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A Bank of Industry loan fund for women-owned and women-led businesses. NCGC guarantees part of each loan, so collateral requirements are lighter…
NigeriaManufacturingICTBOI's online portal for all its conventional loans and non-interest financing, including the N75bn FGN/BOI MSME Intervention Fund and the youth and…
NigeriaManufacturingAgro-processingNEXIM lends to export-oriented SMEs through its SME Export Facility and its Women and Youth Export Facility (WAYEF). It covers working capital,…
NigeriaExportAgro-processingThe Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) channels blended finance and grants through partner financial institutions across Sub-Saharan Africa to close the financing…
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Kenya+6AgricultureManufacturingThe Graduate Entrepreneurship Fund is a BOI initiative designed to provide affordable loan financing to Nigerian graduates who want to start or…
NigeriaAgricultureManufacturingThe National Youth Investment Fund is a Federal Government of Nigeria initiative managed by the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development…
NigeriaTechnologyAgricultureFederal programme providing grants and loans to women entrepreneurs across Nigeria.
NigeriaAgricultureFashionAGF provides partial credit guarantees to financial institutions to improve SME access to finance across Africa.
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Ghana+6AgricultureManufacturingAfreximbank's SME Finance Programme provides trade finance, working capital, and structured lending facilities to African small and medium enterprises engaged in intra-African…
The Small Industries Development Organisation (SIDO) offers subsidised loans and business development support to small and micro enterprises across Tanzania. The scheme…
TanzaniaManufacturingServicesUDB provides medium to long-term financing to Ugandan SMEs and startups across priority sectors including agriculture, manufacturing, tourism, and technology. Loans support…
UgandaAgricultureManufacturingKenya Industrial Estates provides development finance and business support services to Kenyan micro, small and medium enterprises in the manufacturing and agro-processing…
KenyaManufacturingAgro-processingSEFA provides loan financing to small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) across all sectors in South Africa. Funding is available via direct…
South AfricaAgricultureManufacturingThe NEF funds black-owned and black-empowered businesses in South Africa through equity, loans, and quasi-equity instruments. Products include the uMnotho Fund (business…
South AfricaAgricultureManufacturingEnterprise Uganda, a government-supported SME agency, provides business development services, mentorship, and access to affordable credit for Ugandan micro, small and medium…
UgandaAgricultureManufacturingBDF provides loan guarantees and direct financing to Rwandan SMEs that lack sufficient collateral to access commercial bank credit. It supports businesses…
RwandaManufacturingAgricultureThe FIM is a Senegalese state fund managed under the Ministry of Finance that channels subsidised credit lines through approved microfinance institutions…
SenegalAgricultureFishingTIB Development Bank offers medium- and long-term credit facilities to Tanzanian SMEs and enterprises in priority sectors including manufacturing, tourism, infrastructure, and…
TanzaniaManufacturingTourismThe National Entrepreneurship Development Fund, managed under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, provides subsidised loans to youth and women entrepreneurs and…
TanzaniaManufacturingTradeThe Development Bank of Ethiopia (DBE) provides medium and long-term loans to priority sectors including agro-processing, manufacturing, and technology-driven SMEs. Loans support…
EthiopiaAgricultureManufacturingThe IDC provides risk capital in the form of loans, equity, and quasi-equity to South African SMMEs across productive sectors including manufacturing,…
South AfricaManufacturingAgricultureUwezo Fund is a Kenyan government initiative that provides interest-free loans to youth, women and persons with disabilities (PWDs) through registered groups…
KenyaTradeAgricultureThe Women Enterprise Fund offers low-interest loans to women-owned businesses and women's groups in Kenya to support enterprise growth. It targets women…
KenyaTradeAgricultureThe Youth Enterprise Development Fund provides affordable loans to young Kenyans to start or expand businesses. It targets youth aged 18–35 and…
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