ImpactAlpha Podcasts

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Local institutional capital for small and medium sized businesses in Africa

Mar 07 2025 24 mins  
Host Brian Walsh chats with ImpactAlpha’s emerging markets reporter Lucy Ngige. Up this week: Why the mood at two impact investing conferences in Nairobi was hopeful, despite the US foreign aid freeze. Plus, a roundup of some of the most interesting recent emerging markets deals. Check out all of the deals here:https://impactalpha.com/browse/beats/dealflow/

Seeing East African agri-food tech in action, plus the EU walks back sustainability disclosure

Feb 28 2025 21 mins  
Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor Jessica Pothering. Up this week: Jessica digs in on food and agriculture in East Africa. Emerging fund managers in the ownership economy deliver returns to investors by sharing the wealth with workers, families and communities. And, what the EU Commission’s revamped rules mean for climate and sustainability disclos

Navigating the new era for emerging markets, climate and small business investing

Feb 21 2025 18 mins  
This week, Brian and David discuss the resilience of impact investing amidst political upheaval, focusing on emerging markets, small businesses, and climate strategies. Also, the evolving dynamics between limited partners (LPs) and general partners (GPs) in the investment landscape, particularly through co-investments. Finally they cover the University of Utah's new initiative to b

Building wealth through community investment trusts

Feb 14 2025 21 mins  
Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: An innovative investment vehicle turns a strip mall in Portland into a community investment trust that’s helping local renters build family wealth; the Liist gets a facelift and the importance of highlighting the raises of emerging fund managers; plus, why impact investors are split on Pre

DFC and emerging managers face Trump funding freeze fallout

Feb 07 2025 26 mins  
On this episode of 'This Week in Impact' Brian Walsh and Jessica pother discuss the implications of the Trump administration's freeze on development finance, the evolving landscape of voluntary carbon markets driven by corporate buyers, and the challenges facing private equity in the healthcare sector. 00:50 Impact of the Trump Administration on Development Finance 10:09 Corp

Responsible AI in the Age of Trump with Ravit Dotan

Feb 05 2025 18 mins  
In the latest Agents of Impact podcast, Ravit Dotan, an AI governance advisor and researcher in Pittsburgh, joins David Bank to share insights on the new state of play for responsible AI in the early days of the Trump administration and what Deepseek, the Chinese competitor to Open AI, means for intellectual property, open-source code … and national security.

Mission driven funders react to feds funding freeze + responsible AI strategies.

Jan 31 2025 19 mins  
Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Stories featured in this week's episode: Mission-driven funders scramble to respond to federal funding freeze⁠, by Amy Cortese and David Bank Call roundup: https://impactalpha.com/calls/ How machine learning and AI can be harnessed for mission-based lending⁠, by Mar Diteos Rendon, Nicole Jansma and Sa

Trump's torrent of executive orders + OZ's get another look

Jan 24 2025 25 mins  
Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Stories covered this: “Trump’s executive orders will affect investments in climate, equity, AI and global development,” by Dennis Price, Isaac Silk and Amy Cortese “Investors look for Opportunity Zones to get an extension and a fresh dose of tax-advantaged capital,” by Roodgally Senatus “A

Insurance risk after the LA fires + de-extinction tech gets a raise

Jan 17 2025 23 mins  
Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: How the devastating LA wildfires are putting a spotlight on wildfire prevention tech and what the disaster means for California's fragile insurance market; examples of outcomes-based financing driving systemic change in education; and Colossal Biosciences’ $200 million raise to revive

Glimmers of hope for impact fundraising

Jan 10 2025 20 mins  
Host Brian Walsh takes up the week’s top stories with ImpactAlpha’s Jessica Pothering. They discuss Jessica's takeaways from her analysis of ImpactAlpha's 2024 set of actively raising impact funds, how catalytic capital is unlocking regenerative agriculture opportunities in Brazil, and why drones are taking off in India for agriculture and economic inclusion. "Glimmers of hope