Posted by Graham Sinclair on Tuesday, April 3, 2012,
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Events
Sustainable investment membership organizations in major markets today agreed to join forces to create a trailblazing report on the global scope of sustainable and responsible investment. For more than a decade, these regional bodies have produced research reports, generally on a biennial schedule, on the trends in sustainable and responsible investing within their own markets. The release of this harmonized global “Trends” report, the first ever, is scheduled for December 2012. “The s... Continue reading ...
Posted by AfricaSIF Project on Friday, March 2, 2012,
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Marketplace
By Jim O’Neill and Dolores Bamford
Within the investment community, environmental, social
and governance (“ESG”) evaluation has shifted from the margin to the
mainstream. Below, Jim O’Neill and Dolores
Bamford address economic growth and opportunities in South Africa as well as the
integration of ESG evaluation into the investment process.
Africa’s Growth Conditions by Jim O’Neill
More and more investors are increasingly focused on the
opportunities... Continue reading ...
Posted by AfricaSIF Project on Wednesday, May 25, 2011,
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Events
Its a sunny day in London for day 2 of the Sustainable Emerging
Markets conference #sustainable2011 being held at the Renaissance Hotel in Holborn. All
the whos who of the Responsible Investing (RI) world is here.
Each guru
and aspiring guru is talking, listening and sharing. But where is
arguing? Arguing, although a word which usually carries negative
connotation, can in actuality often be a very positive insight provider.
I am personally new to this field of SRI, RI, or ESG investment... Continue reading ...
Posted by AfricaSIF Project on Friday, September 3, 2010,
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Events
Building on the initial roadshow launch event in Johannesburg few weeks ago, AfricaSIF's second launch event was a success according to its attendees. As Hylton Brown, one of AfricaSIF's Steering Committee members, explained: " The AfricaSIF event held last night at ASISA was a massive success, not only in attracting like-minded individuals, but in delivering a strong message that it’s up to us as Africans to bring about change, and that we can do it in a sustainable manner. What also came t... Continue reading ...
Posted by AfricaSIF Project on Friday, September 3, 2010,
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Events
 CAPE LAUNCH OF PAN-AFRICAN SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT NETWORK
The Africa Sustainable Investment Forum (AfricaSIF) Launch Roadshow 2010 made its second stop, launching in Cape Town on Thursday. Investment industry body, Association for Savings and Investment South Africa (ASISA), hosted the event at their headquarters in Newlands. AfricaSIF is an independent pan-African not-for-profit network, knowledgebase and advocate promoting sustainable investment across the continent. Association for Savi...
Posted by AfricaSIF Project on Wednesday, August 25, 2010,
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General
The 2010 Soccer World Cup has given the world a taste of Africa. The national ‘gees’ and energy in supporting Bafana Bafana and the other teams has shown that the spirit of Ubuntu exists strongly in South Africa. The country’s people, economy, its tourist attractions and meeting of the FIFA deadlines has proven that it is possible for an African country to deliver on promises.
The African people, their cultures, resources and investment opportunities are the richness of Africa; yet Africa is ... Continue reading ...
Posted by AfricaSIF Project on Thursday, August 5, 2010,
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General
AfricaSIF has brought together a community of individuals committed to sustainable development on the African continent. Though the team stretches across the globe and brings together professionals with widely diverse backgrounds, each team member understands the urgent necessity for socially responsible investment in Africa and believes that AfricaSIF will be an important catalyst for positive change. As explained in an earlier post, this week you'll be able to read testimonials on why Afr... Continue reading ...
Posted by AfricaSIF Project on Tuesday, August 3, 2010,
In :
General
AfricaSIF has brought together a community of individuals committed to sustainable development on the African continent. Though the team stretches across the globe and brings together professionals with widely diverse backgrounds, each team member understands the urgent necessity for socially responsible investment in Africa and believes that AfricaSIF will be an important catalyst for positive change.
As shown on the earlier post, this week you'll be able to read some testimonials from team... Continue reading ...
Posted by AfricaSIF Project on Tuesday, August 3, 2010,
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General
You'll find below the personal explanation from Nina Corynne Dongkeng (one of AfricaSIF's interns) on why AfricaSIF matters.
"This is not a secret! The 21st Century and especially the past three years have dramatically affected the world, and the human condition … leaving each of us face-to-face with our responsibilities, our fears, our devils. Indeed, it seems that the following negative events - global financial crisis, swine flu, and more recently earthquakes in Haiti, Chile and Taiwan, ...
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Posted by AfricaSIF Project on Wednesday, July 28, 2010,
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General
Continuing the Africa
Sustainable Investment Forum’s look at the June 2010 McKinsey
Quarterly’s focus on Africa's growth, this week’s
blog post will offer a perspective on the article titled “Strengthening
sub-Saharan Africa’s health systems: A practical approach”, by Lowell Bryan,
Michael Conway, Tineke Keesmaat, Sorcha McKenna, and Ben Richardson.
As an independent not-for-profit
network, knowledgebase and advocate for sustainable
investment across Africa, AfricaSIF recognizes... Continue reading ...
Posted by AfricaSIF Project on Friday, July 16, 2010,
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Events
Last June 2010,
AfricaSIF Intern Ike Nwagbara attended a conference on private equity in
Africa.
Here is his account of the event.
"The FIFA World Cup has Africa in the world’s spotlight. Recently,
Bloomberg hosted the Africa Equity Focus Day, a seminar designed to educate
investors about investing in Africa. A distinguished panel of four experts on
the continent were assembled and they included:
- Daniel Brody – CIO Silk Invest
- Plamen Monovski – CIO
Renaissance Capital
- Faroo...
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Posted by AfricaSIF Project on Tuesday, June 29, 2010,
In :
General
In this month's
McKinsey Quarterly,
Tim Knapp, Ben Richardson and Shrey Viranna informed readers of what
they
believed where the three most promising healthcare delivery approaches
in
Africa. The authors assert that a model comprised of local health
officers,
telemedicine and mobile clinics would effectively solve the access
to health care problem at low costs. The Africa Sustainable Investment
Forum believes
that in a region where women face 100 times the risk of maternal
mortality tha...
Posted by AfricaSIF Project on Thursday, June 10, 2010,
In :
Events
 In fitting with AfricaSIF approach to new thinking for new capital in Africa, we tried a new approach to putting the powerful voices of different perspectives along the value chain to share their thining on sustainable investment last night at the Launch Event 1 hosted by the JSE SRI Index. A big thank you to Jay
Naidoo, Chair of both Development Bank of South Africa and GAIN (Global
Alliance for Improved Nutrition); Judge Mervyn King, Chair of the Global
Reporting Initiative and King Commiss... Continue reading ...
Posted by AfricaSIF Project on Wednesday, June 9, 2010,
In :
Events
It is with great pleasure that the AfricaSIF community is
launching its international road show tonight with an initial official event in
Johannesburg. Distinguished guest speakers and dozens of key players in the investment,
sustainability, and international development fields are expected for this
initial event.
Please keep posted for
our upcoming launch
events. We are indeed looking
forward to meeting you in Cape Town (some time in June), Lagos, Nairobi,
Cairo/Tunis, Geneva, London, Par... Continue reading ...
Posted by AfricaSIF Project on Saturday, May 29, 2010,
In :
Events
The MBAs and career changers attending the HEC Paris MBA 2010 Social and Sustainable Business Conference in Paris were exposed to AfricaSIF as a sidenote in a panel on sustainable investment on Friday. We had an inspired, robust seminar. As the speakers and audience experienced all experienced (and feedback suggests) the material we shared and how we shared it went well. Our panel covered the spectrum of sustainable investment from a broad brief for the panel. Due to lack of long-term plannin... Continue reading ...
Posted by Graham Sinclair on Wednesday, February 17, 2010,
In :
General
It
is always encouraging hearing about positive developments on environmental,
social, and governance (ESG) research, reporting, or investing activities
on the African continent.
Few weeks ago, the Social Investment
Forum (SIF) published a press release to mark the publication of their
3rd report focusing on emerging markets: “Corporate
Sustainability Disclosure in Emerging Markets.” The article explained
that “Few Companies in Emerging Markets Offer Comprehensive “ESG”
Reporting; ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Graham Sinclair on Wednesday, December 30, 2009,
In :
General
The AfricaSIF blog is a weekly post on news and happenings from the AfricaSIF project team of interest to investors in Africa. The AfricaSIF project is our grassroots plan building a network, knowledgebase and advocate to make investment in African sustainable investment. AfricaSIF [Africa Sustainable Investment Forum] has a vision that investment in Africa will integrate environmental, social and governance factors [ESG] so the capital deployed will be a net positive to our sustainable devel... Continue reading ...
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