Friday
July 17
2026

Acumen’s ARAF Fund Raises $90 Million to Take Its Climate-Resilience Playbook to North Africa

Impact investor Acumen has raised an additional $90m in committed capital for its African agriculture fund, as the vehicle prepares to expand beyond East and West Africa into North Africa and deepen its bet that building farmer resilience to climate shocks can generate commercial returns.

Photo courtesy of IWMI Flickr Photos.

Source: Launch Base Africa (link opens in a new window)

Categories
Agriculture
Tags
blended finance, climate change, development finance, impact investing, smallholder farmers