Just one week away: 25 years of Impact Webinar

We are just a week away from the Global Webinar on October 6, 2022, which aims to recognize the milestones that have been achieved through Cordaid’s investments over the past 25 years. Furthermore, our speakers, renowned industry leaders and in-house experts, will discuss how to advance development finance in the future. 

Join us and discover:

What can we do to facilitate systemic social change and build an equal world?

Tune into the conversation about the future of investing in social causes with our keynote speaker Tynesia Boyea-Robinson. As an entrepreneur, Six Sigma blackbelt, and technologist, Tynesia is uniquely positioned to catalyze a results-driven era of social change. As President and CEO of CapEQTM, which she founded in 2011, she demonstrated how business and community goals can align towards mutual outcomes, helping Fortune 500 clients like the Carlyle Group, Marriott, and others change the way the world does business. Tynesia has published articles featured in the Washington Post, Forbes and more, and her most recent book is "The Social Impact Advantage: Win Customers and Talent By Harnessing Your Business For Good."

How do impact investors catalyze much-needed finance to the most underserved markets of Africa? 

Heather Bateman will guide us through the partnership between the DFC and CIM and the key development impacts it attained. Heather is in charge of investment origination for highly developmental transactions aligned with USAID programs, primarily in West Africa. Before joining DFC, Heather promoted mission-driven investments, catalyzing finance from investors and corporations toward businesses in emerging markets to reach sustainable development goals (SDGs).

Rethinking Microfinance?

Tune into the conversation about the future of impact investing with Jonathan Morduch, a co-author of “Portfolios of the Poor” and professor at New York University, known for his work in assessing microfinance's impact since the movement's early years. Jonathan writes about the financial lives of low-income families and how they connect to poverty and inequality. He is the co-author of ''The Financial Diaries: How American Families Cope in a World of Uncertainty'', and ''Portfolios of the Poor: How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day''. Morduch is a founder of the Financial Access Initiative, which aims to expand access to financial services for low-income individuals in developing countries through research.

We have more in store for the Global Webinar program, as well as a very special announcement at the end of the event.