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Making finance work for Africa's future.
We work to reduce poverty by strengthening Africa’s financial markets.
We work to reduce poverty by strengthening Africa’s financial markets.

African Natural Capital Alliance

Events

ROADSHOW: The importance of natural capital to South Africa’s financial sector and associated risks & opportunities

WEBINAR: Holistic resilience solutions for Egyptian MSMEs

CONFERENCE: Developing sustainable capital markets in Africa

Latest stories

Climate finance innovation for Africa

Building capacity for a more inclusive digital economy

Announcing a Just Transition Finance Challenge

Announcements

Innovative finance is essential to tackle barriers to investment in Africa’s climate finance needs – at an average investment of USD 250 billion annually from 2020 to 2030

FSD Africa and CDG Capital support Africa’s first corporate clean mobility green bond worth $95m issued by Morocco’s National Railway Operator

FSD Africa and Rabobank ACORN/Rabo Foundation to fund sustainable farming for African small-scale farmers with loans for carbon credits

Covid-19 response

Insurance supervisors’ responses to COVID-19

Ensuring that women’s financial access is not another casualty of COVID-19: the value of agent banking

Taking stock – CEO’s COVID-19 Updates

Established in 2012, FSD Africa is funded by UK aid from the UK government, with a mandate to transform financial markets across sub-Saharan Africa.

What we’ve achieved

130

regulations and policies developed to strengthen financial markets across Sub-Saharan Africa.

28

countries supported with financial sector development programming.

5.47m

individuals have improved access to financial services across the region; 40% of whom are women.

Our work

Where we work

FSD Africa has a mandate to drive change across sub-Saharan Africa. We work in over 28 countries across the region, with a growing specialism in operating in fragile and conflict-affected states.

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