Support to business initiatives

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 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 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.

COLEAD is an interprofessional not-for-profit association designing and implementing development programmes in the agricultural sector in Africa, Caribbean and Pacific. It provides technical resources such as e-learning, regulatory analysis, and studies.

The Digital for Development (D4D) Hub is a strategic platform that aims to strengthen digital cooperation between the European Union and its Member States (Team Europe) and partners in Africa, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the EU neighbouring countries.

DESIREE (Demand-side management, Social Infrastructures, Renewables and Energy Efficiency) aims to mobilise private sector investments for the energy efficiency and electrification of social infrastructures in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Digital Energy offers a range of complementary instruments to support energy players in their digitalisation process and, ultimately, enable the creation of partnerships between Operators and Start-ups.