CRDB Bank Transaction Summary
Details a transaction designed to promote access to finance for women entrepreneurs and MSMEs in Tanzania, including allocation of proceeds to women-owned or led MSMEs.
The EU Sustainable Finance Rules and Their Implications for Development Finance Institutions
Maps sustainable finance rules and implications for DFIs and investees, including reporting requirements that can affect SMEs and investment funds. Useful for impact investors and private capital managers.
EDFI Annual Report 2023
Summarizes EDFI member investments and development finance activity. Useful for understanding European DFI private sector development, impact investing and capital mobilization in Africa and other emerging markets.
TDB Energy Factsheet
Describes short-term trade and long-term project/infrastructure finance solutions in energy and other sectors, including clients such as SMEs. Relevant for energy-sector SMEs, project finance and value chains.
TDB Trade Finance Fact Sheet
Summarizes TDB’s trade finance solutions for sovereign clients, financial institutions, corporates, PPPs and SMEs. Useful for understanding trade finance instruments that support African business and value chains.
Kenya Rural Kenya Financial Inclusion Facility Supervision Report
Reviews implementation of a rural financial inclusion facility, relevant to rural finance, financial institutions, and smallholder/enterprise access to finance.
Nigeria Value Chain Programme in Northern Nigeria
Describes a programme to foster climate-resilient production and enhance inclusivity in profitable value chains in Northern Nigeria. Useful for value-chain and rural enterprise practitioners.
Federal Republic of Nigeria Country Strategic Opportunities Programme 2024-2029
Sets out IFAD’s strategy to promote inclusive and resilient rural economic growth through market-driven agrifood system transformation and agribusiness value chains.
AFD Group Essentials: Results & Outlook 2024-2025
Includes Choose Africa 2 and the Group’s entrepreneurship and SME support agenda in Africa. Useful for understanding French development finance approaches to African entrepreneurship and SME growth.
Sierra Leone Agricultural Value Chain Development Project Supervision Report
Reviews implementation of the Agricultural Value Chain Development Project, which aims to increase incomes for smallholder farmers through agriculture as a business, agribusiness, innovation and new technologies.
