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Investing into Impact Businesses and Social Enterprises

Impact Amplifier supports high-growth impact businesses and social enterprises to access funding from both local and international investors and donors.

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There is often a mismatch between the opportunities impact investors and donors are pursuing and what is available.

This disconnect is often related to perceptions about the market/beneficiary size and access, competitive advantage, financial model and plans, intended impact, how to scale, and more.

Funding
The Impact Amplifier Foundation was formed to specifically focus on funding social innovators in Africa and develop ecosystem solutions to the challenges confronting the continent. The public sector, charities and now social enterprises make up a tapestry of support for many social and environment issues in Africa. Although increasing in activity, the funding for and scale of the solutions to healthcare, housing, food security, job creation, energy and water access, climate adaptation and mitigation are grossly inadequate in relation to the size of the problems.

The Foundation does not have the ambition to resource all these challenges, but instead focuses on developing ecosystem solutions that can be a catalyst for increasing activity, support and coordination. The vast majority of social and environmental solutions being implemented in Africa are not done in collaboration, coordinated, nor within a clear framework and understanding of what is needed and who is already implementing solutions. As such, the existing resources allocated in a given sector or geography are often inefficiently being applied or wasted.

Because of Impact Amplifier extensive work with social innovators, impact investor, donors and the public sector it is uniquely suited to develop ecosystem solutions and models for others to utilize. The Foundation is both a donor and a doer, implementing some solutions internally and financially supporting other innovators to build ecosystems that work.

All donations from the Foundation are done via calls for applications. Please see the open calls page for current opportunities.

Investing
In addition to being a direct funder, Impact Amplifier also supports businesses to align their vision and plans with those of investors through its unique investment readiness process.

Post completing Impact Amplifier’s acceleration process it raises grant, equity or debt-based funding for social enterprise from a broad range of local and international impact investors.

Impact Amplifier’s entrepreneur clients typically meet the following criteria:

  • Clear growth potential
  • Demonstrable social / environmental impact
  • Competent and experienced management team with relevant track record
  • Proven concept / post revenue
  • Investment requirement between $80,000 – $10 million
  • Based in Africa

Recent Work

The following reflects the projects Impact Amplifier was or is involved in from 2019 to the present timeframe.

Capacity Building Programme For Entrepreneurs and Intermediaries

South Africa, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Malawi, Botswana

Client:

SAIS

Location:

South Africa, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Malawi, Botswana

Date:

2019 – December 2022

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Africa Online Safety Fund

Sub-Saharan Africa

Client:

Google.org

Location:

Sub-Saharan Africa

Date:

June 2020 - Present

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Building Resilience and Impact Assessments

South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Malawi, USA, Australia, New Zealand

Client:

Nando's

Location:

South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Malawi, USA, Australia, New Zealand

Date:

2012 - Present

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South African Food Ecosystem Impact Assessment

South Africa

Client:

FoodForward South Africa (FFSA)

Location:

South Africa

Date:

June 2020 – July 2022

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Scaling Digital Skills

South Africa

Client:

The World Bank & YES (Youth Employment Service)

Location:

South Africa

Date:

September 2020 – September 2023

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Social Innovation Accelerator and Fund

South Africa

Client:

SAB Foundation

Location:

South Africa

Date:

2018 - Present

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Scaling Climate Adaptation Businesses

Nigeria

Client:

GIZ

Location:

Nigeria

Date:

July 2022 – Present

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Assessing Impact Of Climate Change Businesses

Benin, Burkina Faso, Madagascar, Senegal, Togo

Client:

PFAN

Location:

Benin, Burkina Faso, Madagascar, Senegal, Togo

Date:

March 2022 – August 2023

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Online Investment Readiness - Sahara and Leap Africa

Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Zambia, Burundi, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda

Client:

Sahara Foundation and Leap Africa

Location:

Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Zambia, Burundi, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda

Date:

July 2022 – October 2023

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Online Investment Readiness - Future Females

Kenya, Nigeria, Namibia, South Africa

Client:

Future Females

Location:

Kenya, Nigeria, Namibia, South Africa

Date:

May 2022 – December 2022

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Irish Tech Challenge South Africa

South Africa

Client:

DFA- Irish Embassy South Africa

Location:

South Africa

Date:

October 2020 – September 2022

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