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1 Click to edit Master subtitle style 06/10/2009 12 months of nurturing great business ideas Brussels Presentation

2 Cliquez pour éditer le format du plan de texte Second niveau de plan Troisième niveau de plan Quatrième niveau de plan Cinquième niveau de plan Sixième niveau de plan Septième niveau de plan Huitième niveau de plan Neuvième niveau de planClick to edit Master text styles – Second level Third level – Fourth level » Fifth level 06/10/2009 AECF at age One The AECF – What it is 1st Year Performance AECF Portfolio at June 2009 Impact Forecast

3 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

4 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

5 Cliquez pour éditer le format du plan de texte Second niveau de plan Troisième niveau de plan Quatrième niveau de plan Cinquième niveau de plan Sixième niveau de plan Septième niveau de plan Huitième niveau de plan Neuvième niveau de planClick to edit Master text styles – Second level Third level – Fourth level » Fifth level AECF Performance 1355 751 110 52 23 AWARDED GRANTS FIRST YEAR PERFORMANCE REGISTERED COMPANIES CONCEPT NOTES SUBMITTED SHORTLISTED FOR IC BUSINESS PLANS 3 Rounds completed 5 June 2008 to 12 June 2009

6 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 Leverage1.072.451.36

7 06/10/2009 Portfolio Impact Forecast AgribusinessRural FinanceTotal Number of Projects Approved for funding 19423 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

8 06/10/2009 SIERRA LEONE

9 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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