Investment

The Social Impact Investment Advisory Group’s recommendations aim to strengthen the partnership between government and impact investors. 

The focus for the country’s impact investors has moved away from the developing world towards Belgium and Europe in recent years, new research shows.

The Amethis Europe Expansion Fund aims to support European small and medium-sized enterprises seeking to expand into Africa, as well as Europe and the Middle East. The fund has been backed by the EIB, Bpifrance and COFIDES.

The investment will allow Coris, a significant provider of SME financing, to bolster its efforts to reach the region’s underbanked communities.

Impact Europe’s new CEO tells us why she believes investors can successfully weather the headwinds currently affecting the impact space.

Rubio Impact Ventures will invest into 30 early and growth-stage companies addressing the climate crisis and social inequality.

The Education Outcomes Fund has launched the first of three programmes targeting early childhood education Africa, in partnership with the government of Rwanda and the LEGO Foundation as outcomes funders.

Mirova has also announced a €10m investment into regenerative agricultural startup ReGeneration, aiming to help French and Belgian farmers transform agricultural practices towards more resilient models.

Reoffending rates for those developing their construction industry skills under the initiative are much lower than the UK national average.

The funding, led by Afreximbank’s impact investing arm, will allow the fast-growing clean transport firm to build up its battery-swapping infrastructure across African markets.