For African countries to improve their preparedness, adapt to climate change, and build resilient food systems, they will require significant investment. Indeed, recognizing the imperative and urgency of the needs, several countries have already allo...

Credit constraint is often considered as one of the key barriers to the adoption of modern agricultural technologies and low agricultural productivity in low- and middle-income countries. Past research and much of the policy discourse associate agric...

Paying resource users to preserve features of their environment could, in theory, better align production and conservation goals. Across this range of dilemmas, while payments can encourage pro-conservation behavior, they often fail to capitalize on...

The GIIN estimates the size of the worldwide impact investing market to be USD 1.164 trillion, marking the first time that the organization’s widely-cited estimate has topped the USD 1 trillion mark. The report, which was produced with the financial...

This policy brief provides an overview of the trade finance landscape for SMEs in Africa. It focuses on the importance of trade finance for such enterprises and the key challenges they face in accessing bank-intermediated trade finance. It...

Zimbabwe has a long history of providing subsidies to farmers. The policies that have defined these subsidies have changed over time and led periodically to significant and unsustainable pressure on fiscal resources. Agricultural subsidy costs are a...

As the premier financial development institution in Africa, the African Development Bank acknowledges that climate finance is crucial for the continent to be able to adapt to the growing impacts of climate change. The Bank committed to provide $25 bi...

This learning brief summarizes the challenges, opportunities, and responses of agri-SMEs, financiers and development partners to the current food crisis, as described in our recent learning event hosted on 06 July 2022. It details the recent innovat...

This database targets companies looking for financial and/or technical support. The database lists organisations and initiatives providing different kinds of support, such as capital in the form of grants, loans and equity, or technical support in th...

This toolkit was developed as a concise guide to support businesses with pitching their business model to investors.

This factsheet explains what makes an inclusive business company of interest to impact investor

The critical role that effective partnerships play in connecting green finance and agri-SME finance has been a common theme across SAFIN’s learning activities this year. Partnerships in this space appear both essential and often challenging and compl...