African Guarantee Fund

Adjust font size |

Search

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.

Message from the Group Chief Executive Officer

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 Clean Cooking Alliance Partner to Promote Financial Investments in Clean Cooking Markets in Africa

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

AGF and Societe Generale boost support for SMEs in Cameroon, Congo, Madagascar and Chad

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

AGF and GuarantCo issue EUR 7.1 million guarantee to finance Madagascar’s largest solar plant extension

The project will provide improved electricity access to around 285,000 people.

African Guarantee Fund

Watch Our Video

Our Products

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.

news updates

Our latest news

This partnership will mobilise private sector funding, avail access to finance for WASH SMEs and enhance climate change adaptation.

The Finance Series offers an introduction to AFAWA’s partnership services for African finance ministers, central bank governors and financial institutions.

This partnership will increase the attractiveness of impact investments, which therefore makes a valuable contribution to the planet and its people.

The guarantee will also increase financing for women entrepreneurs in the region and cover SMEs eligible for green financing.

The targeted businesses will have access to loans starting from Ksh 1 million worth of capital to scale their activities.

The partnership is expected to facilitate up to USD 150 million in loans to 17,300 SMEs through partner financial institutions.

The guarantee facility will see AGF share the risks envisioned by NBK, particularly where target SME clients are unable to meet collateral requirements.

The strengthening of the partnership between the two institutions will allow Rawbank to further develop its financing activity for Congolese SMEs.

The partnership will play a critical role in bridging the financing gap facing agri-SMEs in Africa.