In this blog, the LGT Venture Philanthropy teams and LGT Impact Fellows post on trends and challenges in the impact investing sector, social entrepreneurship as well as their experiences as LGT Impact Fellows. Enjoy the read!
By Senthil Balasubramanian, LGT Impact Fellow at Kenya Wildlife Conservancies Association (KWCA), USA “Living Nature, Living People” – this vision laid out by the Kenya Wildlife Conservancies Association (KWCA) is what drew me to the organization and the LGT VP Impact Fellowship. As…
By Eric Gaitho Macharia, LGT Impact Fellow at Kenya Wildlife Conservancies Association (KWCA), Kenya When I began working with Kenya Wildlife Conservancies Association (KWCA) under the LGTFellowship program, I imagined financial management tasks, excel spreadsheets,…
By Enock Musaana, LGT Impact Fellow at Financing Alliance for Health (FAH), Zambia In global health, the distance between good intentions and measurable impact is often vast. We champion universal health coverage, yet the engine that determines whether those ambitions succeed…
By Aarushi Gupta, Investment Associate at LGT, India Venture Philanthropy, India I joined LGT Venture Philanthropy (LGT VP) as a Fellow in August 2024 to work on Early Childhood Development in India, building what would become SIRA, a first-of-its-kind funder…
By Kunal Dongre, LGT Impact Fellow at Educate Girls, India Perfectionism used to be my default. I believed that if I worked fast, stayed error-free, and proved myself, I would earn approval and acceptance. But in the midst…
By Chinedu George Nnawetanma, LGT Impact Fellow at Financing Alliance for Health (FAH), Nigeria Funding for the global development sector has become more volatile than ever. In the past few years, geopolitical and economic pressures…
Together, Fatouma and Rihlat reflect on the LGT Impact Fellowship as a shared journey and how that strengthened Amp Health’s systems. This joint interview reflects on how the fellowship added value to Amp Health during…
By Joyce Makau, LGT Impact Fellow at Maasai Mara Wildlife Conservancies Association (MMWCA), Kenya When I began my LGT Venture Fellowship with the Maasai Mara Wildlife Conservancies Association (MMWCA), I saw it as an opportunity to apply…
In the Alumni Spotlight series, we dive deep into past fellows’ experiences and learnings from their fellowship, and their career trajectories since then. Andrew Papp, an LGT Impact Fellow from the 2017 cohort, leveraged his…
Chidinma Okoli joined the 2024 LGT Impact Fellowship cohort after building a strong career in venture capital and private equity, investing in early-stage technology companies across Africa. Motivated by a desire to transition from investor…
By Chidinma Okoli, LGT Impact Fellow at Moniepoint, Nigeria The last 12 months as an LGT Impact Fellow at Moniepoint have been nothing short of transformational. I discovered the fellowship at a pivotal moment in…
Jonathan Bii, LGT Impact Fellow at One Mara Carbon Project “During my fellowship with the One Mara Carbon Project, I came in with questions and left with even more, but better ones. In this reflection,…
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