Why We Invested in Deevabits

Betting on Rabbits and Solar Meet David Wanjau, both a Kenyan rabbit farmer and the founder of Deevabits Green Energy, one of the first SIMA Angaza Distributor Finance Fund (DFF) portfolio companies. He describes himself as a “scientist by training and entrepreneur at heart”. Indeed, he has a background in biomedical science and technology, as well as a decade of […]

SIMA Selected For The Impact Assets 50 2021 (IA 50)

CONGRATULATIONS! Your firm has been selected for the ImpactAssets 50 2021 (IA 50). The firms that were ultimately selected for the IA 50 2021 were chosen to represent experienced managers across a breadth of geographies, asset classes and impact areas of focus. Important Information and Next Steps ImpactAssets will announce the IA 50 2021 tomorrow morning at 7am ET, February 23 in a […]

SIMA obtains SECP approval to form Asaan Ghar Finance Limited (AGF)

SIMA are delighted to announce the recent regulatory NOC for its Non-Banking Housing Finance Company by the Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP).  This is a major milestone

SIMA Angaza Distributor Finance Fund Announces First Three Investments

San Francisco, USA; New York, USA; and Nairobi, Kenya; October 2020 – The SIMA Angaza Distributor Finance Fund (DFF) has anchored its investment portfolio with loans to three last-mile solar distributors

SIMA is now SEC registered!

SIMA are pleased to announce their recent registration as Investment Advisers with the US Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC). This exciting development for SIMA will allow them to expand into new markets.

New Signatories to Protect MFIs and Clients from COVID-19 Economic Effects

May 2020. At the initiative of Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation, a group of microfinance lenders and key players in inclusive finance worked on a set of principles to better support the microfinance sector in the health and economic crisis caused by the Covid-19.

Protecting Microfinance Institutions and Clients in Covid-19

May 2020. At the initiative of Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation, a group of microfinance lenders and key players in inclusive finance worked on a set of principles to better support the microfinance sector in the health and economic crisis caused by the Covid-19.

Revolutionizing Offgrid Solar and Financial Access to the Underserved

NEW YORK, NY – February 20, 2020 – Social Investment Managers and Advisors (SIMA), a new generation of impact investment manager, has invested close to $90MM into the off-grid solar and financial access sectors through its senior debt fund.

GOGLA Forum on Off-Grid Solar Energy

The GOGLA Forum was held in Nairobi from 18th to 20th February 2020 hosted by GOGLA, Lighting Global .

Growing Field of Impact Investment

SIMA and The Tamer Center for Social Enterprise of Columbia Business School collaborated to arrange the 2019 Impact Investment Forum on November 15, 2019 at MetLife in New York.