RisCura is proud to be the investment manager and provider of management development and support services to the African Women Impact Fund (AWIF). The Fund’s mandate is to invest with women-owned and managed investment firms or women-led strategies within other investment firms, covering both listed and unlisted markets.

The African Women Impact Fund is a multi-managed aggregator fund that invests in the African Women Public Markets Impact Fund, which is open-ended and focused on funds that invest in public markets, and the African Women Private Markets Impact Fund, which is closed-ended and focused on funds investing in private markets with exposure to private equity, private debt, venture capital, infrastructure and direct property. The Fund promotes social characteristics through strengthening the economic empowerment of women by accelerating the growth of African women fund managers. The Fund aims to create a sustainable investment platform to grow the number and asset sizes of women asset managers in Africa and provide support and guidance to emerging asset managers who are in their incubation period.