Listen "Lessons from Apollo and Mastercard Foundation + The Reconstruction Won't Be Televised"
Episode Synopsis
Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: What the $785 billion private equity giant Apollo has learned in the five years since launching its $1 billion private impact fund; from MasterCard Foundation's Africa Growth Fund to local African funders, a look at the small business investing landscape on the continent (07:45); and to mark this year’s Juneteenth commemoration, contributing editor Napoleon Wallace makes the case for shared prosperity his new remix, ‘The Reconstruction Will Not Be Televised’ (15:20).Relevant links:RSVP for next week's Call.“Ownership, collinearity and KPIs: Apollo’s impact strategy turns five,” by Amy Cortese"Mastercard Foundation knows how stakeholders feel about its Africa Growth Fund," by Jessica Pothering“‘The Reconstruction Will Not Be Televised’ remixes a classic to build the movement for shared prosperity,” by David Bank. Listen to the song on YouTube.
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