This Week in Impact

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This Week in Impact episodes

July 07, 2023 Affordable housing for Mozambique’s informal economy
David Bank chats with Empowa’s Glen Jordan in the next conversation from the recent “Connecting Capital to Communities” gathering at the Salzburg Global Seminar, sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Host Brian Walsh has the headlines.
“When there's no formality, there's no identification. Income is informal. The mortgage product just doesn't work,” says Glen Jordan of Empowa, a Netherlands-based social enterprise. “So we have to turn it around and create products that meet the needs of the informal market. And create structures that enable the capital to flow to those structures in a way that's cost-effective.”
17 min
June 30, 2023 Connecting Indian farmers to global markets
David
Bank chats with FarMart’s Samridhi Singh in the next conversation in
our series from the recent Salzburg Global Seminar on “Connecting
Capital to Communities,” sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation. Host Monique Aiken has the headlines.
18 min
June 23, 2023 A century old model for affordable social housing with Michaela Kauer
David Bank catches up with Michaela Kauer of the city of Vienna to talk about that city’s model of social, affordable housing. Plus, host Brian Walsh has the headlines.
21 min
June 16, 2023 Moving capital at scale to elevate communities of color with Valerie Red-Horse Mohl
Host Monique Aiken has the headlines and Known Holding’s Valerie Red-Horse Mohl joins David Bank to talk about moving capital at scale to elevate communities of color.
15 min
June 02, 2023 The ownership beat, ESG on the chopping block, and new tools for system-level investing
David Bank joins host Monique Aiken to talk about the ownership economy, ESG backlash and system-level investing. Plus the headlines.
10 min
May 26, 2023 Why employee ownership is the next big thing in impact, and America, with Jack Moriarty
Jack Moriarty of Ownership America chats with ImpactAlpha’s David Bank about employee ownership and new legislation to help investors back companies that are turning workers into owners. Host Brian Walsh has the headlines.
22 min
May 19, 2023 Funding African tech entrepreneurs with Eunice Ajim
Eunice Ajim, founding partner Ajim Capital speaks with David Bank
about her personal journey to launch the fund and her mission to support
tech entrepreneurs in her native Cameroon and across Africa. Host
Monique Aiken has the headlines.

For more on Ajim Capital: https://www.ajimcapital.com/blog/ajim-capital-launches-10m-fund-for-african-companies-in-the-tech-space
For more VC Include podcasts: https://impactalpha.com/podcasts/
12 min
May 12, 2023 The long and winding road to responsible private equity with Tensie Whelan
Host Brian Walsh is joined by NYU’s Tensie Whelan to hear why more and more private equity firms are starting to embrace impact as a path to outperformance.

Tensie's article in ImpactAlpha: https://impactalpha.com/more-private-equity-firms-embrace-impact-as-a-path-to-outperformance/
20 min
May 05, 2023 Finding alpha in racial justice and the challenges women face raising a first fund
The BFM (Black Founders Matter) Fund’s Himalaya Rao speaks with David Bank about the alpha case for racial justice investing and the challenges faced by a woman manager when raising her first fund.

Our earlier VC Include interviews:
https://impactalpha.com/toussaint-bailey-uplifting-capital-bringing-the-quietly-bothered-into-impact-investing-podcast/
https://impactalpha.com/bahiyah-yasmeen-robinson-on-includes-three-drivers-of-inclusion-alpha-podcast/
14 min
April 28, 2023 Neighborhood Economics with Kevin Jones
As the Neighborhood Economics conference wraps up in Jackson, Miss., Kevin Jones speaks with David Bank about startup capital for sole proprietors, Black churches as engines of economic development and how unusual strangers can become unlikely allies. Plus, host Brian Walsh has the headlines.
20 min