African Venture Philanthropy Alliance (AVPA)

AVPA is an ecosystem builder and a network of social investors collaborating to increase the flow of capital mobilised and deployed for impact across Africa. AVPA is the leading impact investing network and the only network in Africa that brings together social investors across the entire Continuum of Capital, i.e. Grants, Debt, or Equity, as well as deployers of intellectual and human capital. AVPA is African-based, African-led and substantially African-funded, and pursues its mission by providing members with critical services that better equip them to: Connect with other like-minded investors in Africa and around the globe; Learn about best practices, state-of-the-art models and tools and other techniques that increase impact; Influence organizations and policy makers to standardize, legislate and advance social investment; Scale social innovation programmes and enterprises through strategic collaborations and blended finance