NextBillion - An Initiative of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

The Bridgespan Group recently released a study on Closing the Capital Gap on Impact Investment in Africa highlighting the challenges fund managers face in raising and deploying capital. So how can asset owners and limited partners support African GPs to close the funding gap and attract sufficient impact capital to meet pressing social challenges in Africa? We welcome you to join us as we unpack this research piece, sharing insights from Bernard Chizero, Senior Advisor at the Bridgespan Group and Adesuwa Rhodes, Managing Partner at Aruwa Capital. The panel will discuss the challenges, shifting paradigms, opportunities in adversity and building partnerships among key stakeholders to enable the flow of capital to impact investments.