by Ben Barba -

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: African Development Bank (AfDB) Disbursing $1.6m for Green Finance in Benin, Côte d’Ivoire

The African Development Bank (AfDB) recently announced green finance facilities in partnership with the government of Benin’s La Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations du Bénin (CDC) and the government of Côte d’Ivoire’s Banque Nationale d’Investissement (BNI). The aggregate value

by Sheen Gupta -

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Major Development Funders Launch “Alliance for Entrepreneurship in Africa” to Support SMEs – Especially Those Run by Women, Youth

A group of organizations involved in international development recently launched the Alliance for Entrepreneurship in Africa (AforE) with the aim of supporting the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), particularly those owned or operated by youth and female entrepreneurs. The alliance seeks to