Category: Financial Inclusion

CURAD is an innovative agribusiness incubator established through a public-private partnership by Makerere University, NUCAFE, and NARO. Its mission is to produce young, innovative, and skilled agribusiness entrepreneurs by fostering partnerships and supporting the development of agribusiness start-ups, SMEs, and farmers, to create jobs, boost incomes, and enhance agricultural productivity in East Africa.

Anza is a not-for-profit organization founded on the belief that entrepreneurs will transform Tanzania’s economy. Anza Entrepreneurs provides entrepreneurs with strategic capacity building, affordable capital, and business community linkages (the 3Cs). Focused on businesses that improve livelihoods through job creation and provision of life-enhancing products; Anza has empowered 3,000+ entrepreneurs in agriculture, clean energy, water […]

Microfinanza Srl is an independent consultancy which with 25 years of experience has acquired an in-depth knowledge of access to finance and financial inclusion challenges: it has developed its own working methodology and tools to provide services and technical assistance to support both supply and demand. Microfinanza has carried out several assignments in a large […]

WomHub have an audacious mission to develop a diverse & inclusive STEM ecosystem through education & technology working from attraction to ownership and investing in women all along the value chain. The WomHub group of companies support women and girls in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Manufacturing) along the entire value chain, from employment, incubation […]

Anzisha Prize identify and equip young people with tools and resources to run successful businesses and celebrate their entrepreneurial endeavours. They don’t just develop and connect young entrepreneurs; they create and share stories about their exceptional journeys to inspire others to follow in their footsteps. From the visual to the written word, every entrepreneur’s story […]

The Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF), established by law in 2016, is the state agency with a mission to facilitate an enabling environment for job and wealth creation, headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. Since inception, our interventions have supported 40,000 micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), created 200,000 direct and indirect jobs, and provided access […]

Fetola started in 2006 with a vision to contribute to the transformation of the South African economy by growing the small business sector. 16 years later, Fetola is a multifaceted business that uses its multiple sub-brands, programmes and partnerships to nurture the growth and sustainability of businesses and entrepreneurs in Africa.

AFI is a non for profit company that provides access to finance, through microloans to individuals who are unemployed and want to create their own job through self-employment and to small businesses that do not have access to finance through mainstream finance. At the same time, it supports these businesses by providing free training and […]

CAP Youth Empowerment Institute is a not-for-profit organisation that provides skills training and support to vulnerable, disadvantaged and marginalised youth to help them access employment and self-employment opportunities and support their pathway to a safe and positive future. This is done through tested tools and models, including ‘BEST to Business’, which supports interested youth to […]

Jamaica Youth Business Trust (JYBT) is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) which is registered as an independent, private not-for-profit entity. It supports young entrepreneurs in rural and urban areas across the island. It ‘turns good ideas into good businesses’ offering a comprehensive, co-ordinated programme to assist young people in developing the necessary skills and attitudes to thrive. […]