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ACUMEN West Africa Fund
Acumen Fund verified
Acumen invests patient capital in businesses addressing poverty in West Africa.
Nigeria
Ghana+3AgricultureHealthBusiness loans for African entrepreneurs (2026)
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Nigeria Ghana+3AgricultureHealth
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Bank of Agriculture Renewed Hope Smallholder Support Fund (RH-SHF) 2026/27
Bank of Agriculture (BOA) verified
A Bank of Agriculture fund for the 2026/27 dry season. It provides credit, inputs, extension services and guaranteed off-take to smallholder farmers.…
NigeriaAgricultureAgribusiness
Grant
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Women Development Fund Nigeria
Federal Ministry of Women Affairs verified
Federal programme providing grants and loans to women entrepreneurs across Nigeria.
NigeriaAgricultureFashion
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African Guarantee Fund for SMEs
African Guarantee Fund
AGF provides partial credit guarantees to financial institutions to improve SME access to finance across Africa.
Nigeria Ghana+6AgricultureManufacturing
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Injaro Agricultural Capital
Injaro Investments verified
Injaro provides growth capital to agribusinesses across West and East Africa.
Nigeria Ghana+4Agriculture
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Afreximbank African Export Development Programme (AEDP) — SME Trade Finance Facility
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) verified
The AEDP provides trade finance, working capital, and export credit facilities to African SMEs seeking to expand intra-African or international trade under…
All AfricaTradeManufacturing
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SunFunder / Nuveen / Solar SME Africa Debt Facility
SunFunder (Nuveen) verified
SunFunder (now part of Nuveen) provides debt financing to solar energy businesses and off-grid clean energy SMEs across Africa, enabling them to…
All AfricaClean EnergyOff-Grid Solar
Loan
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IFAD Smallholder and Agribusiness Financing
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) verified
IFAD channels concessional loans and grants through partner governments and rural financial institutions to support smallholder farmers, agri-cooperatives, and rural enterprises across…
All AfricaAgricultureRural Finance
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Afreximbank African SME Finance Programme
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) verified
Afreximbank's SME Finance Programme provides trade finance, working capital, and structured lending facilities to African small and medium enterprises engaged in intra-African…
All AfricaTradeManufacturing
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NEWOpen
Tanzania Agricultural Development Bank (TADB) SME Loan Facility
Tanzania Agricultural Development Bank (TADB) verified
TADB provides affordable credit facilities to smallholder farmers, agribusinesses, and agricultural SMEs in Tanzania. Loans cover working capital, equipment, and value-chain investments…
TanzaniaAgricultureAgribusiness
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SIDO Small Industry Loan Scheme
Small Industries Development Organisation (SIDO) verified
The Small Industries Development Organisation (SIDO) offers subsidised loans and business development support to small and micro enterprises across Tanzania. The scheme…
TanzaniaManufacturingServices
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Uganda Development Bank (UDB) SME Loan Facility
Uganda Development Bank verified
UDB provides medium to long-term financing to Ugandan SMEs and startups across priority sectors including agriculture, manufacturing, tourism, and technology. Loans support…
UgandaAgricultureManufacturing
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MASLOC Microfinance and Small Loans Centre Credit Scheme
Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) verified
MASLOC is a Government of Ghana institution that provides micro and small loans to individuals and groups who lack access to formal…
GhanaAgricultureTrade
Loan
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Kenya Industrial Estates (KIE) Loans for SMEs
Kenya Industrial Estates (State Corporation – Ministry of Industrialization) verified
Kenya Industrial Estates provides development finance and business support services to Kenyan micro, small and medium enterprises in the manufacturing and agro-processing…
KenyaManufacturingAgro-processing
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Small Enterprise Finance Agency (SEFA) Loans
Small Enterprise Finance Agency (SEFA)
SEFA provides loan financing to small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) across all sectors in South Africa. Funding is available via direct…
South AfricaAgricultureManufacturing
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National Empowerment Fund (NEF) Entrepreneurship Programme
National Empowerment Fund (NEF) verified
The 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 AfricaAgricultureManufacturing
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Délégation Générale à l'Entrepreneuriat Rapide des Femmes et des Jeunes (DER/FJ) – Financement PME
Délégation Générale à l'Entrepreneuriat Rapide des Femmes et des Jeunes (DER/FJ)
The DER/FJ is a Senegalese government programme that provides grants and soft loans to women entrepreneurs and young people (18–40) to support…
SenegalAgricultureArtisanat
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Enterprise Uganda Business Development Services and Loan Programme
Enterprise Uganda verified
Enterprise Uganda, a government-supported SME agency, provides business development services, mentorship, and access to affordable credit for Ugandan micro, small and medium…
UgandaAgricultureManufacturing
Loan
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Business Development Fund (BDF) SME Loan Guarantee Scheme
Business Development Fund (BDF) Rwanda
BDF provides loan guarantees and direct financing to Rwandan SMEs that lack sufficient collateral to access commercial bank credit. It supports businesses…
RwandaManufacturingAgriculture
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Fonds d'Impulsion de la Microfinance (FIM) – Crédits aux PME via SFD
Ministère des Finances et du Budget du Sénégal / Direction de la Microfinance verified
The FIM is a Senegalese state fund managed under the Ministry of Finance that channels subsidised credit lines through approved microfinance institutions…
SenegalAgricultureFishing
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TIB Development Bank SME Credit Facility
TIB Development Bank Tanzania verified
TIB Development Bank offers medium- and long-term credit facilities to Tanzanian SMEs and enterprises in priority sectors including manufacturing, tourism, infrastructure, and…
TanzaniaManufacturingTourism
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NEDF (National Entrepreneurship Development Fund) Loans
National Entrepreneurship Development Fund (NEDF) / Ministry of Industry and Trade
The National Entrepreneurship Development Fund, managed under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, provides subsidised loans to youth and women entrepreneurs and…
TanzaniaManufacturingTrade
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Ethiopian Development Bank SME Loan Programme
Development Bank of Ethiopia (DBE) verified
The Development Bank of Ethiopia (DBE) provides medium and long-term loans to priority sectors including agro-processing, manufacturing, and technology-driven SMEs. Loans support…
EthiopiaAgricultureManufacturing
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Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) SME Funding
Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) verified
The IDC provides risk capital in the form of loans, equity, and quasi-equity to South African SMMEs across productive sectors including manufacturing,…
South AfricaManufacturingAgriculture