africa Impact Summit 2024 in Nairobi will host the second edition of the awards ceremony during a gala dinner event in partnership with RMB.
Based on the SDG Investor Map, the UNDP Africa Investment Insights Report provides an overview of private sector opportunities with economic, social and environmental potential for sustainable development progress across Africa. Utilising market intelligence from 10 economies, the annual publication offers SDG investment data and trends across, and describes financing opportunities, making the case for public support for impactful investments.
The UNDP Africa Sustainable Finance Hub will be unpacking it’s 2023 edition at the 2024 Africa Impact Summit and engaging in key dialogue that will inform actions required by a variety of stakeholders to influence greater allocation of capital for social impact.
Impact Investing in Africa is a specialized 5-day short course, offered by the Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Cape Town- UCT GSB. The course is designed to equip wealth managers, consultants, funders and other financial intermediaries with expertise in this rapidly growing field.
Participants will be able to:
- develop impact investing strategies
- analyse impact investing opportunities
- engage with clients about socially responsible investments
As part of the build up to the Africa Impact Summit the Bertha Centre will run the course in Nairobi Kenya on 8 July – 12 July 2024. Find out more here.
Africa remains one of the most climate-vulnerable regions of the world, but currently captures just three per cent of sustainable investment flows, indicating the challenge for low-income developing countries to capitalise on the green finance opportunities.
The Green Finance Platform at the Africa Impact Summit will provide a matchmaking and dialogue platform to convene stakeholders and facilitate partnerships and investments in green ventures and funds.
Partners will host a series of bilateral meetings , dialogues and panel discussions aimed at unlocking greater financing for green ventures on the continent. Discussions and activities will explore a wide range of investment opportunities as well as insights on the skills, data, regulatory frameworks and required policies to support green finance in Africa.
Sessions will showcase green ventures and funds looking for investment opportunities as well as government led investment opportunities for both private sector investors and large institutional investors.
Partners include ANDE, Kenya Climate Ventures and Kenya Innovative Finance Facility for Water.
In 2019, key stakeholders from Kenya’s Impact Investing ecosystem convened to discuss the way forward in establishing a National Advisory Board for Impact Investing (NAB) in Kenya. The meeting laid the foundations for the establishment of the Impact Investing Kenya Task Force.
The task force, composed of key representatives of various networks and impact practitioners, has been convening to align on priorities and set a national agenda for impact investing in Kenya. In partnership with the Ford Foundation and the Global Steering Group on Impact Investing -GSG, the task force has transitioned into a formal National Advisory Board and will be unveiling its National Action Plan for Impact Investing in Kenya during the 2024 Africa Impact Summit.
