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    06 May 2025

    AECF and Invest in Visions launch the Solar Electrification Fund

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    The AECF LLC announces the appointment of Guy Baron to the Board of Directors

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    Fatby Enterprises

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    PEBCO BETHESDA and RENACA-Benin Secure Funding to Advance Women’s Financial Inclusion and Green Economy in Benin

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    GEF announces $20 million investment in climate adaption innovators

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    AECF Launches Second Round of Funding to Empower Women’s Agricultural Cooperatives in Kano

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    12 Aug 2024

    AECF, Rafiki Microfinance Bank Ltd and CREAW launch the Samawati Fund

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    07 May 2024

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    Annual Report 2022-2023

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    AECF launches a programme to help SMEs in Sudan

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    14 Feb 2024

    Growing Women’s Entrepreneurship in Somalia for Impact

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    Giving soils a new lease of life

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    17 Jan 2024

    The AECF LLC announces the appointment of Frank N. J. Braeken as the Chair of the Board of Directors

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    04 Dec 2023

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    31 Oct 2023

    The AECF LLC announces the appointment of Adidjatou Hassan to the Board of Directors

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    10 Oct 2023

    Breaking Ground: Empowering Women for Sustainable Agriculture in Kano

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    10 Oct 2023

    AECF launches a programme to empower women in the agriculture sector in Kano State, Nigeria

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    04 Oct 2023

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    21 Sep 2023

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    03 Aug 2023

    AECF launches programme to empower women in Kenya’s blue economy

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    AECF launches programme to empower women in Kenya’s blue economy

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    06 Jul 2023

    Powering Rural Africa with Household Solar Solutions

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    20 Jun 2023

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    05 Jun 2023

    Let us recycle plastic e-waste, end pollution

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    09 Mar 2023

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    09 Mar 2023

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    08 Mar 2023

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    19 Jan 2023

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    30 Sep 2022

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    29 Sep 2022

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    27 Sep 2022

    The Tanzanian Agriculture sector enabling environment for key value chains in 2022

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    16 Sep 2022

    Galvanizing smallholder farmers to access new markets through high quality vegetable seeds

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    01 Sep 2022

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    Introductory Statement

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    14 Aug 2021

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    22 Jul 2021

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    22 Jul 2021

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    22 Jul 2021

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    22 Jul 2021

    Tosheka Textile Bags Ksh. 8 Million on Lion’s Den, Kenya.

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    22 Jul 2021

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    22 Jul 2021

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    22 Jul 2021

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    22 Jul 2021

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    22 Jul 2021

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    22 Jul 2021

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    22 Jul 2021

    From One Crate of Tomatoes to Three

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    22 Jul 2021

    Just Add Water: A Maji Milele Story

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    22 Jul 2021

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    22 Jul 2021

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    22 Jul 2021

    From solar irons to shavers, off-grid power push aims to light up incomes

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    22 Jul 2021

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    22 Jul 2021

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    22 Jul 2021

    Kola Masha Bags 2017 Skoll Award

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    22 Jul 2021

    Avocado-growing improves livelihoods for smallholder farmers in Tanzania

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    22 Jul 2021

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    22 Jul 2021

    AGRF Summit: AECF CEO calls for support to local agribusiness entrepreneurs

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    22 Jul 2021

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    22 Jul 2021

    Daniel Ohonde appointed New CEO of Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF)

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    22 Jul 2021

    With solar water, trees grow into a sturdy business in Western Kenya

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    21 Jul 2021

    Launch of The AECF Renewable Energy and Adaptation to Climate Change Technologies (REACT) Household Solar Window

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    21 Jul 2021

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    21 Jul 2021

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    21 Jul 2021

    REACT SSA Funding in Ethiopia

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    21 Jul 2021

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    21 Jul 2021

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    21 Jul 2021

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    21 Jul 2021

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    21 Jul 2021

    Going beyond a wish and a promise

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    21 Jul 2021

    Powering Agro based industrial Value Chains in sub-Saharan Africa

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    21 Jul 2021

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    21 Jul 2021

    Kilifi Moringa: Social Entrepreneur Competing for the Chivas Venture Award

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    21 Jul 2021

    Rethinking the Investment Attractiveness of Clean and Energy Efficient Cooking Solutions.

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    21 Jul 2021

    It takes an entire eco-system to empower a woman

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    21 Jul 2021

    Building resilience for improved livelihoods and sustainable markets in Africa

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    21 Jul 2021

    Bridging the funding gap: Seeds for Impact

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    DE – RISKING OFF GRID SOLAR BUSINESS IN AFRICA

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    A Reason to Smile for African Rural Communities

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    21 Jul 2021

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    21 Jul 2021

    A Window of Opportunity for Women in Agribusiness

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    21 Jul 2021

    BUSINESS PERFORMANCE OR SOCIAL IMPACT? WHY NOT BOTH? SUPPORTING SOLAR ENERGY COMPANIES TO MEASURE SOCIAL IMPACT IN ZAMBIA

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    21 Jul 2021

    Digital Solutions: How renewable energy enterprises can adapt to COVID-19 disruptions

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    21 Jul 2021

    Enhancing Human Capital in Small and Medium Enterprises for Sustainable Impact

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    21 Jul 2021

    Private Sector Off Grid Solutions: Bridging Grid Electricity Supply Gap in Ouagadougou

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    21 Jul 2021

    Bridging the Financing Gap for Women in Agribusiness

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    21 Jul 2021

    Business continuity plans critical during COVID-19

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    21 Jul 2021

    Rural Women get Cheaper Water in Turkana, Kenya

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    21 Jul 2021

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    21 Jul 2021

    AECF AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR TAKE THE SUCCESS OF SOLAR ENERGY BEYOND EAST AFRICA

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    21 Jul 2021

    REACT Household Solar Funding: Transforming rural households with off- grid solar power solutions

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    21 Jul 2021

    Renewable Energy in Africa: Extending farmer access to energy sustains enterprise and growth

  • Annual Reports

    09 Jul 2021

    Annual Report 2020

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    09 Jul 2021

    Digital solutions for agribusiness companies during COVID-19

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    09 Jun 2021

    The impact of financing business models on access to solar home systems and women’s financial inclusion

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    17 May 2021

    Business continuity plans critical during COVID-19

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    02 Feb 2021

    The EU boosts the Somali private sector by opening access to finance

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    09 Jan 2021

    Driving Financial Inclusion Through Renewable Energy

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    14 Dec 2020

    AECF Launches US $8.5Million Grant to support Clean Energy Businesses in Somalia

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    09 Dec 2020

    Doing Business During COVID-19

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    09 Dec 2020

    Mainstreaming Lessons From Adaptive Agriculture In The ASALs

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    AECF, IFC Launch Global Competition for Private Sector and Social Enterprises in Kenya’s Kakuma Refugee Hosting Area

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    09 Sep 2020

    Scaling-Up Mini-Grids For Rural Electrification

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    22 Jul 2020

    AECF confirms Chief Executive Officer

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    01 Jul 2020

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    21 May 2020

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