Click to edit Master subtitle style 06/10/ months of nurturing great business ideas Brussels Presentation
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06/10/2009 AECF – what it is Aim: pro-poor growth by making rural market systems work for poor. Challenge Fund: competitions for new business ideas that have large development impact – best bids win Eligibility criteria: Private sector, matching funds, agribusiness and financial services, in Africa
06/10/2009 AECF – what it is Selection criteria: Capacity, innovation, additionality, commercial viability, development impact and potential for systemic impact on market systems Investment size: US$250,000 to US$1.5m Products: Grants and interest free loans
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06/10/2009 AECF Portfolio US$ AgribusinessRural FinanceTotals Grants Approved9,851,0542,728,43512,579,489 Loans Approved6,933,2271,750,0008,683,227 Total AECF Funds Committed 16,784,2814,478,43521,262,716 Matching Funds18,038,02510,978,43529,016,460 Leverage
06/10/2009 Portfolio Impact Forecast AgribusinessRural FinanceTotal Number of Projects Approved for funding Jobs to be created by the businesses by end of Yr 3 7,067462,094469,161 No. of people with improved livelihoods by end of Yr 3 820,6233,671,3714,491,994 Total827,6904,133,4654,961,155
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06/10/2009 The road ahead Specialization into windows: – Zimbabwe window (Additionality, risks) – Research into Business window (innovation) – CAADP Pillar II window (systemic change) Value Chains/corridors; bigger Anchor Firms and SMEs and outgrowers.
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