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African Guarantee Fund’s COVID-19 response is built on the imperative need for a commercial response beyond the regulatory responses already provided by Africa's governments and central banks. AGF’s response sets the platform for economic stabilization, followed by an economic revival through our newly developed COVID-19 Guarantee Facility.

AGF is a Pan-African financial institution that promotes economic development, increases employment and reduces poverty in Africa by providing financial institutions with guarantees and other financial products specifically intended to support Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Africa.

AGF’s risk sharing mechanism is offered to financial institutions to increase their lending towards SMEs operating in all sectors that drive economic growth.

AGF’s AA- Fitch rating has a positive and quantifiable impact on banks' balance sheets, especially in light of applicable regulatory standards (Basel II & Basel III and IFRS9).

AGF’s Capacity Development assistance to Partner Financial Institutions complements its guarantee products by providing strategic support to PFIs in order to mitigate their operational risks when on lending to SMEs.

AGF contributes towards sustainable development through its Green Guarantee Facility particularly designed to support SMEs investing in or adopting green technologies that help to reduce the effects of climate change.

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Despite the internationally recognized importance of SMEs, African small businesses often have difficulties accessing financing for growth and innovation from the formal financial sector. SME financing is often considered by many financial sector players in Africa to be a risky activity as promoters quite more often than not, fail to come up with the collateral […]

African Guarantee Fund and Ecobank Sign Transformative USD 200 Million Risk Sharing Agreement

This new partnership will increase financing of SMEs from across 27 African markets up from just 7 countries in 2013.

AGF and Gulf African Bank Sign First Shari’ah Compliant Credit Risk Guarantee Scheme in Sub-Saharan Africa

This partnership will enable access to financing facilities for SMEs that qualify on all fronts but lack suitable or adequate collateral.

AGF and TechoServe establish partnership to boost investment in West Africa’s cashew nut sector

The partnership is part of the Prosper Cashew project, a five-year, USD 27 million program funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture

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African Guarantee Fund contributes to the promotion of economic development in Africa through provision of Partial Guarantees & Capacity Development to Financial Institutions to facilitate access to finance for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises.

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To date, AGF and RAWBANK have unlocked more than USD 300 million in financing for nearly 1,000 Congolese SMEs.

The series of events brings together representatives of government, policymakers and financial institutions for an introduction to AFAWA’s partnership services for the Nigerian market.

Family Bank's Queen Banking is supported by AGF's capacity development initiative under the Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) program.

The workshop provided a platform to deliberate practical experiences in underwriting risks related to lending to clean cooking projects.

The training aims to demonstrate the opportunities that the agriculture and food processing sectors present for growing the Congolese economy.

SMEs are a key contributing sector in Tanzania’s achievement of her development vision (TDV) as a middle-income economy.

his new agreement will not only consolidate the partnership between the two institutions, but will also enable them to refine their strategy for supporting companies with high-potential projects

These partnerships will jointly unlock financing of up to USD 100 million for SMEs, scaling up their operations and growing their revenues.

This partnership aims to increase financial investments to grow clean cooking markets and expand access to modern fuels and technologies in Africa.