Local capital for local fund managers and enterprises in Africa + Will the real ownership economy please stand up?
ImpactAlpha PodcastsShow Notes
Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: What’s significant about Uganda’s national pension fund’s effort to stand up a locally focused fund of funds; unraveling the controversy surrounding KKR’s lucrative employee ownership exit from CoolIT; and, unpacking the failure of the impact advisory firm Align Impact.
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For more on these stories: “Let KKR do its thing while we convert thousands more companies to 100% employee ownership,” by Aner Ben-Ami "With shared ownership, $4.8 billion sale of CoolIT gives workers a cut of AI-driven gains," by Roody Senatus "Better financing can make employee ownership a game-changer for workers," by Antony Bugg Levine “Pension fund in Uganda readies a $100 million fund of funds to create jobs – and savers,” by Lucy Ngige “After 12 years, advisory firm Align Impact to shut down at the end of the month,” by David Bank
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