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EU and IFAD Launch EUR 14 Million ATHAZ Programme to Boost Climate-Resilient Horticulture in Zimbabwe and Southern Africa
The programme will support smallholder farmers improve water efficiency, adopt agroecological soltions and connect to stronger markets as part of a regional programme reaching 15,000 farming households.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Proparco Invests in Farm to Feed to Reduce Food Loss and Strengthen Smallholder Farmers’ Market Access
Proparco has invested €150,000 in Farm to Feed, a Kenyan agritech company tackling food loss while increasing incomes and market access for smallholder farmers.
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- Agriculture, Technology, WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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FarmCarbon Achieves Historic First Issuance of CCP-Labeled Carbon Credits
"By generating these premium credits, the initiative directly supports Kenyan farmers by enabling them to transform methane-emitting animal waste into clean, renewable biogas, while channeling global capital to improve agricultural livelihoods at scale."
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- Agriculture, Energy, WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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SunCulture Closes $10 Million Solar Irrigation Securitisation
"The transaction will allow SunCulture to recycle capital tied up in customer receivables and expand solar irrigation financing."
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- Agriculture, Energy, Environment, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Absolute Takes Its AI-Led Biological Agriculture Platform INERA to Africa, Begins Commercial Operations in Kenya
The move comes as Africa emerges as one of the world’s most consequential agricultural growth markets.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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IFC Partners with Absa Bank Ghana and Complete Farmer to Expand Agricultural Finance in Ghana
Supported by the Private Sector Window of the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP), the facility will finance purchases of traceable cocoa from farmers across Ghana. It will also support more sustainable farming practices aligned with the Paris Agreement on climate change.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Missing the Exit: The Growing Need for New Exit Pathways in Agriculture Investing
Exits make the wheel of impact investing go around, enabling companies to sustain and grow their operations, while also allowing investors to recycle returned capital into other impactful solutions. But as Coco Lim at Acumen explains, right now that wheel is not turning — particularly in agriculture, which has the lowest ratio of exits to deals of any sector in Africa. She argues that this situation puts impact investors at a crossroads: They can stay the course and hope that big exits are around the corner, or they can build the necessary exit pathways themselves. She discusses the challenges of achieving exits in smallholder-focused agriculture, highlighting the limitations of current investing models and exploring some exit strategies that offer untapped opportunities for impact investors and businesses.
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- Agriculture, Investing
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NADF, German Firm Partner on Climate-Resilient Agricultural Finance
"The partnership is also expected to support the development of new or improved financial products for smallholder farmers, particularly those designed around the growing risks posed by climate change to agricultural production."
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- Agriculture, Environment, Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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