AfricaSIF.org | Africa Sustainable Investment Forum

AfricaSIF.org is an independent, pan-African, not-for-profit network, knowledgebase and advocate promoting investment in sustainable development across the continent launched in June 2010.  The AfricaSIF Project is building a network of institutions and individuals promoting sustainable investment in Africa by investors in public, private and philanthropy sectors across asset classes, countries and stakeholders from our platform @ africasif.org.

AfricaSIF is a virtual but personal network of the investment value chain active in Africa. We are pro-Africa and pro-sustainable investment, sharing ideas and activities to promote sustainable investment. As a member-driven organization, we plan to provide some key components of the investment infrastructure in Africa. AfricaSIF.org is a new, strategic step in facilitating investment in Africa that purposefully integrates environmental, social and governance [ESG] factors.

Connecting people who make investment decisions in Africa is a key benefit of AfricaSIF. Developing new research as a knowledgebase includes the AfricaSIF.org Marketplace Survey 2011, a sustainable investment benchmarking survey every two years. Sustainable finance will be at the top of the agenda for policy makers, asset owners, fund managers, adviser and corporations from across the value chain with UN FCCC COP 17 coming to Africa in Durban, South Africa in December 2011.

AfricaSIF.org has been a long time in the making. After years of developing the idea, africasif.org was registered in February 2009. The AfricaSIF Project Steering Committee is building the AfricaSIF.org community of individuals and institutions active in the investment value chain. The first event in the AfricaSIF launch roadshow in Africa on 9 June 2010 was hosted by the largest stock exchange in Africa. In the global glare of the world attention as the FIFA World Cup comes to Africa for the first time, we have launched our network as a platform for providing answers supporting sustainable investment in Africa.

If you are part of making investment decisions in/into Africa, we invite you to join us in advancing our mission at one of our networking events. Celebrate with us as we launch in-person networking events in Africa, Europe, America and Asia in 2010-2011 toward our inaugural major event AfricaSIF.org2012.

Siyaya phambili!