Covid-19
Taking stock – CEO’s COVID-19 Updates
It is 10 months this week since Kenya – where UK aid-funded FSD Africa has its headquarters – confirmed its first case of coronavirus (COVID-19). Today, I want to take stock of our...
Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission commences plan to strengthen capital markets in partnership with FSD Africa
SEC Nigeria, with the support of FSD Africa, begins a review of Nigeria’s 10-year Capital Markets Master Plan to better align it with the current economic climate. ABUJA, Nigeria, December...
FSD Africa Investments commits $4.5 million to a new fund supporting MSMEs through pandemic recovery
The investment will strengthen debt facilities by Lendable Inc. while offering increased security to micro, small and medium enterprises recovering from the pandemic NAIROBI, December 15, 2020...
FSD Africa Investments provides capital to a ground breaking COVID-19 recovery fund
Financed by the investment arm of UK aid-funded FSD Africa and international partners CDC (the UK’s development finance institution), DFC (the US government’s development finance institution)...
Landmark fund launched to help protect textile industry jobs in Ethiopia as COVID-19 slows manufacturing demand
The fund is an international collaboration between the UK, Germany and Ethiopia that will protect some of Ethiopia’s most vulnerable workers Addis Ababa, 29 October 2020: A landmark fund set...