Lucy Ngige, Author at ImpactAlpha

About

Lucy is a Nairobi-based senior reporter at ImpactAlpha. She covers emerging markets, with her reporting primarily focused on Africa's evolving impact ecosystem. Her work tracks institutional capital shaping the continent's sustainable development and innovative financing models reshaping access to capital for Africa's small and growing businesses, which underpin livelihoods for millions on the continent. Prior to joining ImpactAlpha, she was the sole Africa Reporter at AgFunder News where she documented Africa's rising agrifoodtech ecosystem. Lucy holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Nairobi. Out of office, you can find her volunteering and participating in community development projects.

Features | June 25, 2026

Zambia centers small businesses in its bid for a more inclusive economy

Top-down, bottom-up, public-private. Zambia, a country known for big mining, is turning its attention to small business as a pathway to inclusive growth. ...

Dealflow | June 24, 2026

Kampani lends €1 million to boost productivity for small farmers in Senegal

Brussels-based impact fund Kampani provided a €1 million ($1.2 million) senior unsecured loan to the Union of Community Mutual Institutions for Savings and ...

Dealflow | June 23, 2026

Danone-backed Livelihoods lands €124 million for its fourth nature-based fund

French food giant Danone rallied a raft of other companies with net-zero targets to launch the Livelihoods Carbon Fund in 2011. The investment ...

Dealflow | June 22, 2026

Spiro closes $270 million round with additional backing from NewTrails Capital

Dubai-based Spiro has for four years been building infrastructure to support Africa’s transition to electric mobility. The company manufactures, finances and sells three ...

Dealflow | June 9, 2026

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners sells minority stake in battery energy storage projects

The 500 megawatt Devilla battery energy storage project in Scotland is expected to be one of Europe’s largest energy storage projects, helping to ...

Emerging and Growth Markets | June 8, 2026

Anara Impact Capital to run €45 million fund for social entrepreneurs and refugees in the Middle East and North Africa

Anara Impact Capital, spun out from UK-based Alfanar Venture Philanthropy last year, will act as fund manager for the Social Entrepreneurship Fund, an ...

Signals | June 8, 2026

A new generation of agricultural funds in Africa are seeking impact — and investors

A new wave of fund managers in Africa are looking to reach deeper into the agriculture ecosystem with smaller investments, more flexible capital, ...

Dealflow | June 7, 2026

Inclusive Insurtech Investment Fund raises $12 million to expand insurance adoption in underserved communities

The PTA Reinsurance Company, also known as Zep-Re, was set up in 1990 by the economic community Common Market for Eastern and Southern ...

Dealflow | June 2, 2026

EV maker Spiro lands $215 million as African countries grapple with fuel costs

Dubai and India-based Equitane takes minority stakes in companies in addition to seeding eight of its own subsidiaries in infrastructure, renewable energy and ...

Europe | June 1, 2026

Transition Ventures raises $150 million for climate-friendlier AI

With its second fund, London-based Transition Ventures is building on its initial focus on early-stage climate tech to back AI infrastructure, energy, robotics ...