GroFin is seeking applications for its Small and Growing Business Fund. GroFin is a pioneering development financier specializing in financing and supporting small and growing businesses (SGBs) across Africa and the Middle East.
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GroFin is seeking applications for its Small and Growing Business Fund. GroFin is a pioneering development financier specializing in financing and supporting small and growing businesses (SGBs) across Africa and the Middle East.
Prospero Zambia has announced a call for applications for the Innovation Partnerships in Food and Agriculture. Prospero Zambia works with intervention partners in the small livestock, fruits, and vegetables and legumes sectors to address market constraints that hamper sector growth, competitiveness, and opportunities for SMEs.
Equalife Capital Venture Debt Funding extends financing to East African Companies seeking capital to cope with cash flow challenges related to the crisis.
Hortfin is a ring-fenced loan facility directed at the fruit industry value chain. It will provide innovative and comprehensive financing and support systems in a manner that promotes job creation, transformation and sustainability. Funding will be provided by Land Bank, Jobs Fund and the industries with the loan book being managed by the Land Bank. Participants in the broader fruit industry are expected to play an important role in identifying opportunities, forming joint ventures and generally providing support to the investee companies.
The SSAS is a reimbursable cost-sharing government grant that can be applied to the agricultural sector, where financial support is given to businesses that are supporting the development of industry sectors and businesses contributing to the growth of SA’s exports.
GIF is a unique hybrid investment fund that supports the piloting, rigorous testing, and scaling of innovations targeted at improving the lives of the poorest people in developing countries. Through our investments, we support a portfolio of innovations that collectively open up opportunities and improve the lives of millions of people across the developing world. We support innovators at all stages of development. Through grants, loans (including convertible debt), and equity investments ranging from $50,000 to $15 million, we back innovations with the potential for social impact at a large scale, whether they are new business models, policy practices, technologies, behavioural insights, or new ways of delivering products and services that benefit the poor in developing countries.
SME Impact Fund leverages the relationship between SMEs and smallholder farmers to channel funding needs. The Fund provides loans, skills and knowledge to small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) in agricultural value chains.