About us

The Africa Social Impact Exchange (ASIEx) was born from the vision to expand the continent’s sustainable social financing ecosystem by bringing together investors across the continuum of financing to amplify the impact of transformative solutions.

It aims to create an innovative platform to connect strategic funders and implementing partners in Africa to catalyse sustainable social financing, scale impact and advance knowledge sharing.
By connecting investors, philanthropists, and development organisations, ASIEx creates a dynamic and sustainable social financing ecosystem that empowers locally led solutions to drive long-term, transformative impact across Africa.

Vision

To transform Africa’s social financing landscape by addressing the lack of risk capital, creating a sustainable ecosystem that enables scalable, locally-led solutions to the continent’s most pressing challenges, from climate resilience to economic empowerment.

Mission

To mobilize catalytic capital and build an ecosystem that connects investors, entrepreneurs, and policymakers, driving risk-tolerant investment to unlock Africa’s full potential for sustainable development and long-term impact.

Partners

Managed by AVPA, ASIEx was brought to life through the partnership and support of the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) and Prosper Africa.

CIFF is an independent philanthropic organisation, working with a range of partners seeking to transform the lives of children and adolescents. Our programmes are designed to support bold ideas to solve seemingly intractable problems. As the world’s largest philanthropy that focuses specifically on improving children’s lives, CIFF supports bold ideas for children to survive and thrive, today and in the future.

Prosper Africa is a Presidential-level national security initiative aimed at strengthening the strategic and economic partnership between the U.S. and Africa by catalyzing transformative two-way trade and investment flows. By mobilizing private capital, Prosper Africa’s goal is to advance strategic objectives like job creation, increasing investment in infrastructure and advancing Africa’s digital transformation.

Team

Vymala Thuron

Executive Director of the ASIEx

Dr.Frank Aswani

Chief Executive Officer, AVPA

Rachel Wambui

Communication officer

Susan Ngatia

MERL Officer