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Grants, VC funds, accelerators, and competitions for African entrepreneurs.
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$10K-$150K
AVPA is a pan-African network focused on social investment, offering members access to peer learning, policy engagement, technical assistance, fellowships, a deal share platform, and a collaborative fund. Existing data indicates a typical ticket size of $10K-$150K, and AVPA also provides 12 months of free access for members to its Social Investment in Action - Africa dashboard. Its 2026 programmes include fellowship windows running from March to October across impact investing, catalytic capital, impact measurement, systems thinking, and health financing.
Membership
Members can connect with peers, gain insights, learn from shared experiences, influence policy and practice, and scale up their interventions for greater impact.
Collaborative Fund
Serves as a mechanism to unlock private capital for transformative impact.
Deal Share Platform
A digital marketplace that bridges the gap between investors and locally-led social enterprises and projects.
Technical Assistance
Equips local organizations with the tools and capacity they need to attract and manage investments effectively.
Learning Programmes and Fellowships
Provides targeted fellowship and learning programmes designed to deepen knowledge and connect participants with peers across diverse sectors.
Social Investment in Action - Africa
Provides AI-driven, real-time insights into Africa’s impact landscape, including capital flows, key actors, trends, gaps, and collaboration opportunities.
Social Investments in Africa
AVPA focuses on increasing the flow of financial, human, and intellectual capital into Africa's social investments and shaping how that capital is deployed.
Capital Mobilisation
AVPA mobilises capital for impact across Africa and works to increase the flow of capital into social projects.
Impact Investing
AVPA connects investors and enablers across the capital continuum and supports catalytic, sustainable capital deployment for social impact.
Policy, Advocacy & Knowledge
Supports a conducive policy and regulatory environment for impact and social investment.
Technical Assistance and Investment Readiness
Supports local organizations to become investment-ready and better able to attract and manage investments.
Venture philanthropic fund support
Mentorship, network, sector expertise
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If you are applying or seeking engagement, emphasize your investment readiness, social impact model, and fit with AVPA’s Africa-wide focus on catalytic and impact capital. The clearest entry points in the data are AVPA membership, its fellowship programmes, and the deal share platform.
2012
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Deploying
Multiple portfolio companies