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This case study describes how the BimaLab insurtech accelerator, initiated by FSD Africa in partnership with the Swiss Re Foundation and Nigeria’s National Insurance Commission (NAICOM), supported Soso Care, a health micro-insurance startup in Nigeria. Soso Care provides health insurance to low-income earners who pay premiums using recyclable waste.

This case study describes the impact of FSD Africa's investment in Nithio, an AI-driven climate finance platform that provides receivables-backed financing to off-grid solar companies in Africa to improve energy access for households and small businesses.

This case study describes a pilot fish cage aquaculture project by Wezesha Aqua Farms in Mwanza, Tanzania, supported by FSD Africa and BFA Global. The initiative aims to increase the resilience of fishing communities against climate change and declining fish stocks in Lake Victoria by providing cages for tilapia rearing under a lease model.

This case study describes how the FSD Africa-supported BimaLab insurtech accelerator helped MotiSure, a Kenyan insurtech, develop and scale an insurance product for bodaboda (motorcycle taxi) riders. Through BimaLab's support in customer profiling and ecosystem understanding, MotiSure expanded its coverage options and grew its customer base from 4,600 to over 12,000 riders.

The 'Kit d’Outils d’Obligations Verte Afrique' is a practical guide developed by FSD Africa and the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) to assist African issuers in emitting green bonds. It outlines the structural similarities between green and conventional bonds, while detailing the specific requirements for the allocation of proceeds to environmental projects. The guide provides a comprehensive framework for the issuance process, including the development of a Green Bond Framework, independent verification, and post-issuance reporting, while highlighting successful case studies from South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria.

The Venture Finance Portfolio document provides a detailed overview of various investment funds and venture-building platforms supported by FSD Africa and FSDAi. These entities focus on scaling climate-tech, gender-lens investing, and financial inclusion across Africa, utilizing a mix of equity, grants, and debt to catalyze private capital and drive sustainable economic growth.

This fact sheet describes the partnership between FSD Africa and the Digital Frontiers Institute (DFI) from 2016 to 2021, aimed at closing the digital finance skills gap in low-middle income countries to improve the scale and sustainability of digital payment systems.

This fact sheet by FSD Africa provides a country diagnostic of the insurance markets in Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, and Rwanda, highlighting a significant risk-protection gap and the limited capacity of these markets to support large-scale infrastructure investment.

This report, Chapter Four of a broader study by the Macroeconomic and Financial Management Institute of Eastern and Southern Africa (MEFMI) supported by FSD Africa, evaluates the governance and operational risk management frameworks for public debt in 12 MEFMI member countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. It examines legal frameworks, managerial structures, debt strategies, reporting, and auditing, highlighting a general lack of comprehensive business continuity plans and procedure manuals, which increased operational risks during the shift to remote work.

This executive summary details a study on sovereign debt management in the MEFMI region during the COVID-19 pandemic. It finds that the crisis led to sharp GDP contractions and a significant increase in the average debt-to-GDP ratio (rising to 70.6% in 2020). Countries responded with policy rate cuts, tax exemptions, and increased reliance on Local Currency Bond Markets (LCBMs). While international initiatives like the G20's DSSI provided critical relief, the pandemic exposed a lack of business continuity planning and operational risk management in debt offices.

This briefing by E-Consult, coordinated by FSD Africa, examines the potential for establishing onshore financial centres in Africa to attract international capital and skilled employees. It evaluates existing hubs like Mauritius and Johannesburg and assesses the prospects for cities such as Nairobi, Kigali, Lagos, and Accra to become globally significant financial centres.

The Value for Money (VfM) Framework is a guide developed by FSD Africa to provide a consistent, practical structure for assessing and reporting on how resources are used within the Financial Sector Deepening (FSD) network. It employs an evaluative reasoning approach based on the 'Four Es' (Economy, Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Equity) and cost-effectiveness, using predefined criteria and performance standards (rubrics) to make robust judgements from mixed-methods evidence.

The Youth Enterprise Grants (YEG) pilot project in Mathare, Nairobi, provided approximately $1,200 in grants and smartphones to youth aged 18-35. Findings indicate a significant shift from casual labour to self-employment (37% to 64%) and marked improvements in financial status, with over 75% of recipients reporting income increases. While smartphones proved essential for market access and business skills via social media, specific money management apps like Touch Doh saw low adoption. Mobile money remains the primary tool for financial management, with a strong preference for savings mechanisms that limit immediate liquidity.

The Youth Enterprise Grants (YEG) pilot project was a two-year intervention in Mathare, Nairobi, providing enterprise grants and smartphones to youth aged 18–35 to support their transition from casual labour to self-employment. The project demonstrated that unconditional cash transfers via mobile money are feasible in low-income urban settings and can significantly increase entrepreneurial activity, though the long-term success of micro-businesses remains vulnerable to external shocks and systemic infrastructure gaps.

This statement from the Green Economy Coalition and partners argues that green policies must be intentionally designed for fairness to avoid excluding poor communities. It highlights the disproportionate environmental impact of the wealthy and provides examples from Brazil and Tanzania where inclusive green strategies have succeeded, calling for global collaboration to ensure economic development is both green and fair.

This briefing by the Green Economy Coalition outlines ten priority options for governments and stakeholders to ensure that economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic is just, green, and transformative. It argues that recovery efforts should address systemic risks—including climate change, biodiversity loss, and inequality—by aligning stimulus packages with the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement.

This report by the Green Economy Coalition reviews the first ten years of the SEED Awards (2005-2015), an initiative founded by UNEP, UNDP, and IUCN to support social and environmental enterprises. It analyzes the survival and impact of 202 SEED Winners across 37 countries, highlighting the role of multi-stakeholder partnerships and tailored support in fostering green and inclusive growth at the grassroots level.

The 'Advancing Resilience Measurement' report documents a consultation held on May 17-18, 2022, in Washington, D.C., convened by the University of Arizona, the Global Resilience Partnership, and USAID. The event brought together 50 experts to establish core principles and priorities for measuring resilience across four thematic areas: demand-driven evidence, psychosocial well-being, systems resilience, and climate adaptation. The report aims to address gaps in current measurement approaches to better inform development policy and programming.

This report describes MAVUNOLAB, a youth-driven innovation centre in Tanzania focused on reducing post-harvest fish losses in Lake Victoria. The initiative deploys solar-powered dryers to empower female fish processors, challenging gender-based power imbalances and mitigating the impacts of climate change on food security.

The Resilient Agriculture Innovations for Nature (RAIN) challenge is a joint initiative by the Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) and Shockwave Foundation to identify and scale nature-positive agricultural innovations in East Africa. The program provides selected entrepreneurs and organizations with mentoring, leadership training, communications support, and funding of up to 50,000 USD to make their projects 'funding-ready' for private investors.