finance-database-9c36cf9db6f80e57.pdf

The Green Economy Climate Finance Database 2022, developed by GreenCape with support from the Western Cape Department of Economic Development and Tourism (DEDAT), identifies over 150 finance opportunities across approximately 125 stakeholders to address information asymmetry in South Africa's green economy.

• The Green Economy Climate Finance Database 2022 tracks more than 150 finance opportunities from approximately 125 unique stakeholders, with a total available value of ZAR 25 billion.
• There is a market failure characterized by a mismatch between available climate finance and a sufficiently large, bankable pipeline of green economy projects, exacerbated by information asymmetry.
• The database identifies eight types of financial products: debt (commercial and concessional), venture capital, mezzanine finance, equity, guarantee/risk mitigation instruments, grants, and government spend. Debt and equity together account for 50% of tracked products, while 40% of stakeholders offer grants, though grant values are typically under R1 million.
• Most financial offerings in the database focus on clean energy, including mobility/storage and energy efficiency and demand-side management, while the largest gaps are found in new and emerging sectors and adaptation-focused projects.
• There is a critical shortage of high-risk early-stage finance in South Africa, as the venture capital industry is described as almost nonexistent, leaving limited funds for 'at-risk' investments in early-stage companies and projects.
• The majority of offerings in the database target small and medium enterprises (SME) and primary project finance (post-revenue and growth phase), with very few options available for project identification or pre-feasibility.

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GreenCape (n.d.). finance-database-9c36cf9db6f80e57.pdf. https://greencape.co.za/assets/Finance-Database.pdf

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@techreport{greencapendfinancedatabase9c36cf9db6f80e57pdf, author = {{GreenCape}}, title = {{finance-database-9c36cf9db6f80e57.pdf}}, institution = {GreenCape}, url = {https://greencape.co.za/assets/Finance-Database.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }