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🚨FINAL CALL: AFCM 2.0 Applications close 26th October 2025 (23:59 EAT)! The African Feminist Change Makers (AFCM) 2.0 Programme supports women innovators and leaders across Sub-Saharan Africa, tackling climate challenges through science-based entrepreneurship. Backed by GIZ’s SPARK project and implemented by Intellecap, AFCM 2.0 helps women-led ventures build the skills, confidence, and networks needed to scale their climate-smart solutions. Over a 4-month support phase starting in November, participants will commit at least 2 hours per week to hands-on training and mentorship focused on: ✅ Investment readiness and attracting appropriate capital ✅ Understanding and applying blended financial instruments ✅ Financial planning, investment models, and commercialization of climate-smart businesses Why Apply: ✅ Build investment readiness and learn to attract the right kind of capital ✅ Receive expert mentorship on gender-responsive finance and business growth ✅ Join a Pan-African network of feminist leaders driving climate innovation ✅ Expand your visibility at key convenings like the Africa Early Stage Investor Summit and Sankalp Africa Summit 2026 ✅ Access the Fundee Toolkit on Climate Finance to support your growth beyond the programme Who it’s for: ✔ Women-led and women-owned enterprises operational for at least 3 years ✔ Science-based ventures contributing to climate mitigation or adaptation ✔ Growth-stage enterprises actively raising capital ✔ Women researchers, innovation managers, investors, and hub leaders advancing gender-responsive finance in climate innovation 📅 Deadline: Sunday, 26th October 2025 (23:59 EAT) 🔗 Apply now: https://lnkd.in/dBtxmYwy #AFCM #WomenInClimate #FeministFinance #GIZSPARK #Intellecap #ClimateAction #GenderEquality #WomenInScience #SPARKAfrica

📣5 DAYS TO GO! Are you building a climate-smart, science-driven, or tech-based solutions, but struggling to grow or attract investors? The African Feminist Change Makers (AFCM) 2.0 Programme was designed for YOU! Powered by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH’s SPARK project and implemented by Intellecap, the programme supports women innovators across Sub-Saharan Africa to gain the skills, confidence, and networks they need to grow and fund their #climate ventures. Many women with powerful ideas for climate action face barriers to capital and visibility. That’s what AFCM 2.0 is here to change, through mentorship, peer learning, and investor connections. This edition, 30–40 women-led enterprises will join the programme, which is open to ventures active for at least 3 years and ready to raise capital. 💡 Want to know if this is right for you? Join our final Information Session to hear from past participants and get all your questions answered. 🗓 Wednesday, October 22, 2025 ⏰ 12:00 PM EAT 🔗 Register here: https://lnkd.in/dP97fcr8 🕒 Applications close Sunday, October 26, 2025 🔗 For more information and how to apply, visit the website: https://lnkd.in/dBtxmYwy Karnika Yadav Margaret Nakunza Ashay Abbhi Niharika Agarwal Susan Wanjiku W. Leshan Waithira #AFCM #WomenInClimate #FeministFinance #GIZSPARK #Intellecap #ClimateAction #GenderEquality #Entrepreneurship #SPARKAfrica

Wishing you and your loved ones a very #HappyDiwali2025 from Intellecap. Let us reaffirm our commitment to illuminate pathways of innovation, inclusion and impact. #HappyDiwali2025 #Illuminate2Innovate

Happy #MashujaaDay 🇰🇪 from all of us at Intellecap! Today, we honor our national heroes and the everyday changemakers, from community leaders to innovators, who continue to build a more equitable and sustainable Kenya. #MashujaaDay #HappyMashujaaDay #KenyaHeroes #KenyaAtHeart #ProudlyKenyan #Kenya

We’re thrilled to launch "Impact Unpacked" — Intellecap’s new video series that breaks down critical, and often complex concepts into bite-sized, relatable insights. ✨ In our first episode, Sanjana Somani helps us unpack #CarbonFinance - what it means, why it matters, and how it can unlock climate action across the Global South. Just like Diwali celebrates the triumph of light over darkness, let’s illuminate the path to climate resilience through knowledge and action. Watch this intro video, and stay tuned for upcoming ones that shed more light on how Carbon Finance is shaping the global discourse around innovative solutions to meet our climate goals. #ImpactUnpacked #CarbonFinance #CarbonCredits #ClimateAction #Diwali2025 Santosh K Singh Puneet Chawla Susmit Datta Ankur Kathuria Sanchayan Chakraborty Samriddha Ghosh Anurag Dhir Ankit Gupta

Intellecap's 'Polls with Purpose' every Thursday aim to deepen the discourse around on sustainability, circular economy, climate action, entrepreneurship, gender-lens action, inclusive growth and many others. #PollsWithPurpose In today's edition, we ask:

Opportunity Alert! The Micro and Small Enterprises Authority (MSEA), in partnership with The World Bank, invites Social Enterprises in #Kenya to apply for the Results-Based Financing Partnership under the NYOTA (National Youth Opportunities Towards Advancement) Project. The project seeks to empower youth-led and youth-serving social enterprises with a strong track record of impact and sustainability, particularly those creating jobs, building skills, or delivering training opportunities for young people. Under the Results-Based Financing (RBF) model, selected social enterprises will receive financial support after achieving measurable impact results, such as successful job creation or youth training outcomes. 📋 Eligibility Highlights - Must be a legally registered social enterprise operating in Kenya for at least 3 years - Must have created jobs for the youth in the last 2 years - Must target young people aged 18–29 years (up to 35 years for Persons with Disabilities) - Must have a clear franchising, seller-agent, or off-taker model and focus on inclusive enterprise growth 💰 What’s in it for You * Pre-finance support for training, job creation, and enterprise development * Results-based payments for verifiable outcomes * Partnership with MSEA and The World Bank to scale youth-focused impact 🗓️ Deadline: Saturday, 5th November 2025 📍 Apply online: https://lnkd.in/dB6_ShQY 📧 Questions: [email protected] Intellecap Advisory Services has been engaged by The World Bank to support the #GovernmentofKenya in mapping and understanding the social enterprise landscape and in facilitating the onboarding of social enterprises into the NYOTA program. Sarah Njoroge Theodore Angwenyi Karnika Yadav CPA IoD Kevin Kerosi Mulehi William Jackline Njeri Samantha Ann D'souza Margaret Nakunza Ashay Abbhi Maureen Mutanu Wambui Kuria George Murage Edwin Methu Lynn Olendo Carol Faith

For Women Innovators Turning Ideas into Impact! Are you a #woman building a climate-smart, science-driven, or tech-based solution but struggling to grow or attract investors? You’re exactly who the African Feminist Change Makers (AFCM) 2.0 Programme was designed for, a transformative journey that helps women founders: - Build confidence as leaders  - Understand what #investors look for  - Stay true to their values while scaling  - Connect with mentors and a powerful network across #Africa Missed the first information session? Watch the recap to learn more about the AFCM 2.0 Programme, what it’s about, who it’s for, and how it supports women innovators across Africa: https://bit.ly/AFCM2Recap Join our final information session to hear from past participants, Primafacie M. M-taka and Imali Ngusale The African Center For Health, Climate & Gender Justice Alliance (ACHCGA), innovators leading ventures that are changing lives. 🗓 Wednesday, October 22, 2025 ⏰ 12:00 PM EAT 🔗 Register here: https://lnkd.in/dP97fcr8 Applications close, Sunday, October 26, 2025 🔗 For more information and how to apply, visit the website: https://lnkd.in/dBtxmYwy Because you are ready, you just need the right support to grow! Niharika Agarwal Margaret Nakunza Ashay Abbhi Leshan Waithira Susan Wanjiku W. Olaf Seidel Karnika Yadav Shraddha Kothari Maureen Mutanu Sarah Njoroge Theodore Angwenyi Lynn Olendo Carol Faith Mulehi William Edwin Methu George Murage CPA IoD Kevin Kerosi Samantha Ann D'souza Sanjana Somani Santosh K Singh Utsav Shah Ankit Gupta #AFCM2 #WomenInClimate #FeministLeadership #SPARKAfrica #ClimateInnovation #Intellecap #AfricanFeministChangeMakers

Raghav Agarwal is based in #Mumbai and is part of Intellecap’s Investment Banking team, where he structures strategic and capital raise solutions for healthcare and consumer enterprises. An M.Sc. in Finance from SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) (Dean’s Merit List), Raghav brings over five years of investment banking experience spanning Healthcare, Consumer, Fashion & Retail, and Real Estate sectors. He has extensive experience in preparing valuation models, IPO analysis, storyboarding, client management & engagement, investor network and market landscaping, having contributed and delivered some marquee advisory mandates. At Intellecap, he blends commercial finance with developmental impact, leveraging behavioural investing principles to connect numbers with narratives. He leads business positioning, valuation, transaction structuring, and investor engagement for healthcare and consumer clients, working with strategics and financial investors to align capital with purpose. Raghav has successfully closed multiple equity and M&A transactions in the healthcare sector and continues to advise on strategic, structured, and growth-stage deals across healthcare and consumer enterprises. If you are also looking to support impact businesses, write to [email protected] #WorkingatIntellecap 

Siddharth Lulla Partner, Intellecap’s Circular Apparel Innovation Factory (CAIF), is a Speaker at the Roundtable Conference at IFAT India 2025, hosted by International Fashion Business Exchange Council (IFBEC), on the critical theme of circularity in textiles. Siddharth will be speaking on, “𝑪𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒐𝒑: 𝑺𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑻𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒆-𝒕𝒐-𝑻𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒄𝒚𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑩𝒆𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝑷𝒊𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒔”, on Wednesday, 15th October 2025, at 4:30 PM IST at Bombay Exhibition Center (NESCO), Mumbai and will be sharing valuable insights during the session providing a strategic and financial advisory perspective on investing in and scaling up circular textile initiatives. This roundtable aims to bring together industry leaders, policymakers, innovators, and sustainability experts to co-create actionable pathways for scaling textile circularity. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞: - Current challenges in textile-to-textile polyester & cotton recycling – from scale to quality. - Integration of extended producer responsibility (EPR) with scalable recycling solutions. - Global learnings & India’s opportunity to position itself as a leader in sustainable textiles. 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐰: https://shorturl.at/D78jg #IntellecapLeadership #ClosingTheLoop #CAIF #Circularity #Recycling #CircularEconomy #TextileRecycling #FashionTech #TextileWaste