Spring Accelerator, Investment Director

The SPRING accelerator ran from July 2014 to September 2019. During the 5 years of its duration, SPRING has supported 75 businesses in reaching 2,535,214 adolescent girls in 9 countries across East Africa (Ethiopia, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda) and South Asia (Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and Myanmar).

SPRING was funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), with full support from the Nike Foundation in the first 4 years, and advisory support from Girl Effect in the design phase.