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Local capital for local fund managers and enterprises in Africa + Will the real ownership economy please stand up?
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- ImpactAlpha Podcasts
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- Apr 24, 2026
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- 1285
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Summary
Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank . Up this week: What’s significant about Uganda’s national pension fund’s effort to stand up a locally focused fund of funds; unraveling the controversy surrounding KKR’s lucrative employee ownership exit from CoolIT; and, unpacking the failure of the impact advisory firm Align Impact. To try ImpactAlpha Edge yourself, click here . For more on these stories: “ Let KKR do its thing while we convert thousands more companies to 100% employee ownership ,” by Aner Ben-Ami " With shared ownership, $4.8 billion sale of CoolIT gives workers a cut of AI-driven gains ," by Roody Senatus " Better financing can make employee ownership a game-changer for workers ," by Antony Bugg Levine “ Pension fund in Uganda readies a $100 million fund of funds to create jobs – and savers ,” by Lucy Ngige “ After 12 years, advisory firm Align Impact to shut down at the end of the month ,” by David Bank