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Financing Options and Providers

Total results: 175

Facility Name Sort Provider Purpose Max Sort Business Eligibility Minimum Documentation Required Collection / Repayment (months) Sort
Government Development Finance Initiative
AgriFI Kenya Challenge Fund is implemented by Self Help Africa with technical support from Imani Development Limited. The European Union initiative targets 50 Agri –enterprises in 2 windows. NB: Competition window closed on 20th November 2019
KES 100 Billion
  • Economic Drivers/Viability: Business model fit and growth prospect (i.e. profit, turnover, cash flow, efficiency and market potential) and the business capacity (i.e. governance, financial and risk management)
  • Social impact: Inclusion of smallholder farmers, pastoralists, job creation, influence on food security and improved nutrition, gender and youth inclusion, and inclusion of arid areas.
  • Environmental impact: Inclusion of climate smart approaches at farm and enterprise level
  • Additionality and level of leverage.
  • A minimum 50% match fund required –own sources or external equity investment
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Favourite The Agri-Business Capital Fund (ABC Fund)
International Fund for Agriculture Development
The ABC Fund is a blended-finance impact fund which provides catalytic financing to underserved yet profitable segments of agribusiness value chains in developing countries. The Fund is managed by Bamboo Capital Partners together with Injaro Investments as advisor and lead for direct lending in Africa. Agriterra manages the Technical Assistance Facility. The ABC Fund was initiated by the International Fund for Agricultural Development in partnership and with funding from the European Union, the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, the Luxembourg Government and the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa.
KES 100 Billion
  • Funding to legally registered SME, cooperatives or farmers’ organizations
Favourite Oiko Credit
Oiko Credit
Provides loans to organisations active in financial inclusion, agriculture and renewable energy in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Oiko works with partner organisations aiming to contribute to improving the lives of low-income people and communities.
KES 10 Billion

Oiko seeks partners that:

  • Create jobs and income for disadvantaged groups
  • Are cooperatives, financial institutions or small to medium enterprises
  • Have women in influential positions such as in management
  • Are environmentally sustainable and respect animal welfare
  • Have suitable management in place and are (or can soon become) financially sustainable
  • Have a clear need for foreign investment


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Favourite Equity and (subordinated) debt
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Triodos Investment Management
Provides equity and (subordinated) debt to scalable enterprise in the sustainable food value chain in Asia, Africa or Latin America. (Catalysing early-stage enterprises)
KES 654,000,000
  • Profitability or a clear quantifiable path towards profitability
  • Proof of concept around the business model
  • Annual revenue generation of more than EUR 500,000 • Social and environmental mission embedded throughout the organisation
  • Experienced entrepreneur with proven ability to execute
  • Complete or plan for completing management team
  • Basic organisation structure and governance in place

Online application for Sustainable Food & Agriculture Financing

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Favourite Accion Venture Lab
Accion
Accion Venture Lab provides capital and extensive support to innovative, scalable fintech startups that improve the reach, quality, and affordability of financial services for the underserved.
KES 654,000,000
  • Mobile phone–based financial services or business models built on mobile payment platforms;
  • Specialized credit assessment or delivery models (e.g., underwriting/credit scoring approaches, housing, education, small and medium enterprise finance, energy);
  • Online or social media platforms for enabling financial access (e.g., peer-to-peer, social media);
  • Pay-as-you-go, collaborative consumption, and other “embedded” financial service models (e.g., micro-leasing, rent-to-own, modular housing); and
  • New products (e.g., savings, remittances/payments, microinsurance, and credit) for people living in poverty.
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Favourite Growth Capital
NetBizImpact
Supports high-potential innovative agribusinesses, value chains, investors and scalable business models to stimulate equitable agro-based economic growth in Africa. We specialize in scouting, grooming, and scaling commercially viable Small and Growing Agribusinesses (SGB) and agricultural innovations/ technologies in Africa and link them to capital and market.
KES 550,000,000
  • Agribusiness and Agro-processing.
  • Light Manufacturing - Food processing and value-addition.
  • Renewable Energy in particular productive uses of solar, wind, geothermal, hydropower and any other economically competitive energy sources.
  • ICT use -innovative mobile-based applications, software development and customization.
Prime Bank

Capital Expenditure/ Operating Expense

KES 500,000,000
  1. Customer needs to be in profitability
  2. Security acceptable by the Bank
  3. Customer need not to be listed on CRB list
  1. 3 Yrs Audited Financials
  2. Management Account for the Current Year
  3. 6 Months Bank Statement
  4. Business Registration Certificate, Certificate of Incorporation
  5. Company & Directors' KRA PIN
  6. Directors' ID Copies
  7. CR12
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Favourite Spark Fund II
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Safaricom

Grow a portfolio of strategically-aligned tech-enabled start-ups for deeper commercial partnership and/or acquisition by Safaricom whilst Transforming Lives.
he fund will be made available to tech-enabled start-ups as an enabler in the verticals; Agriculture; Education; Healthcare;

KES 500,000,000
  • Kenyan presence
  • A Core diverse skilled team
  • Refined Working mobile based product/service
  • Commercially viable business model
  • Active user base
  • Generating revenues
  • Partnership with Safaricom signed or being discussed
  • Raising equity or quasi equity

Application process:

The Fund Manager is S&B Ventures, based in Kenya, who will source deals, perform due diligence and recommend the investments.

Favourite Trade finance
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Triodos Investment Management
Provides accessible and efficient trade finance loans up to 70% of the value of export contracts that enables agricultural exporters to pay their farmers upon delivery of their produce.
KES 330,000,000
  • Financially and commercially sustainable
  • Size of the enterprise: minimum annual exports of USD 800,000 or the equivalent in Euros
  • Minimum annual turnover of USD 1,000,000 or the equivalent in Euros
  • Three years of track record in export
  • Sustainability certification (such as organic, fair trade, Utz, and Rainforest) or a conversion plan in place.
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Favourite Eazzy Loan
Visit Website Visit Website Location P.O BOX 104443-00100 NAIROBI, Kenya Get a call back
Equitel
Equitel is a secure and convenient platform that allows you to access digital credit
KES 330,000,000
  • You need to have an active Equity Bank account or active Equitel line for a minimum period of 6 months.
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Favourite Working Capital Loan
Kenya Commercial Bank
Working capital for Agrovets, Agro-processors, commodity traders (cereals, legumes, vegetables) and traders in livestock
KES 250,000,001
  • Bank statements to establish cash flows (3 months for customers and 6 months for non-customers)
  • Stated experience in farm enterprise
  • Business plan including financial plan –specifying fund utilisation
  • Bank statements
  • Business plan
Favourite Farm Asset Loan -Asset Financing
Kenya Commercial Bank
Enables purchase of commercial farm machinery and equipment such as green houses, irrigation kits, oil processing equipment, chaff cutters, tractor implements, trucks for transport produce.
KES 250,000,000
  • Past crop production records
  • Projected cash flow
  • Suitable security requirements
  • Must have been in production for at least two crop cycles
  • Past crop production records
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Favourite Project Finance
Industrial Development Bank
Financing between 60 – 70% of total project cost
KES 200,000,000
  • A duly filled loan application form.
  • Feasibility study/ business plan
  • Memorandum and Articles of association.
  • Project cost estimates
  • Financing plan
  • Audited accounts for 3 years for the existing business or related business.
  • Bank statements for 3- 6months
  • Collateral
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Favourite EXIM line of credit
Industrial Development Bank
Credit facility to support technology transfer to Kenyan enterprises through import of plant, machinery and equipment from India.
KES 200,000,000
  • A duly filled loan application form
  • Feasibility study/Business plan
  • 6 Months Certified Bank Statements
  • Latest Management Accounts
  • Past 3 years Audited Accounts
  • Copies of certificate of incorporation
  • Memorandum & Articles of Assosiation
  • Coies of proforma invoices for the asset being purchased
  • Collateral
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Favourite Alterfin-smallholder farmer organisations
Alterfin -smallholder farmer organisations

Extends financing to smallholder farmers' organizations.

KES 165,000,000
  • Number of years of operation > 2
  • Benefits for smallholder farmers should be demonstrated (e.g. by fairtrade label)
  • Minimum number of farmers benefiting: 150
  • Minimum yearly sales > USD 500,000
  • Operational Self Sufficiency > 90% and a positive trend
  • Purchase orders
  • Physical asset collateral
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Favourite GroFin
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GroFin
GroFin considers business applications on the basis of their potential and credibility of the entrepreneur. GroFin understands SMEs and have a proven track record of helping entrepreneurs and business owners start or grow successful businesses.
KES 165,000,000
  • Entrepreneur Profile: The entrepreneur should have significant own investment in the business, have the ability to manage a business – from operations, sales, financial management, administration, and leadership. They must be willing to work with GroFin as a value adding financier and share management information regularly. They must have growth ambition and demonstrate integrity as well as professionalism in their dealings.
  • Collateral requirements: Though GroFin has no minimum requirement, they expect entrepreneurs to (partly) secure the loan if collateral is available. Quality and value of collateral does play an important part in the overall risk assessment. Personal guarantees of the entrepreneur(s) is required.
  • Social Impact: The business must be able to have a measurable impact in terms of the number of jobs supported and sustained, female ownership, female employment and semi-/unskilled labour. SMEs that provide indirect job opportunities (e.g. training, skills development) and/or environmental services (water, waste, energy, ecotourism) are also attractive to GroFin.
  • Business support: GroFin delivers business support to clients prior to the investment and during the tenor of the loan – focusing on improving business viability, sustainability and growth through identifying material business risks/opportunities across a range of generic areas as identified during the screening/due diligence stage. For this reason, entrepreneurs need to be receptive to receiving advice and implementing recommendations, normally around improving formalisation of their business.
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Alterfin -Guarantee Fund

Alterfin extends funding to microfinance institutions and to associations of smallholder farmers or companies.

KES 165,000,000
  • Number of years of operation > 2
  • Gross Loan Portfolio > USD 1,000,000
  • Broad outreach: minimum 1000 clients or members
  • Deep outreach: oriented towards poorer sections of society: rural, agricultural, women
  • PAR 30 days + restructured + write-off < 10%
  • Operational Self Sufficiency > 80% and positive trend
  • Leverage < = 5
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Favourite Challenge Funds
Visit Website Visit Website Location Off Muthangari Drive / Waiyaki Way CALL +254 703 033 394 MAIL P.O. Box 1996 Westlands 00606 info@aecfafrica.org, Kenya Get a call back
Agriculture Enterprise Challenge Fund
Unlocking private financing in Agricultural lending
KES 165,000,000
  • Innovative ideas that stimulate and/or enrich/contribute to next generation approaches in growing Africa’s Agriculture
  • Models that seek to scale new, in-demand publicly-bred varieties of food crops (climate-smart and nutrition focus will be considered an advantage.
  • Crops must go beyond hybrid maize.
  • Ability to leverage partnerships that increase the availability of other key inputs necessary for maximizing the benefits of improved seed varieties including farmers’ access to appropriate finance, extension services, technologies and output markets.
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Diamond Trust Bank

The DTB Mortgage facility can be used for:

  • Purchase of new / existing residential houses.
  • Renovations, repairs or extensions of existing unencumbered property.
  • The takeover of existing housing loans from other financial institutions.

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KES 100,000,000
  • Bank statements for the last twelve months.
  • Must open / maintain account(s) with DTB.



  • Copy of duty executed sale agreement duly signed dated and stamped.
  • Valuation report from an authorized valuer.
  • Letter of the offer between seller & buyer.
  • Certified copy of title deed


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KES 50,000,000

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  • Bank statements for a period of 6 months

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