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AVPA partners with The Ownership Project 2.0: Private Capital Owners and Impact

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Connecting family offices across the continent

AVPA and The Ownership Project 2.0 announce their collaborative African Family Offices Gathering at the Inaugural Africa Impact Summit

On July 12-13, AVPA and The Ownership Project 2.0 will host an African Family Offices Gathering in Cape Town, South Africa. This two-day event will bring together African family offices to learn from their peers and explore how to play an even more central role in catalysing positive long-term change. In addition to connecting African family offices from across the continent, the gathering will include:

  • Site visits of family office supported impact ventures.
  • Working sessions to discuss the African family office ecosystem, curated by AVPA and The Ownership Project 2.0.
  • AVPA’s membership launch, to mark the official opening of AVPA to expanded, public membership.

The Skoll Centre community offers a wealth of expertise and advice that fuels our research-practice initiatives and educational programmes. We are thrilled to partner with AVPA for the African Family Offices Gathering.

Marya Besharov

Academic Director of the Skoll Centre

The African Family Offices Gathering will be followed by the inaugural Africa Impact Summit.

AVPA is a Pan-African network for social investors interested in collaborating to increase the flow of capital into social investments across Africa, ensuring that capital (financial, human or intellectual) is deployed as effectively and innovatively as possible for maximum social impact. Based on a connection made by Gayle Peterson, Associate Fellow at Saïd Business School and Skoll Centre Visiting Fellow, the partnership between AVPA and The Ownership Project 2.0 exemplifies the collaborative power of the Skoll Centre's global network of researchers and practitioners.

AVPA is a recognised, best-in-class leader in galvanising impact capital for the benefit of the African continent. The Ownership Project 2.0 is proud to work with AVPA to build a community of family offices based in Africa.

Bridget Kustin

Director of the Ownership Project 2.0

Watch this video from AVPA to learn more about catalytic capital and the evolving role of philanthropy in Africa.

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If you're interested in finding out more about the AVPA and The Ownership Project 2.0 African Family Offices Gathering, please get in touch at ownership@sbs.ox.ac.uk. 

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