Social entrepreneur and venture capitalist Ben Peterson is on a mission to make Africa’s tourism ecosystem the biggest and boldest in the world. As co-founder & CEO of Purple Elephant Ventures, Peterson’s recent role is a culmination of eighteen years...
Tariq Fancy, former Chief Investment Officer for Sustainable Investing at BlackRock, the world’s largest investment firm, who led the company’s effort to incorporate ESG factors across all investment activities, recently published a three-part essay called “The Secret...
One of the great challenges facing the impact investing world today is the mismatch between the demand for impact assets that provide market returns and the available supply. Simply put, too many impact dollars are chasing too few impact assets. Development finance...
This interview was condensed from its original version. You can read the entire conversation, here Since the industrial revolution, capitalism has lifted millions of people out of poverty – but with a major caveat: prosperity has come at a cost to the...
Of all the countries I have made investments in, none has had more appeal than India. While my investment remit is global, over one-third of all the impact investments I have made in the last eight years have been in India. It is the impact investing hub of Asia. With...
