The Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund - HQ Member
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Description
The AECF is a development institution that supports businesses to innovate, create jobs, and leverage investments and markets to create resilience and sustainable incomes in rural and marginalized communities in Africa. It provides concessional capital, technical assistance, and support to the wider enabling environment for emergent and scaling SMEs.
To date, AECF has supported over 400 businesses in more than 40 value chains and 26 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. In the renewable energy and adaptive climate change sector, AECF has supported businesses across solar home systems, mini and micro-grids, biogas, financial services, and adaptive climate change technologies. AECF focuses on agribusiness, renewable energy, and adaptive climate technology sectors while addressing the cross-cutting themes of gender, youth, and fragile contexts to reduce rural poverty, promote resilient communities, and create jobs.
AECF is headquartered in Kenya, with offices in Côte d’Ivoire and Tanzania.
Country eligibility
Circumstantial eligible countries
Tender Management Modes
SIDA
EC
FCDO
GA Canada
Other agencies
Ministry of Transportation, Post, Telecommunications, Communication and Tourism (Comoros)
Caribbean Development Bank (HQ)
CASMED NGO
Aga Khan Foundation (USA)
Other agencies
WB
COMESA
KFW
CDB
Other agencies
Contracting Authorities
Grant Management Modes
GA Canada
SIDA
Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa
NPO
Contracting Authorities