African Dev. Bank
African Dev. Bank
African Dev. Bank
African Development Bank White Paper, Entrepreneurship and Free Trade: Africa’s Catalysts for a New Era of Economic Prosperity (.pdf)
OECD
African Dev. Bank
African Dev. Bank
New Approaches to SME and Entrepreneurship Financing: Broadening the Range of Instruments (pdf)
ACVA
African Dev. Bank
ACVA
2022 AVCA Venture Capital in Africa Report presents an overview of the venture capital ecosystem.
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ACVA
African Dev. Bank
ACVA
2022 African Private Capital Activity Report Analysis on the latest trends of fundraising, investments, and exits in 2022 .pdf)
African Dev. Bank
Africa No Filter & AKAS
World Economic Forum
African Development Bank White Paper, Entrepreneurship and Free Trade: Africa’s Catalysts for a New Era of Economic Prosperity (.pdf)
World Economic Forum
Africa No Filter & AKAS
World Economic Forum
AfCFTA: A New Era for Global Business and Investment in Africa Insight Report January 2023 (pdf)
World Economic Forum
Africa No Filter & AKAS
Africa No Filter & AKAS
Africa No Filter & AKAS
The Business in Africa Narrative Report commissioned by Africa No Filter (ANF) and authored by Richard Addy, cofounder of AKAS
UNCTAD
Africa No Filter & AKAS
Africa No Filter & AKAS
Economic Dev. in Africa Report 2021: Reaping the Potential Benefits of the African Continental Free Trade Area for Inclusive Growth
AFI and Bank of Ghana
AFI and Bank of Ghana
AFI and Bank of Ghana
The Role Regulators Play in Closing Financial Inclusion Gender Gap: A Case Study of Ghana (pdf)
By AFI and Bank of Ghana
African Dev. Bank
AFI and Bank of Ghana
AFI and Bank of Ghana
Africa Economic Brief
Access to Trade Finance and Gender: Survey Evidence from Kenya and Tanzania (.pdf)
World Bank Group
AFI and Bank of Ghana
World Bank Group
SME Finance in Africa: This paper uses cross-country firm-level surveys to gauge access to financial services for African enterprises
World Bank Group
AFI and Bank of Ghana
World Bank Group
Bank Financing of SMEs in Five Sub-Saharan African Countries The Role of Competition, Innovation, and the Government
United Nations
World SME Association
World SME Association
This year's report shines brightly on the transformative potential of youth and entrepreneurship and their crucial role in driving supply chain enhancement.
World SME Association
World SME Association
World SME Association
This issue focuses on the global landscape of cybersecurity, highlighting emerging threats and their impact on SMEs. It also explore the initiatives taken by...
IIF Nigeria
World SME Association
Bertha Centre / UCT
This report presents the findings of a research effort to understand impact investing in Ghana and Nigeria while drawing parallels to West Africa as a whole.
Bertha Centre / UCT
World SME Association
Bertha Centre / UCT
This review provides a showcase of models and practices that make up the innovative finance ecosystem across Africa. It illustrates the key drivers in the...
IPETP and FERDI
UNEPFI and the WWF
UNEPFI and the WWF
African countries have steadily progressed toward improving living standards, but the pace has been insufficient to keep up with current challenges...
UNEPFI and the WWF
UNEPFI and the WWF
UNEPFI and the WWF
This report is the result of an international workshop on 'Innovative Financing for Sustainable Small and Medium Enterprises in Africa.'
FSG and UK Aid
UNEPFI and the WWF
FSG and UK Aid
This report is the result of consultations led by FSG with more than 80 impact investing market stakeholders in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Rwanda.
The GIIN
UNEPFI and the WWF
FSG and UK Aid
This report presents the most comprehensive study to date of impact investments in Southern Africa, building from other work on the landscape East Africa, etc.
The GIIN and Dalberg
The GIIN and Dalberg
The GIIN and Dalberg
This report provides an analysis of the impact investing industry covering fifteen countries in the West Africa region, including dedicated chapters on Nigeria, Ghana, and Senegal.
The GIIN
The GIIN and Dalberg
The GIIN and Dalberg
It presents a detailed analysis of impact investing activity in East Africa, examining the supply of global impact investment capital as well as the demand for investment resources from SMEs.
The GIIN
The GIIN and Dalberg
Close the deal
This Report: Diverse Perspectives, Shared Objective describes the collaboration that resulted in a USD 25 million impact investment into the African Agricultural Capital Fund.
Close the deal
The GIIN and Dalberg
Close the deal
Impact investing continues to capture the world’s imagination. In the past few years, we’ve seen the industry endorsed by some of our biggest financial institutions, taken up by G8 leaders...