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Scaling Financing for Climate Innovation: The Role of Climate Ventures and Accelerators

Thu,  Sep
19
Add to Calendar 2024-09-19 13:00:00 2024-09-19 14:00:00 Scaling Financing for Climate Innovation: The Role of Climate Ventures and Accelerators Join us on September 19 for “Scaling Financing for Climate Innovation: The Role of Climate Ventures and Accelerators.” Currently, Africa has only secured 10 percent of the necessary finance for its climate objectives, underscoring the urgent need for increased private sector engagement and innovative financing solutions. This webinar will feature a panel discussion on innovative financing strategies, ecosystem gaps and solutions, and the distribution of capital to enhance the growth and transformative impact of African startups. The session will end with a short Q&A.  Register to receive event reminders and a recording of the webinar.   Moderator: Amanda Brasil, Senior Program Associate at Climate Policy Initiative Speakers:  James Mwangi, CEO and Founder of Africa Climate Ventures Caitlin Wale, CEO and Founder of Kinjani Maelis Carraro, CEO and Founder of Catalyst Climate Resilience Fund  The webinar is part of the four-part series, “Demystifying Climate Finance: Insights from USAID’s Climate Finance Working Group,” hosted by Climatelinks, the USAID Climate Finance for Development Accelerator, and Climate Policy Initiative. See all events in the series here. Global Climate Change team@climatelinks.org UTC public

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Join us on September 19 for “Scaling Financing for Climate Innovation: The Role of Climate Ventures and Accelerators.” Currently, Africa has only secured 10 percent of the necessary finance for its climate objectives, underscoring the urgent need for increased private sector engagement and innovative financing solutions. This webinar will feature a panel discussion on innovative financing strategies, ecosystem gaps and solutions, and the distribution of capital to enhance the growth and transformative impact of African startups. The session will end with a short Q&A. 

Register to receive event reminders and a recording of the webinar.  

Moderator: Amanda Brasil, Senior Program Associate at Climate Policy Initiative

Speakers: 

  • James Mwangi, CEO and Founder of Africa Climate Ventures
  • Caitlin Wale, CEO and Founder of Kinjani
  • Maelis Carraro, CEO and Founder of Catalyst Climate Resilience Fund 

The webinar is part of the four-part series, “Demystifying Climate Finance: Insights from USAID’s Climate Finance Working Group,” hosted by Climatelinks, the USAID Climate Finance for Development Accelerator, and Climate Policy Initiative. See all events in the series here.

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