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Title: Acacia Impact Partners Appoints Veblen Advisory Board to Launch African Infrastructure Fund

Singapore, 8th Apr 2026 – Acacia Impact Partners (AIP), a start-up infrastructure development fund focused on funding the project preparation phase across Africa, has announced the appointment of its inaugural Advisory Board. Selected from the Veblen Director Programme, the board brings expertise in capital markets, corporate finance, governance, enterprise execution, and growth strategy. The appointments support AIP’s plan to crowd in new private capital into African infrastructure by capitalising AIP Fund 1 through an international corporate Impact Bond, with the fund targeting $100 million to invest in pre-feasibility and early development stages. AIP aims to exit investments at Financial Close or sale to later-stage investors, helping unlock bankable infrastructure across energy, water, transport, telecoms, and housing.“Funding is not the real constraint, confidence is,” said Zander Van Der Walt, Founder of Acacia Impact Partners. “AIP is designed to take on the early-stage development risk that prevents good projects from reaching bankability, and to do it with clear governance and disciplined capital allocation. With this Advisory Board in place, we are focused on building the fund structure, securing catalytic growth funding, and preparing a pipeline of infrastructure opportunities that can translate into measurable outcomes for communities and investors alike.”Appointed Advisory Board MembersMark Charles - Chair of the Board, an independent advisor, investor, and board member with nearly 20 years of experience in capital markets, alternative investments, and strategic growth. Mark brings expertise in capital formation, deal structuring, and governance to support AIP as it establishes Fund 1 and executes an investable, repeatable development-to-clo...

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