We are a network of social investors (deploying grants, debt or equity) who are collaborating to increase the flow of Human, Financial and Intellectual capital into African social investments for greater Impact.

We are a matching grant facility operating in the Lao PDR. We provide matching grants (50%) to companies operating in Laos that are looking to retain the services of third party business development service (BDS) providers to make improvements to their business, and to grow.

AFI connects global private capital to Africa’s most innovative startups. Our work ensures that an ecosystem’s next billion enables the continent’s transformation.

We are an impact investment fund investing in early-stage companies in Ecuador that are resolving social and environmental issues in the country. Equity tickets range from $50K to $250K.

Farmers in Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa achieve very low yields, a third of global yield averages (IFPRI World Development Report, 2008). Once produced, it is also very difficult to find the right buyers leading to over 50% losses. This perpetuates poverty and extreme hunger. We started Kitovu Technology Company to fix that.

Kitovu provides quality and yield increasing inputs and access to markets by using remote sensing and data science to collect and analySe field, soil and market demand data, enabling them recommend precise inputs and markets. Our mission is to transform Africa into the food hub of the world, positioning it to take the lead in feeding 9.7 Billion people by 2050.

LenddoEFL’s mission is to provide 1 billion people fast and convenient access to low cost, powerful financial products. They use AI, advanced analytics and behavioural data helping serve the underbanked people and small businesses in emerging markets.

LenddoEFL use new, alternative sources of data, such as psychometric assessments, mobile phone data, digital footprints and more. These can be used in place of traditional financial history to understand credit risk and identity verification.

Rockstart provides proven fast-track scaling solutions for purpose-driven founders operating in Energy, AgriFood and Emerging Technology – through domain-focused, tailor-made, mentor-driven programs, market introductions and investments from pre-seed to series B.

SIGMA is a Social Startup Accelerator program, instituted with the intent to help startups that are creating affordable products and services for the under-served markets in India. The primary focus areas are Healthcare, CleanTech, Smart-Agri, Sanitation, Education. Enrolled startups will be put through a 4-month intensive curriculum and shall be guided by corporate and ecosystem partners on developing scalable innovation initiatives.

The Technology Development for Poverty Alleviation Initiative (TD4PAI) offers Nigerian technology entrepreneurs and start-ups with trainings, one-on-one business development services and access to markets, financial providers and networks for no cost. In some cases, TD4PAI provides innovative entrepreneurs with seed-level grants to develop their business ideas. The organisation also conducts thought-leading research and trainings in collaboration with experts from academia and the technology entrepreneurial ecosystem. Resources and trainings, which focus on promoting technology to advance economic development within Nigeria, are available to the general public.

We believe in equal access to public services, reliable infrastructure and a safer environment for everyone. We are convinced that this will happen faster if governments and non-governmental organisations become more effective, accountable and collaborative.

Since 2008, we’ve worked with over 20 governments and 200 organisations in more than 70 countries to improve the way they implement development projects and make decisions using data. We call them partners.

With our combination of tools, services, local expertise and sector knowledge, our partners improve the management of water, sanitation and agriculture, with a strong commitment to accelerating the progress of the sustainable development goals.

Having the right knowledge and resources to effectively collaborate can be a challenge. Good data is critical for contributing to impact, and the right skills and tools are essential for data-driven decision making.

So how do you ensure success, from designing and implementing your programme to creating sustainable change?

We provide a series of services to ensure you succeed at every step of your programme. We support these services with our open source data platform to help you capture, clean, visualise and share your data in the best way possible.