Is your business working to address a social or environmental challenge in Nigeria? Are you trying to raise capital to scale your business? If yes, apply for the 2021 Impact Investors Foundation (IIF) Annual Deal Summit and Impact Amplifier’s Investment Readiness Accelerator, funded by the Inclusive Business Action Network (iBAN).

To address Africa’s socio-economic and environmental challenges both innovative entrepreneurs and new business models must emerge. We believe that the private sector will be at the forefront of finding solutions to what have been historically intractable issues throughout the Continent. IIF and Impact Amplifier supports this vision by providing investment readiness and acceleration services to impact enterprises and inclusive businesses  which combines  financial success with positive social and environmental change.

We are launching our third Annual Deal Summit on November 30, 2021 and the preparatory Investment Readiness Accelerator to provide the business development support required to scale impact enterprises and link them with interested investors. Participants will gain the key ingredients to become ready for investment, including:

  • Constructing an impact case; 
  • Market access, sales and distribution; 
  • Strategic planning; 
  • Financial modelling and planning; 
  • Writing an investment case to secure funding; and
  • Pitching to investors.  

The three month accelerator is bespoke and designed around the specific needs of each participating business. The programme will conclude with the Deal Summit where participants will be introduced to a community of curated investors.

The IIF Annual Deal Summit is an initiative of the Impact Investors’ Foundation which seeks to address a critical gap in the ecosystem which has resulted in the limited number of investment-ready businesses in Nigeria.

PROGRAMME BENEFITS

  • Gain knowledge of Impact Investing and understand what impact investors want;
  • Access free specialised coaching and training worth thousands of dollars from an industry leading advisory firm to help you become impact and investment ready;
  • INetwork with a range of providers of impact capital from across the world;
  • Increase your attractiveness to impact investors and your chances of securing a deal by participating at the IIF Annual Deal Summit; and
  • Be matched with potential impact investors.

CRITERIA FOR PARTICIPATION

Companies Must:

  • Have been in operations for 2+ years  
  • Be commercially viable (i.e. does not rely on grants) or can demonstrate that commercial viability is achievable within a likely expansion scenario
  • Have clear impact focus or orientation, whether social or environmental or company involves people living at the base of the pyramid as customers, retailers, distributors of suppliers (at least 25% of revenue or income comes from BOP)
  • Not have raised more than US$5M externally  
  • seek ticket size between US$200,000 – US$5m 
  • Commit senior company executives (preferably the CEO) to take a substantial role in training and matching activities.

Note: Companies must be addressing social and or environmental issues in sectors such as  Health, Education, Agriculture, Renewable/Clean Energy, Financial Inclusion, Transportation, Job Creation or other key issues confronting Nigeria. Companies must be providing essential services to vulnerable people at the base of the pyramid.

Who should apply?

SMEs/Impact enterprises/Inclusive businesses
or any for-profit social purpose companies.

We welcome you to complete the application form .  PLEASE NOTE , Your company must have a clear impact focus or oreintation that solves a social problem or integrate the BOP in your value chain.

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Key Dates

Applications closes: Sunday, August 15, 2021 at 12 midnight (WAT)

Selections announced: September 6, 2021

Deal Summit: November 30, 2021

Organisers

Impact Investors Foundation is a non-profit organization founded through a partnership involving Bank of Industry, African Capital Alliance, Business Day Media Ltd, Dalberg Advisors and Ford Foundation, with the overarching goal of accelerating the growth and excellence of impact investing in Nigeria.

Impact Amplifier, is a leading capital advisory firm based in Nigeria and South Africa which is focused on accelerating and investing into social and environmental companies on the African continent.

The Inclusive Business Action Network (iBAN), a global initiative supporting the scaling and replication of inclusive business models. Through its strategic approach iBAN supports companies with tailor-made investment readiness programmes and develops national inclusive business policy strategies with policymakers. iBAN is jointly co-funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and the European Union. It is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.

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