Investment

Legatum is the largest private investor in the $100m SDG Outcomes Fund developed by UBS Optimus Foundation and Bridges Outcomes Partnerships. CEO Mark Stoleson explains why they are backing this blended finance structure.

A risk sharing backstop facility supported by the UK government is running alongside credit guarantees provided by Nigeria’s InfraCredit to make local investment in rural mobile networks more attractive.   

Erik Syvertsen, CEO of Oslo-based Norselab, talks about the role of investment in building a world in which we can have our needs met “without compromising nature” and why ‘meaningfulness’ is key to their strategy.

Vivianne Infante, director of the Africa Resilience Investment Accelerator (ARIA), explains why “collaboration means action”, as she directs capital to markets often “below the investment radar”.

Investments aim to facilitate the adoption of climate-positive technologies by smaller Indian companies, mitigating carbon emissions in one of the world’s largest and most rapidly developing economies. 

One-third of food is wasted across the value chain every year, enough to feed two billion people. Impact Investor caught up with three investment specialists to understand the challenge and the potential investment solutions.

A study published by Bridgespan Group lays out the challenges that are unique to African-based impact funds and suggests solutions needed to stimulate  investment flows.   

Ocean 14 Capital and Norselab have invested in the Norwegian company which has developed an alternative, non-invasive harvesting technique for bottom-dwelling seafood.

Rupesh Madlani, co-founder and CEO of Bankers without Boundaries, explains how this non-profit applies financial concepts and structuring to high impact projects to align them with the investment needs of capital markets.  

The Council of Europe Development Bank identifies five projects to receive financing in the areas of affordable social housing, education and training, microfinance and social enterprise finance.