Absa and AGDA Push for Greater Financial Inclusion in South Africa Agriculture
Each group offers recommendations to inform the funding framework for the Agriculture and Agro-Processing Master Plan.
Transforming Agriculture Through Digital Farmer Registries
This policy brief highlights key bottlenecks in agricultural value chains and showcases how digital farmer registries can address them.
Building Rural Women’s Climate Resilience: Seven Business Drivers Delivering Commercial Value
As climate pressures rise, strengthening rural women’s resilience is critical for their livelihoods and for the long-term viability of the rural businesses that serve them. This paper identifies seven practical business drivers that simultaneously strengthen rural women’s climate resilience and business performance.
Airtel Money Expands Financial Services to Farmers in Mtwara, Tanzania
The initiative is part of Airtel’s broader commitment to advancing the agricultural sector through financial technology, enhancing payment systems, and promoting financial inclusion for rural farmers across the region.
IFC and PrivatBank Partner to Scale up Lending to Smaller Businesses, Enhance Import of Critical Goods in Ukraine
A new risk-sharing facility will boost lending for smaller businesses in Ukraine, especially for agribusinesses and women-owned enterprises, helping them maintain production, create jobs, and grow.
Social Agriculture in the West African Economic and Monetary Union
This report examines how youth and women in Côte d’Ivoire and Benin are navigating digital opportunities, the barriers they encounter, and the ecosystem conditions that shape their participation.
Symbiotics Provides $5M Debt Investment to Complete Farmer to Drive Innovation and Productivity in Ghana’s Agricultural Value Chain
The funding aims to scale the company’s operations and reinforce Ghana’s agricultural supply chain by improving production capacity and market connectivity for smallholder farmers.
InvestHER: Pioneering Gender-Responsive Climate Finance
A new climate resilience bond aims to help support women smallholder farmers, but the road to issuance has proved challenging.
IFC Invests CLP 23 Million in Securitized Bond Issued by Copeval to Support More Than 50,000 Farmers in Chile
The operation will support the company’s ongoing working capital needs, enabling it to provide pre-harvest financing to more than 50,000 farmers across the country.
Financial Inclusion in the Blue Economy: The Case for a New Global Agenda
This positioning brief aims to catalyze a renewed global agenda for financial inclusion — one that recognizes the centrality of the blue economy to livelihoods, climate resilience, and food security.