Africa Sustainable Investment Forum [AfricaSIF] is an independent, not-for-profit pan-African network, knowledgebase and advocate launched in June 2010 to promote sustainable investment across the continent. The AfricaSIF Project is building AfricaSIF as a network of institutions and individuals active in public, private and philanthropy sectors making investment in Africa happen 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, including a sustainable investment benchmarking survey every two years starting in 2010. AfricaSIF is a new, strategic step in facilitating
investment in Africa that purposefully integrates environmental, social and
governance [ESG] factors.
AfricaSIF 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 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. Celebrate with us as we launch in-person networking events in Africa, Europe, America and Asia in 2010 toward our inaugural annual conference ESG Africa on 1 + 2 December 2010. Siyaya phambili!
AfricaSIF.org is in beta. Please alert the webmaster to any wrinkles via africasif@gmail.com and check back for updates soon.
