Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) SME Funding
The IDC provides risk capital in the form of loans, equity, and quasi-equity to South African SMMEs across productive sectors including manufacturing,…
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The IDC provides risk capital in the form of loans, equity, and quasi-equity to South African SMMEs across productive sectors including manufacturing,…
The Women Enterprise Fund offers low-interest loans to women-owned businesses and women's groups in Kenya to support enterprise growth. It targets women…
The Youth Enterprise Development Fund provides affordable loans to young Kenyans to start or expand businesses. It targets youth aged 18–35 and…
The Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) channels blended finance and grants through partner financial institutions across Sub-Saharan Africa to close the financing…
The Graduate Entrepreneurship Fund is a BOI initiative designed to provide affordable loan financing to Nigerian graduates who want to start or…
NIRSAL Microfinance Bank (NMFB) offers collateral-light agricultural and SME loans to smallholder farmers, cooperatives, and small businesses under various CBN intervention schemes…
DBN channels long-term wholesale funding to SMEs through its network of Participating Financial Institutions (PFIs) including commercial banks, microfinance banks, and development…
AGSMEIS provides low-interest financing to support agribusinesses and SMEs in Nigeria, with loans disbursed at a 5% interest rate per annum. It…
CBN programme providing single-digit loans to Nigerian youth entrepreneurs.
Government fund supporting Kenyan women entrepreneurs with affordable credit.
Industrial Development Corporation supports South African businesses developing green and renewable energy solutions.
Financing solar energy businesses across Africa to expand clean energy access.