A guide for impact investors. Impact investing, which promises both financial returns and intentional, measurable impact, is attracting more and more attention – most of it from private investors. And although foundations, social investors, venture philanthropists, donors and grantmakers are hard-wired for social purpose and would seem to be natural candidates for impact investing, so far in Africa, they are …
The mutually beneficial relationship between philanthropy and impact investment
Neither philanthropic donations nor impact investment will alone solve the world’s problems. We look at the relationship between philanthropy & impact investing