About This Event
Shared Interest visits the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square. Shared Interest is a nonprofit guarantee fund that was established in 1994 by US-based anti-apartheid activists and socially responsible investors to move local financial institutions to lend to black-owned small and growing businesses in Southern Africa. To date, Shared Interest has provided $34 million in loan guarantees that has unlocked $131 million in local capital for Black women entrepreneurs, smallholder farmers, and youth-owned microenterprises in Southern Africa, ultimately reaching 2.3 million beneficiaries in the region. This year, Shared Interest is celebrating its 30th anniversary and is shining a spotlight on the importance of investing in and empowering the next generation of global social impact leaders and entrepreneurs through its Voices of Change campaign. As part of this campaign, Shared Interest is partnering with Historically Black Colleges and Universities to empower the next generation of global social impact investing leaders and entrepreneurs with information and resources to invest in and uplift their communities.
In honor of the occasion, Ann McMikel, Executive Director of Shared Interest, rings the Closing Bell.