Africa Impact Summit 2025
11th June 2025 | 08:30 GMT+3 | Accra, Ghana
- Explore the key findings and recommendations of our recent research “Time to Accelerate: Capital Mobilisation for the SDGs in Emerging Markets”
- Get the latest developments on SDG-aligned SME investment vehicles led by GSG Impact National Partners in Ghana, Zambia, and Nigeria
- Launch the DFI-GSG Impact co-led working group on capital mobilisation for SMEs in emerging markets
Speakers include:
- Nick Hurd, Chair, GSG Impact
- Krisztina Tora, Chief Market Development Officer, GSG Impact
- Hamdiya Ismaila, Managing Director, Ci-Gaba Fund of Funds / Founding board member, Impact Investing Ghana
- Drew Von Glahn, Executive Director, The Collaborative For Frontier Finance (CFF)
- Elizabeth Boggs Davidsen, Vice President of the Office of Development Policy, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)
- Matt Robinson, Head of Private Capital Mobilisation, British International Investment (BII)
- José Luis Curbelo, Chairman and CEO, COFIDES
- Wennie Waeijen, Business Development Officer, FMO - Dutch entrepreneurial development bank
Participants will be able to share ideas on what more can be done to improve coordination and action among businesses, startups, accelerators, investors, charitable foundations, universities, and policymakers.
Why to Attend?
This is a must-attend session for all those wanting to deepen their understanding of catalytic capital financing models through real-world examples.
The session serves as the formal kick-off meeting for the GSG Impact-DFI co-led working group on capital mobilisation for SMEs in emerging markets. The aim of the working group is to increase the quality and quantity of private capital invested for the SDGs and a Just Transition in emerging markets.
In partnership with Argidius Foundation and Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.
Webinar Resources
Please view the presentation slides here.
Watch the webinar recording, here.
To learn more, read the research publications presented and mentioned in our webinar:
- State of Play 2023, The Impact Taskforce
- Time to Accelerate: Capital Mobilisation for the SDGs in Emerging Markets, GSG Impact
- How and why we finance SMEs, British International Investment
- Development Impact Performance Assessment for Financial Intermediary Projects, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation