Social Inclusion and Education
Africa
| Investor | Investment themes | Type of investment | Amount of investment | Stage of investment | Eligible business entities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accenture Foundation | Quality education, decent work, economic growth, climate change | Grants | Social enterprise, Charity | ||
| Accion | Invest in products & services that benefit financially underserved people i.e. new technologies, data, and analytical tools. Like innovations in product, customer acquisition, and engagement approaches & embedded Finance & the intersection of financial services and agriculture, logistics, commerce, education, health, etc. | Equity & quasi-Equity | up to $1 million | From Pre-Seed to Growth-stage | For profit, Social enterprise |
| Acumen | Health, housing, water and sanitation, workforce development, financial inclusion, education, energy, agriculture. | Equity, Debt | $10-$300k | Seed+ | For profit with social purpose |
| CAFVenturesome | Loans, Equity, Debt | ||||
| Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation | Access to culture, access to care, access to education, climate and ocean, democracy and civil society, Armenian communities and partnerships with Africa. | Grants, scholarships | For profit with social purpose, Social enterprise, Charity | ||
| Co-Impact | Supporting systems change, gender equality and intersectionality, education, health, economic opportunity | Grants | For profit, For profit with social purpose, Social enterprise | ||
| DRK Foundation | Arts and Culture, Civic Engagement, Economic Empowerment, Education, Environment and Climate Change, Food and Agriculture, Health, Social Justice, Systemic Poverty. | Grants | up to $300k | Series A, Series B | Independent nonprofit and impact-first, mission-driven for-profit entities |
| Fondation Botnar | Health services, Environmental sustainability and ecological resilience, e.g., clean energy, Local food and nutritional safety and security, Water, sanitation, and hygiene, Waste management, Digital technologies, digital data use, and communication, e.g., internet access, Education, life skills, upskilling/reskilling, Access to employment, Financial inclusion, Safe and sustainable transportation, Affordable housing | Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE), equity, debt, grants for capacity building | $250k | Pre-seed - Series A | For profit which also generates a social/environmental impact |
| Global Innovation Fund | 1. Investment that can lower the barrier to gender equality. Dimension such as finance, voice, body. 2. Climate: adaptation and resilience. To help people who want to adapt to prevent the effects of climate change. 3. Government tech. | Grants, Loans, Equity | £230k + | Seed+ | Social enterprise, For profit, Not for profit, B Corp, Charity |
| Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P) | minority Equity, quasi-Equity | €50k-€500k | Seed+ | For profit, For profit with social purpose | |
| Kampani | Agri, food | Quasi-equity (subordinated debt) | €100k-€500k, with additional investment totalling €1million | SMEs or cooperatives that have reached a growth stage with a min. annual turnover of 400k USD/ EUR | Social enterprise, agri-cooperatives |
| Luminate | Digital threats to democracy | Grants | Social enterprise, For profit with social purpose | ||
| Missio Invest | Agribusiness, health and education; financial inclusion | Loans | $100,000 to $2,000,000 | N/A | Social enterprise, For profit with social purpose |
| Open Value Foundation | Vulnerable people | Donations (Philanthropy), venture Philanthropy | Not for profit, Social enterprise | ||
| Opes LCEF Impact Fund | Low carbon solutions to access to water, sanitation, education, energy, health, low carbon and conservation. | Equity | $50,000-$400,000 | Seed+ | For profit with social purpose, Social enterprise |
| Oryx Impact | Economic development and job creation, climate change mitigation and adaptation, gender equality. | Fund of funds investing into Equity & Debt funds | $4.5m to $20m | Agnostic | Finance first impact funds |
| responsAbility Investments AG | Climate Finance, financial inclusion, sustainable food | Debt, Equity, Fund of funds | Depends on product | Seed, Series A, Series B | For profit, For profit with social purpose |
| Siemens Siftung | Projects focus on the areas of education - advocate a high quality STEM education that fosters 21st century skills; social entrepreneurship - working with social enterprises that positively transform society with innovative ideas; arts and culture - promoting art productions and cultural networks that open up perspectives and initiate dialogue. | Grants, Donations (Philanthropy) | Social enterprise, Not for profit | ||
| The Breadsticks Foundation | Healthcare and education | Grants | long term ongoing support | Charity | |
| The Fore | Arts and culture; disability; economic development and employability; environment; health and wellbeing; housing and homelessness; human rights, law and justice; poverty and disadvantage; sport; women and girls; youth education | Grants | up to £30k | Seed | Not for profit, Charities, Community Benefit Societies, Community Interest Companies, Charitable Incorporated Organisations |
| Triodos Investment Management | Environment, cultural, social | Equity, quasi-Equity, Debt, Listed equities and bonds | £250k to £20m | Series A+ | Listed companies, private companies, Social enterprise, For profit, B Corp. |
| TUI Care Foundation | Enabling education, empowering communities, lively landscapes, marine conservation. | Grants, Donations (Philanthropy) | Not for profit, Social enterprise |
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