“The Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) is a leading non-profit development organization dedicated to supporting innovative agribusiness and renewable energy enterprises. AECF aims to reduce rural poverty, promote resilient communities, and create jobs. By catalyzing the private sector, AECF brings forth and commercializes new ideas, business models, and technologies to increase agricultural productivity, improve farmer incomes, expand access to clean energy, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and enhance resilience to climate change.
AECF specializes in financing high-risk businesses that face challenges in accessing commercial funding. The organization is committed to working in frontier markets, fragile contexts, and high-risk economies—regions often neglected by mainstream financing institutions. Through its efforts, AECF is critical in fostering economic development in some of the world’s most vulnerable areas.”
Target
Startups for grants, Growing companies for working capital, Flexible on zero interest loans
Focus Areas
Agriculture and Renewable energy across Africa
