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Building for the local context: The case of Mira Mehta of Tomato Jos

Mehta and the Tomato Jos team, operating in a largely informal and underfunded sector, showed the potential for impact through innovative thinking and how patient capital can drive development.

Business, Economy, Funding, Investment

Alitheia’s uMunthu II Fund co-leads $10.4M investment round in Ghanaian Agritech Startup, Complete Farmer

Complete Farmer, an end-to-end digital, agricultural marketplace that connects African farmers and global industries to competitive markets, resources, data, and each other on a single platform, raises $10.4 million in a Pre-Series A funding…

Funding, Investment

Haul247 Secures $3 Million Seed Funding to Drive Innovation in Africa’s Logistics Industry

Haul247, an end-to-end logistics tech platform connecting businesses to haulage and warehousing assets, has raised $3 million in a seed funding round. Alitheia Capital led the funding round via its uMunthu Fund.

Investment

Gender Lens Investment

AIF is a $100 million private equity fund that invests growth capital in SMEs in Western and Southern Africa using a gender lens to identify opportunities that increase returns to and improve outcomes for women.

Investment

Overseas Development Assistance

(Overseas Development Assistance) can (and must) be repurposed and redesigned to achieve 'more bang for every buck'. It should be extended, repurposed, and redesigned to accelerate the attainment of desired developmental goals.

Investment

Impact Investing: Profit with Purpose

Impact Investing seeped into the conscience of the investing ecosystem over a decade ago and refers to the varying degrees that investments can deliver positive social, developmental, economic and financial returns all at once.