The Impact Investors’ Foundation cordially invites you to the virtual edition of its 3rd IIF Annual Convening on Impact Investing on the theme, “COVID-19 and Gender Lens Investing in Nigeria.”
The webinar which is scheduled to hold on December 10, 2020, at 10 A.M (WAT)will bring together key actors and cross-sectoral stakeholders to discuss opportunities and challenges in mainstreaming gender lens investing in Nigeria under the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic. It will feature a wide range of speakers which include GLI experts, consultants, business leaders, investors and GLI fund managers to speak on the theme.
The convening aims to address:
How to unlock capital for Gender Lens Investments into the country.
- Strategies to break down barriers that exclude female entrepreneurs and female-centred businesses from accessing finance at favourable terms and conditions that support the growth of their businesses.
- Practical insights on how to adopt GLI in investors’ investment strategies.
- Exposing investors to GLI frameworks and approaches that have worked and are being deployed in response to COVID-19.
- Providing guidelines to investors who would want to adopt GLI into their investment strategies.
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Resource Persons
Chairperson: Ms Yewande Sadiku, Executive Secretary, CEO of Nigerian Investment Promotion Council
Keynote Speaker: Vikas Bali, CEO, Intellecap Advisory PVT limited.
First Panel: Attracting Capital for Gender Lens Investing in Nigeria: Opportunities and Challenges.
Moderator: Nneka Eze, Managing Partner, Dalberg Advisors, Nigeria,
Panellists:
- Temilade Denton, Social Impact and ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) manager, Alitheia Capital
- Vikas Bali, CEO, Intellecap Advisory PVT limited.
- Jen Braswell, CDC, Director, Value Creation Strategies
- Ténemba Anna Samaké, Executive Director, MBC Africa
- Anne-Marie Lévesque, Head of Gender and Impact, FinDev Canada
Panel 2. Gender Lens Investing: Sharing Experiences in Supply and Demand for Capital
Moderator: Nneka Chime, Cross Boundaries
Panellists:
- Jesse Baver, Associate Partner, Dalberg Advisors, London
- Yemi Keri, Co-Founder, Rising Tide
- Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes, Founding Partner & Managing Director, Aruwa Capital Management, Nigeria
- Thelma Ekiyor, Managing Partner, SME.NG
- Arianne Martins Rodriguez, Gender Development & Impact Investing Expert
To find out more about the event and to register, click here https://impactinvestorsfoundation.org/iif-convening-2020/. Once you register, you will receive a zoom link to join the call.
