The
Tony Elumelu Foundation, Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) and Rockefeller
Foundation
Partnering for impact
For investment to cause real transformation in Africa, it must intentionally create measurable social and economic impact. This is called impact investing — solving social problems using smart, sustainable business solutions.
Partnering for impact
For investment to cause real transformation in Africa, it must intentionally create measurable social and economic impact. This is called impact investing — solving social problems using smart, sustainable business solutions.
Funding
opportunity
The Africa IEIF will
provide grant funding up to USD 100,000 per organization for a period of 12
months to projects that enable more impact investments around the African
continent.
In Latin America, the
IEIF awarded funds to New Ventures Mexico, which prepared new, innovative
companies for investment that would spur their growth; and Nesst, which
documented best practices for new government policies that would raise the
demand for impact enterprises in Latin American countries.
The
IEIF grant fund is accepting proposals for projects in Africa that aim to:
- promote and
establish impact investing industry infrastructure
- enable earlier
stage capital solutions
- foster an
entrepreneurial environment
- develop market
ecosystems for specific sectors
- form leadership
and networking platforms for common actions
The deadline for all
proposal submissions is 30 June 2013.
All proposals and
questions should be sent to grantiund@thegiin.org.
Please visit the
Global Impact Investing Network website at www.thegiin.org/ieif for
more information on the IEIF and how you can get involved.
