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This document is a Safeguarding Policy Acknowledgement form for FSD Africa staff. It mandates that all employees annually acknowledge their commitment to the organization's safeguarding values and professional conduct standards, providing both online and paper-based methods for submission.

The Africa Green Bond Toolkit is a practical guide developed by FSD Africa and the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) to assist African capital markets in issuing green bonds according to international standards. It outlines the structural differences between green and vanilla bonds, provides a step-by-step issuance process, and details the requirements for creating a Green Bond Framework. The guide emphasizes the role of external verification and certification to ensure transparency and attract institutional investors to climate-resilient projects across the continent.

This case study describes AquaMnara, a startup supported by FSD Africa's 'Triggering Exponential Climate Action' (TECA) programme to build climate resilience for aquaculture farmers in Kenya, specifically around Lake Victoria in Kisumu.

This case study describes the implementation of a gender bond by Banque Centrale Populaire (BCP) in Morocco, facilitated by its subsidiary Attawfiq Micro-Finance, to improve the economic inclusion of low-income women through micro-credits and non-financial support services.

The Africa Pensions Supervisors’ Network Programme, supported by FSD Africa (2021-2025), aims to increase pension coverage and assets in Sub-Saharan Africa, where coverage is currently only 9.6%. The initiative focuses on creating regulatory environments that encourage long-term savings and the investment of pension assets into the real sector, including collaboration with the Africa Pensions Supervisors Forum (APSF).

This report by the CIFAR Alliance Investors Working Group explores how fintech innovations—specifically in data and digital infrastructure, online marketplaces, and insurtech—can scale climate resilience solutions for vulnerable communities in emerging markets. It presents 11 case studies of ventures that address both acute weather-related disasters and chronic long-term climate changes affecting livelihoods.

This fact sheet from FSD Africa provides data on the cost of sending money from the UK to various African nations, alongside the size of the diaspora population in the UK and the annual amount of money sent to each country.

The Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) and Impact Policy outlines FSD Africa's framework for integrating sustainability, social responsibility, and impact considerations into its grant funding and investment activities. The policy establishes a systems approach via an Environmental and Social Performance Management (ESPM) system to avoid harm, protect value, and drive positive development outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa.

This report, prepared by JMiles & Co. for the Kenyan Ministry of Petroleum and Mining and funded by FSD Africa, provides a comprehensive gap analysis between international Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) reporting standards and Kenyan legislation. It serves as a guide for organisations in Kenya to align their practices with international requirements to become more competitive in obtaining international financing.

This report analyzes the financial lives of refugees in Uganda, highlighting a shift from regular employment to self-employment and the adoption of new financial tools like mobile money and ASCAs. While overall earnings have decreased for many, women have seen significant gains in employment and income. The study emphasizes the role of 'grit' in adaptation, the importance of remittances (especially in Kampala), and the continued challenges regarding healthcare access and high costs of basic needs like charcoal.

This case study describes the development and pilot of Kenya's first private-sector flood insurance product, created by Britam Insurance Kenya with support from FSD Africa. The project targeted vulnerable households in Tana River County, providing payouts to 300 families following heavy rains between October and December 2023.

FSD Africa's sustainable procurement guide outlines a framework based on four pillars—Environmental, Economic, Social, and Ethical—to ensure its supply chain has a positive impact. The organisation employs the Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT) method to prioritise overall value and sustainability over the lowest price. Suppliers are encouraged to provide sector-specific evidence of their sustainability efforts, and FSD Africa supports businesses at all stages of their sustainability journey, provided there is transparency and a commitment to improvement.

FSD Africa and UK-based Parhelion have launched a programme to de-risk early-stage geothermal energy development in Kenya and Ethiopia. The initiative focuses on creating a Geothermal Risk Transfer facility to mitigate drilling risks and a training programme to build the capacity of local African insurers to underwrite geothermal risks, thereby attracting investment and reducing reliance on international insurance markets.

This case study describes EcoBodaa, a Kenyan tech startup that designs and manufactures electric motorcycles tailored for African road conditions. With support from Persistent Energy Capital, the company has developed locally assembled bikes with lower maintenance costs and a battery-swapping model to replace petrol-powered motorcycles in the boda boda and delivery sectors.

The Financial Inclusion for Refugees (FI4R) project, launched in 2019 by FSD Africa in partnership with FSD Uganda, Access to Finance Rwanda, and BFA Global, aims to provide financial services to forcibly displaced people (FDPs) and host communities. The project focuses on overcoming barriers such as insufficient documentation and perceived risk to enable refugees to access loans, savings, and digital payments.

This case study describes how the BimaLab insurTech accelerator, backed by FSD Africa and the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA) of Kenya, supported the startup KaroPay in developing insurance-linked credit solutions for education in Kenya.

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 fact sheet describes the Climate Finance Training Programme created by Financial Sector Deepening (FSD) Africa to address the green funding gap in Africa by building the capacity of policymakers, regulators, and financial experts to access climate funds and design financial products.

This case study describes a partnership between FSD Africa and the Infrastructure Credit Guarantee Company Limited (InfraCredit) to provide local funding for DarwayCoast, a solar power company in Nigeria. The initiative focuses on scaling solar mini-grids to increase energy access and promote climate action financing through a credit guarantee model.

This fact sheet by FSD Africa describes the Nigerian Green Bond Market Development Programme, an initiative designed to mobilize private capital to address Nigeria's severe energy crisis and meet its climate goals through sovereign and corporate green bond issuances.