Africa

UN SDG Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

DFI/Africa Medical Equipment Financing (Africa 2020–2021)

Client Type/Project: DFI/Africa Medical Equipment Financing (Africa 2020–2021)  Background: Hospitals and healthcare SMEs struggle to grow when they lack the financing to purchase new equipment. In Africa, misinformation surrounding banks and healthcare small and medium enterprises (HSMEs) has prevented small businesses from buying the equipment necessary for growth and development and maintaining it after purchase.  […]

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UN SDG Decent Work & Economic Growth

DFI/BizOrigin (Tanzania 2024)

Client Type/Project: DFI/BizOrigin (Tanzania 2024)  Background: The BizOrigin Pilot in Tanzania targeted small and medium enterprise (SME) financing ($4-15M USD) to enhance SME outreach and streamline processes, fostering a pipeline of investment-ready clients. The project leverages events and workshops to build stakeholder relationships and educate SMEs on governance, financial management, and sustainability. Impact: We developed

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UN SDG Zero Hunger

DFI/Smallholder Farmer Nutrition Training (Uganda and Cote d’Ivoire, 2023) 

Client Type/Project: DFI/Smallholder Farmer Nutrition Training (Uganda and Cote d’Ivoire, 2023)  Background: Despite producing an abundance of food, many farmers still go hungry when they choose to sell their nutritious crops without keeping any for themselves. This project provided nutritional training for agricultural extensionist workers and smallholder farmers to improve family gardening and nutrition for their

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