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AECF confirms Chief Executive Officer

Nairobi, 22nd July, 2020

Date: 2020-07-23 Type: Press Release Language: English

COVID-19 reinforces importance of off-grid energy as essential service

Nairobi, Kenya, 20th May 2020. There are more than 70 AECF REACT investee companies, all offering low-cost renewable energy from solar home systems, mini grids and clean

Date: 2020-05-27 Type: Story Language: English

AECF launches REACT Kenya Relief Fund

Nairobi, Kenya, 21st May 2020. The Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund has launched the REACT Kenya Relief Fund to provide emergency grants and technical support to energy

Date: 2020-05-21 Type: Story Language: English

AECF announces new board members

Nairobi, Kenya, 15th May 2020.  Chair of The Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF), Hixonia Nyasulu, has announced the appointment of David Governey and Yana Kakar to the AECF B

Date: 2020-05-17 Type: Press Release Language: English

CEO joins DFI leaders for Dalberg Covid-19 webinar

Nairobi, Kenya, 23rd April 2020. As part of our COVID-19 response, AECF Chief Executive Officer, Victoria Sabula, was invited on a high-level panel of senior leaders from developme

Date: 2020-04-23 Type: Story Language: English

Statement on COVID-19 (coronavirus)

Nairobi, Kenya, 30th March 2020. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve rapidly across the African continent with more than

Date: 2020-03-30 Type: Press Release Language: English

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Seeds for Impact Program announces competition winners

Nairobi, 27th February 2020. Seven local seed companies from across Africa have won the inaugural Seeds for Impact Program (SIP) competition.

Date: 2020-03-02 Type: Press Release Language: English

The Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) Announces Appointment of New Board of Directors

Nairobi, Kenya, 17th February 2020 - The Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) has announced the appointment of a new Board during its Board meeting held in Nairobi.

Date: 2020-02-17 Type: Press Release Language: English

AECF participates in the 2019 AGRF Agribusiness Deal Room Launch

Accra, 3rd September 2019- The Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) participated in the launch of the deal room session at the 2019 African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) taking place in Ghana.

Date: 2019-09-09 Type: Press Release Language: English

AECF Announces Leadership Change

Nairobi, Kenya – The Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF), a pan-African development institution providing catalytic funding to early and growth stage private sector companies i

Date: 2019-08-08 Type: Press Release Language: English

Accelerating Africa’s Economic Transformation through SMEs

13th June 2019, Dar es Salam, Tanzania: The Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) today hosted an investment forum bringing together financiers from across the world to identify investment

Date: 2019-06-13 Type: Press Release Language: English

UNIDO and AECF establish a strategic partnership to support SMEs and entrepreneurs in climate and clean energy innovations and agri-business development in Africa

VIENNA, 29 April 2019: The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to

Date: 2019-04-29 Type: Press Release Language: English

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Levelling the Playing Field for All

Investing in women pays dividends since women invest 90% of their earnings on food, health and education for the household.

Date: 2019-03-08 Type: Story Language: English

Daniel Ohonde appointed New CEO of Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF)

Nairobi, Kenya, June 2018: The Chair of the Africa Enterprise Chall

Date: 2018-06-06 Type: Story Language: English

REACT SSA Funding in Zimbabwe

Sweden International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and AECF signed a five year agreement worth 400 million SEK (US $48 million) to fund the Renewable Energy and Adaptation to Climate

Date: 2018-03-13 Type: Story Language: English

Rural women lighting the way for solar energy products

Efforts by the government to improve electricity connectivity across the country is paying dividends with at least 70% of Kenyans being hooked to the national grid.

Date: 2018-02-07 Type: Story Language: English

Solar lamps, stoves and mobile phone chargers changing villagers’ lives in East Africa

For 70-year-old Regina Ocholla, a resident Nyakach in Kenya’s Kisumu County, a kerosene-fuelled tin lamp is a painful reminder of a dark past — literally.

Date: 2018-02-07 Type: Story Language: English

With solar water, trees grow into a sturdy business in Western Kenya

Armed with a solar-powered water pump for irrigation and a quarter-acre piece of borrowed land, widow Hakima Mohammed has become a Western Kenya tree tycoon.

Date: 2018-02-07 Type: Story Language: English

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