Region: East & Central Africa

ASM Gold deserves support from formal finance

The artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) gold sector suffers from a dubious reputation worldwide among micro-credit financiers, impact investors and…

18 December 2019

Kenyan youth growing profitable seedlings business

The 30 members of a youth group in central Kenya are running a successful vegetable nursery. They supply over 5,000…

11 December 2019

Gender-responsive due diligence in artisanal and small-scale mining is a must

At the IGF-AGM forum on mineral supply chains in Geneva in October, Women’s Rights and Mining hosted a well-attended side…

26 November 2019

Keeping it local with digital currencies

Complementary currencies can incentivize people to use local shops and encourage them to adopt good farming practices. A workshop by…

21 November 2019

Service provider investment readiness: best practices

Five ways to spot impact investment opportunities in agrifood

Agrifood service providers can help lift smallholder farmers out of poverty, increasing incomes and benefitting the whole supply chain. To…

Fruitful gains in Kenya’s horticultural sector

The HortIMPACT programme trains providers of farm input services in Kenya in safe practices and links them to smallholder farmers.…

28 October 2019

How Solidaridad’s Impact Investment Task Force struck first deal

Oikocredit of the Netherlands has announced a 3.15 million dollar impact investment in the award-winning Kayonza Growers Tea Factory in…

17 October 2019

Ugandan tea processor secures 3.15 million dollar investment

Kayonza Tea Factory in Uganda has secured a 3.15 million dollar long-term loan from social impact investor Oikocredit. The investment…

01 October 2019

Blog: Laying the tracks of Africa’s e-commerce environment for smallholder farmers

Evidence suggests that a smallholder-inclusive e-commerce revolution is possible in Africa. But how do we start to lay the tracks…

11 September 2019