FSD Africa Impact Empowering Growth: Catalyst Fund’s tailored support accelerated Sand to Green’s take-off

This case study describes how Sand to Green, a tech-powered firm focused on combating desertification through agroforestry and solar desalination, accelerated its growth through financial and venture-building support from the Catalyst Fund under FSD Africa's Catalysing Climate Resilience (CCR) Programme.

• Sand to Green received $100,000 in capital and tailored venture-building support as part of the 11th cohort of the four-year Catalysing Climate Resilience (CCR) Programme, which is supported by FSD Africa through the Catalyst Fund.
• The firm employs a combination of agroforestry, solar desalination, and climate-smart farming to create "climate-resilient regenerative farms" intended for food, biofuels, and carbon credits.
• Between 2019 and 2020, Sand to Green's annual turnover increased from €30,000 to over €100,000. The company has also secured $1 million in seed funding.
• Within three years, the company tested its agroforestry model on a 5-hectare site, acquired a 30-hectare parcel in the Guelmim Region, created eight jobs, and built a customer base of more than 100 clients.
• Sand to Green plans to scale up in two years and is seeking 300-500 hectares of land over the next year, with a long-term vision of a franchise model including modelling software, a training program for farmers, and a monitoring platform for impact monetization.

APA

FSD Africa (n.d.). FSD Africa Impact Empowering Growth: Catalyst Fund’s tailored support accelerated Sand to Green’s take-off. https://fsdafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/FSD-Africa-Impact-Sand-to-Green-20.09.2023.pdf

Chicago

FSD Africa. FSD Africa Impact Empowering Growth: Catalyst Fund’s tailored support accelerated Sand to Green’s take-off. n.d. https://fsdafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/FSD-Africa-Impact-Sand-to-Green-20.09.2023.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{fsdafricandfsd, author = {{FSD Africa}}, title = {{FSD Africa Impact Empowering Growth: Catalyst Fund’s tailored support accelerated Sand to Green’s take-off}}, institution = {FSD Africa}, url = {https://fsdafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/FSD-Africa-Impact-Sand-to-Green-20.09.2023.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }