AFRICAN IMPACT INVESTING FORUM

Impact investment is a fast-growing asset class internationally. However, the definition of impact investing itself remains unclear: it is neither for-profit nor a socially responsible investment, although it has close links with social entrepreneurship. There is also no general method or framework for measuring the impact of investments. Each investor defines and applies their own.

The Impact Investing Forum aims to:

• Provide a better understanding of the impact investing sector in Africa;  
• Partner with other institutions in the SME finance ecosystem in raising awareness on impact investing in Africa in African communities;
• Contribute to a standardization of the concept, which is essential for its legitimacy and for understanding the capacities and limits of impact investment;
•  Study the effects of impact investing on the development of African countries; 
• Propose a reflection on the current questions that arise on the sustainable development of this sector. 

Its work will cover the activities of impact investors across the African continent.