Support to business initiatives

The guarantee aims to support increased investment in, and access to, financing for energy utilities and independent power producers, to help countries accelerate the transition to the energy systems of tomorrow. The guarantee will strengthen the market environment and mobilize private investment.

This €750 million guarantee with the European Investment Bank and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation aims to strengthen health systems and to improve access to health technologies. Private investors have the chance to confidently invest into health projects which promote universal health coverage.

The programme targets small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as well as groups with limited or no access to finance, particularly start-ups, women-led businesses and businesses led by young people. The goal is to address some of the root causes of migration.

The African European Digital Innovation Bridge Initiative is built on AEDIB NET. The new version is currently being designed and will include the private sector, e.g. by strengthening processes and mechanisms for coordination, collaboration and communication for entrepreneurs in Africa and Europe.

Finnfund’s Africa Connected aims to mobilise investments into digital infrastructure providers and digital platform businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa. Benefits include increased employment, efficiency and productivity, as well as contributions to closing the digital and gender divide.

The guarantee strengthens Africa GreenCo’s ability to trade electricity in the Southern African Power Pool by providing a liquidity guarantee for power purchase agreements with producers of renewable energy.

The initiative with KfW will increase economic resilience in Africa by enhancing access to long-term financing in local currency for African businesses which is crucial for promoting development in key sectors such as affordable housing, renewable energy, agriculture, health and education.

AgreenFi aims to mitigate the high risks in lending to MSMEs in Sub-Saharan Africa and the EU Neighbourhood. It facilitates access to finance and/or makes borrowing money more affordable for small businesses operating in agriculture, located in rural areas.

AgriFI is a €120M impact investment facility providing medium to long-term financing to (private) companies active in the agri-food and forestry value chain integrating smallholder farmers.

AL-INVEST Verde - the EU-Latin America Alliance for Sustainable Growth and Jobs (2021-2026) promotes sustainable growth and job creation in Latin America.

ArticuLAC is the Community of Practice (CoP) on Public-Private Articulation for Climate Action in Latin America. It is a joint initiative of Euroclima Programme (through GIZ), the LEDS LAC Regional Platform and INCAE Business School.

The AU-EU Innnovation agenda is a "living inventory” of projects, programmes, partnerships and scholarships officially recognised as contributing to the implementation of the AU-EU Innovation Agenda.

The Better Futures Programme mobilises private investment at scale for innovative solutions to climate change, fragility, conflict and crisis response, job creation, and inclusive growth.

Choose Africa VC addresses a lack of finance for young businesses in Africa by directly financing young innovative (M)SMES across the continent and through Venture Capital (VC) funds. The programme is integral to the Team Europe Initiative ‘Investing in Young Businesses in Africa’.

The CITYRIZ guarantee with Agence Française de Développement will enable local governments in Sub-Saharan Africa to undertake investments in sustainable public infrastructures and urban planning, essential for social basic services and local development.

Climate Investor One is a blended finance facility managed by Climate Fund Managers (CFM), delivering renewable energy infrastructure projects in emerging markets with a technological focus on onshore and near-shore wind, solar PV and run-of-river hydropower.

Climate Investor Two (CI2) is Climate Fund Managers' (CFM) second blended finance facility, delivering water, sanitation, and oceans infrastructure projects in emerging markets.