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Cedric Joutet and Marie Pietri recently traveled to Madagascar to facilitate a workshop on scaling mobile clinics through innovative finance, in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Health and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). 🇲🇬 During this workshop, they worked together to identify strategies that leverage private capital to support the sustainability of mobile clinics, which provide essential services like maternal care, family planning, and cancer screenings. We are proud to contribute to this important work and are committed to continuing our efforts to drive positive, sustainable change in global healthcare. 🌍

♻️ Unlocking Investment Potential in Kenya’s Waste and Circularity Sector  The Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs and @KOIS have published five comprehensive guides on investment opportunities in Kenya’s waste management sector. A closer look at the first two guides: 📈 Investment Landscape Guide Kenya generates over 24,000 tons of waste daily, yet over 75% is mismanaged. The Investment Landscape Guide explores funding trends, financing needs, and key opportunities in organic waste, plastic waste, wastewater, and integrated waste management. Investors can tap into:  - High-growth sectors with increasing government & private sector support  - Rising demand for sustainable waste solutions  - Business models that turn waste into valuable assets 💡 Integrated Waste Management Guide This guide highlights how businesses are implementing holistic waste management solutions across the value chain—improving sustainability while creating economic value. It provides insights into strategies that drive impactful and scalable waste reduction initiatives. 🔜 Stay tuned for more details on the other three guides we have published relating to Kenya’s waste and circularity sector, coming soon in the next posts of this three-part series! ♻️ Investment landscape: https://lnkd.in/dGEhuTGw   ♻️ Integrated waste management: https://lnkd.in/dAdDaEmv #CircularEconomy #SustainableInvesting #WasteManagement #Kenya   

📢 Humanitarian organisations, we need your insights! Funding challenges in the humanitarian sector are more pressing than ever. How can we ensure financial stability in the face of cash flow constraints and funding shortages? Humanitarian Finance Forum is conducting an essential 10-min survey to better understand these issues and identify suitable solutions. Every contribution counts! 🔍 Discover the survey and add your voice to the debate here 👉 https://lnkd.in/dN7s6n75 #HumanitarianFinance #ImpactInvesting #FundingShortfalls #InnovativeFinance

Webinar on Innovative Finance for Humanitarian Action With traditional donor funding shrinking and the closure of USAID reinforcing the urgency of financial innovation, the humanitarian sector must rethink its funding models. How can NGOs secure sustainable capital and scale their impact? 📢 Join us for an insightful webinar this Thursday, March 20, in partnership with AidEx - The Global Humanitarian Aid Community and MzN International, where leading experts will discuss: 🔹 Cutting-edge financial models driving change in humanitarian funding 🔹 Real-world case studies of organizations successfully leveraging innovative finance 🔹 Actionable solutions to unlock sustainable funding for NGOs 🔎 Featured speakers: 💡 Benoit Renard – Co-Founder & CEO, Tiko 💡 Audrey Selian – Director, Artha Impact (Rianta Capital) 💡 Christian Meyer zu Natrup – Managing Director, MzN International 💡 Hayley Kornblum– Project Manager, IKEA Foundation 💡 Florian Kemmerich – Managing Partner, KOIS 📅 Date: Thursday, March 20 ⏰ Time: 14:00 GMT | 15:00 CET | 10:00 EDT 🔗 Secure your spot now: https://lnkd.in/gftKEEB8 #HumanitarianFinance #ImpactInvesting #InnovativeFinance #BlendedFinance #KOIS

Join AidEx - The Global Humanitarian Aid Community, MzN International and KOIS this Thursday, March 20th at 15:00 CET to explore innovative finance models that help NGOs secure sustainable funding and scale their impact!

♻️💰 Catalyzing Circularity – Financing the Future of Waste & Sustainability At Sankalp Africa 2025, Charlotte Badenoch, Principal East Africa, joined the Circular Economy Catalysts panel to explore how to unlock investment for circular businesses in Kenya and beyond. Despite its massive potential, the circular economy remains severely underfunded. So, how do we change that? 💡 Key takeaways from our discussion: 🔹 Blended finance is a game-changer. Mechanisms like design grants, concessional loans, first-loss capital, and impact-linked financing can help de-risk investments and attract private capital into circularity. 🔹 Businesses must think strategically about financing. Success requires engaging with municipalities, informal sector workers, and industries to unlock funding and create demand-driven solutions. 🔹 Scalability is key. Circular businesses should leverage technology, optimize processes, and expand into new markets to achieve economies of scale and attract investors. 🔹 Results-based finance holds promise. Impact-linked loans and social success notes can help align incentives and drive investment toward high-impact waste and sustainability solutions. 🔹 Climate finance is an untapped opportunity. Carbon credits, plastic credits, and green bonds could play a huge role in financing circular economy initiatives, but more work is needed to develop accessible pathways for businesses to tap into these markets. The message was clear: We need better financing mechanisms to unlock the potential of circularity in Africa. Let’s make it happen! 📢 What’s the biggest challenge you see in scaling circular economy investments? Let’s discuss! #SankalpAfrica2025 #CircularEconomy #ImpactInvesting #BlendedFinance #WasteToValue #Sustainability

Our team is in Madagascar this week 🇲🇬, meeting with partners and stakeholders 🤝 to explore how impact finance can enhance healthcare in mobile clinics 🏥. Stay tuned for more updates! 🔍✨ Cedric Joutet Marie Pietri Charlotte Badenoch Salma Badr Alaoui #ImpactFinance #HealthcareInnovation #Madagascar

🌍💰 Greening the Deal – Unlocking Climate Finance in Africa At Sankalp Africa 2025, Charlotte Badenoch, Principal East Africa, had the privilege of joining a closed-door roundtable on designing a Climate Finance Facility for Africa. With rising climate challenges, the urgent question is: 💡 How do we structure finance to drive real impact and additionality? 🔑 Key insights from our discussion: 🔹 Defining the purpose matters. Is the focus on mitigation, adaptation, or both? Climate finance often skews toward mitigation, yet adaptation is just as critical for long-term resilience. 🔹 Blended finance is essential but must be structured carefully. First-loss capital, guarantees, concessional loans, and results-based finance can de-risk investments—but these mechanisms must be tailored to each sector (clean energy, regenerative agriculture, green infrastructure). 🔹 Mobilizing domestic capital is the next frontier. While donor funding plays a catalytic role, unlocking local institutional capital is key for long-term sustainability. 🔹 We need to strengthen the project pipeline. This means investing in project preparation facilities, capacity building for local financial institutions, and ensuring alignment with government policies to create investable opportunities. 🔹 Impact measurement remains a challenge. Standardizing climate credit aggregation, financial reporting, and robust impact frameworks will be essential to track success and attract investors. The session underscored the urgent need for innovative finance models that blend commercial capital with concessional funding to drive sustainable climate action at scale in Africa. 🌱💡 📢 Let’s continue the conversation! What do you see as the biggest barrier to scaling climate finance in Africa? #SankalpAfrica2025 #ClimateFinance #BlendedFinance #ImpactInvesting #GreenGrowth

👩 With International Women’s Day this past weekend, Let’s Talk About Gender Lens Investing 📈 ✨ At KOIS, we believe that investing with a gender lens is not just a matter of equity, but also a key driver of impact and financial success. As a pioneer in innovative and blended finance, we have worked with organizations to integrate a gender lens into their strategies, ensuring that investments unlock opportunities for women while driving meaningful change.    💡 Why is gender lens investing so critical? According to 2X Global, investing with a gender lens: ✔️ Increases impact: supporting women and girls creates a ripple effect in communities. 📈 Drives economic growth: closing gender gaps in the workforce could add $28 trillion to global GDP. 📊 Enhances returns: diverse teams and female leadership are linked to better business performance. ⚖️ Addresses inequalities: providing equitable access to finance and resources is crucial for sustainable development. 🌍 As we celebrate Women’s Day, let’s commit to building a world where women have equal opportunities to thrive – in business, in leadership, and in every sphere of life. 💪 At KOIS, we remain committed to building financial solutions that empower women, unlock potential, and create a better future for all. #InternationalWomensDay #GenderLensInvesting #ImpactFinance #KOISImpact

🕊️ The humanitarian sector is facing an urgent funding crisis. 🕊️ Data from the Global Aid Freeze initiative (link in the comments), shares that: 📉 55% of NGOs have less than six months of financial reserves. 📉 81% of organizations have not secured alternative funding sources. 🌟 Along with MzN International, we’ve recently launched Human Planet, a global Impact Accelerator for Humanitarian, Development and Climate Projects designed to support NGOs in this matter. In our recent webinar in the context of the launch of this initiative, over 100 sector leaders and investors came together to tackle a critical challenge: how do we ensure that capital flows to where it’s needed most? Key takeaways from the discussion: 🔹 Blended finance can bridge the gap – It balances returns with urgent humanitarian needs, making high-risk areas more investable. 🔹 Collaboration is non-negotiable – Bridging the worlds of humanitarian aid and finance isn’t just a good idea—it’s essential. 🔹 Rethinking NGO funding models – We must move beyond short-term grants and build financial structures that sustain impact. 🔹 Robust impact measurement drives accountability – Standardized impact metrics help investors understand the value of funding social solutions. As Sandrine Henton put it in the webinar, “We all have a responsibility to have more impact with fewer resources.” This means rethinking NGO business models, mobilising private capital, and ensuring funding is structured to last. At KOIS, we’re committed to closing this funding gap by designing innovative financing solutions that drive both impact and sustainability. 💡 The question isn’t just why funding isn’t reaching the right places—it’s how we can fix it. Let’s keep pushing for solutions. What’s your take? #BlendedFinance #ImpactInvesting #HumanitarianAid #SustainableFunding #NGO #KOIS