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Africa Policy & Impact
Investment Forum |
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Tunde Onitiri,
Managing Director, YAAtra Ventures,
Brooks Preston, Chairman, World Policy Institute
Dennis Matanda, Lead
Trade Advisor, ECOWAS, COMESA
David Stevens,
Director of Strategic Development, World Policy Institute |
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World
Policy Institute's:
Africa Policy & Impact Investment Forum (APIIF)
2018
Opportunities, Challenges and Policy
Considerations
Fordham University- Gabelli School of Business
Event Coverage: BlackTieMagazine/GMK
“Africa’s risks are mainly perceived and not
real”
- Aliko
Dangote,
The Dangote Group
The inaugural World Policy Institute's
Africa
Policy & Impact Investment Forum (APIIF);
a 120 person invitation only event, hosted by Fordham
University's Gabelli School of Business brought together a
curated group of individuals for a deeper discussion about
unlocking the power of private capital to make both
financial and social/environment impact returns on the
continent of Africa.
The purpose of the forum was to expose key players in
policy, academia, financial community and the media
to the Opportunities,
Challenges and Policy Considerations
affecting impact investing in Africa
This Forum was produced by Lupoff Impact, and
curated by of Camilla Barungi, Founder, InPath Partners
Participants included;
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Brooks
Preston, Chairman, World Policy Institute
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David Stevens, Director of Strategic Development, World
Policy Institute
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Peter Lupoff, WPI Fellow, Special Lecturer, Yale School
of Managemen
- Impact Investing
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Camilla Barungi, Founder, InPath Partners
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Tunde Onitiri, Managing Director, Yaatra Ventures, IFC
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Dennis Matanda, Lead Trade Advisor, ECOWAS, COMESA
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Sari Miller, Impact Investor, Board, LeapFrog, Gigawatt
Global
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Peter Frank, Investment Fellow, PG Impact Investments
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Arjun Batra, Chief Investment Officer, Lendable
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Richard Lackey, Founder, The World Food
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Gerard McKeon, Publisher, Black Tie Magazine
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Rudyard
Ceres, Esq., The Ceres Law, P.C.
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Mo Odele,
Founder, Strat!gos
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Melissa
Mahtani, Producer, CNN
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Abigail
Steinberg, Program Manager, FIBR, Associate, BFA
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Dana Reed,
Interim CEO, Africa Center
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Professor
Sris Chatterjee, Professor, Fordham University
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Andrew Siwo,
Investment Director, Colonial Consulting, GIIN
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Terry Oppong,
Chale Global
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Jill Golden,
Jill Golden PR
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Nancy Zoubek,
RLSF LLP
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Peter Frank, Investment Fellow,
PG Impact Investments,
Arjun Batra, Chief Investment Officer, Lendable,
Richard Lackey, Founder, The World Food
Sari Miller, Impact Investor, Board, LeapFrog, Gigawatt Global
Peter Lupoff, WPI
Fellow, Special Lecturer, Yale School of Management
- Impact Investing
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Rudyard Ceres Esq,
The Ceres Law , PC
Moe Odele, Founder Stratlgos
Abigail Steinberg, Program Manager, FIBR Associates, BFA
Judy Benjamin, Helen Hamlyn Senior, Fellow Fordham University |
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Yasmin Kumi, Managing Director, Africa Foresight
Group
Dana Reed, Africa Center,
Andrew Siwo, Investment Director, Colonial Consulting, GINN
Prof. Siris Chatterjee, Fordham University |
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Brooks Preston, Chairman, World Policy Institute |
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Yasmin Kumi, Managing Director, Africa Forsight
Group |
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Tina Mars,
Secretary General, World Chinese Merchants Union Association,
Annie Ma, Chairwomen & Founding Partner, Ample Luck
International Capital Group |
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Camilla Barungi, Founder, InPath Partners
Alyssa Daughterly |
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Agenda: |
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Welcome Keynote speech
by Brooks Preston, Chairman, World Policy Institute |
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What are the Current
Policy and Macro Considerations that Affect Investing in Africa?
Panelists: ● Tunde Onitiri, Managing Director, Yaatra Ventures,
IFC Country Manager ● Dennis Matanda, Lead Trade Advisor, ECOWAS,
COMESA ● Brooks Preston, Chairman, World Policy Institute
Moderator: David Stevens, Director of Strategic Development,
World Policy Institute |
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Impact investing in the
African context: How can We Define it? Exploring Concrete
Opportunities:
Discussion of African Investment Examples Interactive presentation by
Yasmin Kumi, Managing Director, Africa Foresight Group
Presentation of three case studies of real impact investment
opportunities that were curated for this event by Yasmin Kumi
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Impact Enterprises and
Funds that Generate Impact in Africa
Panelists: ● Sari Miller, Impact Investor, Board, LeapFrog, Gigawatt
Global ● Peter Frank, Investment Fellow, PG Impact Investments ●
Arjun Batra, Chief Investment Officer, Lendable ● Richard
Lackey, Founder, The World Food Bank Moderator: Peter Lupoff,
WPI Fellow, Special Lecturer, Yale School of Management- Impact
Investing |
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What are the Social and
Environmental Needs and Opportunities Present for Impact
Investors in Africa?
Panelists: ● Rudyard Ceres, Esq., The Ceres Law, P.C. ● Mo Odele, Founder,
Strat!gos ● Abigail Steinberg, Program Manager, FIBR, Associate,
BFA Moderator: Judy Benjamin, Helen Hamlyn Senior Fellow,
Fordham Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs |
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How the Sausage is Made
– a Lively Discussion of the Practical Issues and Plausible
Solutions that Unlock Capital Flow to Socially Impactful
Enterprises in Africa
Panelists: ● Yasmin Kumi, Managing Director, Africa Foresight Group ● Dana
Reed, Interim CEO, Africa Center ● Professor Sris Chatterjee,
Professor, Fordham University ● Andrew Siwo, Investment
Director, Colonial Consulting, GIIN
Moderator: Melissa Mahtani, CNN |
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Peter Lupoff
Lupoff Friends
and Family Interests LLC
85 Broad Street,
17th Floor
New York, NY
10005
Phone:
1(646)8404295
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