Impact Capital Africa acts as a conduit between impact investors and growth-focussed Zambian businesses that can deliver commercial success as well as social and/or environmental returns.
We support the impact investment process end-to-end through our core business operations:
The ICA team is passionate about creating a self-sustaining investment ecosystem: supporting the growth of African SMEs that will contribute to economic resilience, and deliver social and environmental benefits, and financial returns. Collectively the team has over 30 years of experience working in Africa and in the impact sector, and leverages this experience and established networks to build relationships and nurture the African impact investment ecosystem.
Established in 2017, ICA has conducted two full seasons of impact investment facilitation in Zambia including successful international deal-focused conferences conducted in Lusaka in 2018 and 2019.
We have a strong network of global impact funders, including (governmental) donor agencies, DFIs, institutional financiers, private investors and fund managers.
>$ 80m
DEALS CLOSED 2018 TO 2020
20,000
JOBS CREATED 2018 TO 2020
21
Deals closed
55
BUSINESSES PREPARED & PRESENTED
SMEs are screened for eligibility and assessed for investment readiness. They are supported in executing a development plan, if necessary engaging investment advisors to target key areas. SMEs are registered on the Impact Starter platform to digitally mingle with investors.
Investors that sign up with ICA have access to the Impact Starter platform, allowing them to review the SME marketplace, interact with SMEs, and conduct due diligence.
Service providers, NGOs, and other ecosystem enablers can promote their brands, learn about SME and investors challenges, and share insights at the ICA events. The ICA conference brings together key players from the impact investing ecosystem locally and internationally to allow face-to-face networking, with a focus on deal-making.
We leverage our collective experience and established networks to build relationships and nurture the African impact investment space, including:
The ICA team come from a spectrum of backgrounds, but came together with the same vision: to increase Africa’s prominence in impact investment, and to show that financial returns can be achieved while making long-lasting, positive social, environmental, and economic impact.
Emma has worked in Africa for most of her career. Working in mining she sought to redirect corporate responsibility funding to more sustainable initiatives, focusing on building alternative livelihoods that would long outlast their parent mining project. In this pursuit she built an extensive network in sub-Saharan Africa and was frequently asked by investors how they could improve their access to impactful enterprises in Africa that can have social, environmental, and financial return.
ICA was created as a direct response to this challenge.
After more than 30 years’ private sector experience in international trade, Deb worked in Zambia for the Private Enterprise Programme Zambia, building a pipeline of investment-ready businesses for the first season of ICA. Now her focus is on developing strong links within the wider impact investment community.
Tiffany’s background is in mechanical engineering and business operations. Her varied experience in management consulting and engineering project delivery sparked a desire to combine positive impact with sound business practice. After working in Zambia on a mining project she joined ICA to support the end to end process of getting businesses operationally ready.
The 2020 Event
Access private investment opportunities and complete comprehensive due diligence through one impact investment marketplace.
While we are unable to confirm the in-person portion of the Impact Capital Africa season, our online platform is currently available for investors and SMEs.
