Okavango firmly believes that commercially-minded environmental investments are necessary to match the scale and pace of the acute and widespread crisis facing Africa’s natural ecosystems. 
 
Okavango’s strategy puts people at the center of change with a philosophy that:

• if people adopt more sustainable behavior
• the degradation of nature can be slowed, stopped or even reversed
• as a result biodiversity and ecosystem services will thrive.

​Through investments in fast growing companies in East and Southern Africa, Okavango aims to support biodiversity, climate resilience and community well-being through:

1. Integrating environmental impact with bottom line where a business’s success is dependent on nature.
2. Prioritizing companies that operate in and around Africa’s important ecosystems.
3. Identifying leverage for driving behavior change at scale using company assets/operations.

 
Okavango targets companies with the capacity to disrupt unsustainable human behaviors that cause environmental degradation, seeking to:

• Promote sustainable food systems that will support Africa’s growing population.
• Mitigate rising demand for unsustainable consumption of products that require intensive natural resource use.
• Inspire a sense of environmental stewardship towards Africa’s incredible natural resource. ​

One of the core principles that sets Okavango apart from other environmental investors is a focus on using advanced spatial analytics to proactively drive investment capital towards the places that matter most for the well-being and resilience of biodiversity and communities.