Countries and regions

The Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) offers grants on a competitive basis to private sector companies to support new and innovative business models in Africa. It is a private sector fund backed by some of the biggest names in development finance

The Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF)

The Investment Climate Facility for Africa helps lower the cost of doing business in Africa and promote a better investment climate across the continent

Investment Climate Facility for Africa

To enable Rwanda to better plan, manage and deliver education.

Capacity development fund

Innovation for Education is an opportunity to test new ideas to improve the quality of education in Rwanda.

Innovation for Education

The Rapid Funding Envelope for HIV/AIDS (RFE) aims to help civil society institutions in Tanzania participate in the national response to the AIDS epidemic

The Rapid Funding Envelope for HIV/AIDS (RFE)

The Regional Trade Facilitation Programme (RTFP) aims to expand the regional and international trade of Southern Africa as a way of reducing poverty

The Regional Trade Facilitation Programme (RTFP)

Funding to increase resilliance of vulnerable comunities in Malawi to climate vulnerability and change.

Enhancing community resilliance programme

The Business Sector Advocacy Challenge Fund (BUSAC) supports the growth of a competitive private sector in Ghana by improving the business environment

The Business Sector Advocacy Challenge Fund (BUSAC)

The Community Led Infrastructure Finance Facility (CLIFF) provides loan finance for slum development projects that are implemented by the urban poor in India and Kenya

The Community Led Infrastructure Finance Facility (CLIFF)

The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) is a public-private partnership providing long-term debt finance for the construction and development of private infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa

The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF)

The Financial Education Fund is designed to support educational projects aiming to help African citizens increase their financial knowledge and ability

The Financial Education Fund

The Foundation for Civil Society: Tanzania provides grants and other capacity building support to civil society organisations in Tanzania

The Foundation for Civil Society: Tanzania

The Ghana Research Advocacy Programme (G-RAP) supports the development of research and advocacy organisations in Ghana

The Ghana Research Advocacy Programme (G-RAP)

Harakat aims to create a better environment for business in Afghanistan

Harakat: Creating a better environment for business in Afghanistan

The India Poorest Areas Civil Society Programme seeks to support civil society organisations working in identified thematic areas in India

India Poorest Areas Civil Society Programme

The Southern Africa Trust provides grants to civil society organisations representing the interests of the poor in policy development processes across the region

The Southern Africa Trust

STAR-Ghana is a five-year multi- donor pooled funding mechanism (Funded by DFID, DANIDA and EU) to increase the influence of civil society and Parliament in the governance of public goods and service delivery, with the ultimate goal of improving the accountability and responsiveness of Ghana’s government, traditional authorities and the private sector.

STAR-Ghana