James Gavin

Articles written by James Gavin

• Can investors reap the rewards of the ‘just transition’?

  Posted in category:

  • Climate & environment,
  • Impact ecosystem

  

  Can investors reap the rewards of the ‘just transition’?

  Posted in category:

  • Climate & environment,
  • Impact ecosystem

  05 Dec 2023

  Conceived as a way of linking the climate emergency to broader ESG themes, the just transition is shining a path for impact investors looking to take a holistic approach to the societal disruption the world is going through as it moves to net zero. 

  

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  • James Gavin

• Funds target Africa’s economic transformation

  Posted in category:

  • Development finance,
  • Financial inclusion,
  • Investment

  

  Funds target Africa’s economic transformation

  Posted in category:

  • Development finance,
  • Financial inclusion,
  • Investment

  24 Nov 2023

  Despite a challenging funding environment, Africa’s economic evolution is opening up opportunities for impact investors, with manufacturing, technology and infrastructure among a host of sectors capturing interest.

  

  Written by:

  • James Gavin

• Turkey plays catch-up on impact investing

  Posted in category:

  • Impact bonds,
  • Impact ecosystem,
  • Investment

  

  Turkey plays catch-up on impact investing

  Posted in category:

  • Impact bonds,
  • Impact ecosystem,
  • Investment

  23 Oct 2023

  Turkey’s NAB is looking to galvanise impact investment by tapping into a vibrant local private sector and by attracting international players. However, several obstacles remain, such as the need to generate more awareness.

  

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  • James Gavin

• Impact bonds target the growing refugee crisis

  Posted in category:

  • Impact bonds,
  • Outcomes contracts,
  • Social impact

  

  Impact bonds target the growing refugee crisis

  Posted in category:

  • Impact bonds,
  • Outcomes contracts,
  • Social impact

  31 Jul 2023

  Impact bonds and social inclusion bonds are being used to help tackle the challenges encountered by millions of refugees and their host communities.

  

  Written by:

  • James Gavin

• Impact Expansion raises €100m in second fund closing

  Posted in category:

  • Climate & environment,
  • Funds,
  • Healthcare,
  • Social impact

  

  Impact Expansion raises €100m in second fund closing

  Posted in category:

  • Climate & environment,
  • Funds,
  • Healthcare,
  • Social impact

  18 Jul 2023

  The Belgium-based fund is investing in a dozen companies that aim to achieve systemic changes in environment, skilling & education, and health sectors.

  

  Written by:

  • James Gavin

• Funds back climate-friendly electricity in rural Africa

  Posted in category:

  • Energy access

  

  Funds back climate-friendly electricity in rural Africa

  Posted in category:

  • Energy access

  04 Jan 2022

  A new mandate awarded by Germany’s KfW to a consortium comprising Triple Jump, Persistent and GreenMax Capital Advisors will support new ways to decentralise electricity supply in sub-Saharan Africa.

  

  Written by:

  • James Gavin

• Energy Entrepreneurs Growth Fund announces first three off-grid solar energy investments in Africa

  Posted in category:

  • Energy access,
  • Investment

  

  Energy Entrepreneurs Growth Fund announces first three off-grid solar energy investments in Africa

  Posted in category:

  • Energy access,
  • Investment

  28 Sep 2021

  The Energy Entrepreneurs Growth Fund, founded late 2019 and managed by Triple Jump, announced today it has made its first investments totalling $10mn in three off-grid solar providers in sub-Saharan Africa.

  

  Written by:

  • James Gavin

• Innovative financing deal for solar mini-grid powers rural Nigeria

  Posted in category:

  • Energy access

  

  Innovative financing deal for solar mini-grid powers rural Nigeria

  Posted in category:

  • Energy access

  06 Sep 2021

  An innovative financing deal by African renewables and microgrid provider PowerGen Renewable Energy in Nigeria could serve as a model for how private capital can be brought into the sector.

  

  Written by:

  • James Gavin

• Learned in lockdown: ‘The climate emergency is the real pandemic’

  Posted in category:

  • Climate & environment

  

  Learned in lockdown: ‘The climate emergency is the real pandemic’

  Posted in category:

  • Climate & environment

  23 Aug 2021

  This summer Impact Investor talks to investors and entrepreneurs about how the pandemic has shifted priorities. This week: Ayodeji Balogun, CEO of Nigeria-based commodities exchange AFEX.

  

  Written by:

  • James Gavin

• Thinking local to plug the funding gap

  Posted in category:

  • Development finance

  

  Thinking local to plug the funding gap

  Posted in category:

  • Development finance

  02 Aug 2021

  The UK government’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) provision of a €106mn callable capital facility boosts local currency guarantor GuarantCo’s efforts to close the infrastructure financing gap in Africa and Asia.

  

  Written by:

  • James Gavin