John Scicchitano

John Scicchitano is Managing Director and cofounder of Pangea Africa. He has 30 years of experience in the public, private and nonprofit sectors including much of his career in West Africa with a focus on food security and impact investing. He has thirty years of experience in leadership across the private, public and nonprofit sectors.

As the co-founder of Pangea Africa, John envisions a prosperous and food-secure Africa propelled by private sector investment in inclusive green growth. John’s educational background includes degrees in Engineering from Princeton and Business from Georgetown. Having spent most of his career living in Africa, he brings a wealth of relationships with Africa’s leaders and innovators who are pioneering social development and economic growth.

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April 16
2026

John Scicchitano / Rob Mills

The Missing Ingredient in Impact Investment in Africa: A New Financing Model for Business Advisory Service Providers Tackles the ’Lack of Investable Pipeline’ Challenge

Despite the growth of impact investing in Africa, investors still face a commonly cited constraint that could impede future deal flow: the lack of investable pipeline. But according to John Scicchitano at Pangea Africa and Rob Mills at Social Finance International, the main reason for this issue is the fact that African small and medium enterprises (SMEs) often struggle to meet the technical standards that impact investors demand, while lacking the network that could connect them to these investors. They explore how business advisory service providers (BASPs) can help meet these needs for SMEs, and present a new financing mechanism that can help BASPs scale up their investment facilitation support.

Categories
Investing

Tags
business development, business education, impact investing, MSMEs

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The Missing Ingredient in Impact Investment in Africa: A New Financing Model for Business Advisory Service Providers Tackles the ’Lack of Investable Pipeline’ Challenge