Lessons from Apollo and Mastercard Foundation + The Reconstruction Won't Be Televised

Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: What the $785 billion private equity giant Apollo has learned in the five years since launching its $1 billion private impact fund; from MasterCard Foundation's Africa Growth Fund to local African funders, a look at the small business investing landscape on the continent (07:45); and to mark this year’s Juneteenth commemoration, contributing editor Napoleon Wallace makes the case for shared prosperity his new remix, ‘The Reconstruction Will Not Be Televised’ (15:20).

Relevant links:

• ⁠RSVP for next week's Call⁠.
• “⁠Ownership, collinearity and KPIs: Apollo’s impact strategy turns five⁠,” by Amy Cortese
• "⁠Mastercard Foundation knows how stakeholders feel about its Africa Growth Fund⁠," by Jessica Pothering
• “⁠‘The Reconstruction Will Not Be Televised’ remixes a classic to build the movement for shared prosperity,⁠” by David Bank. Listen to the song on ⁠YouTube⁠.