Cross-cutting ecosystem initiatives

Vision

Rural-impacting business ecosystems in sub-Saharan Africa thrive and economically benefit poor rural people.

Mission

To effectively support highly leveraged networks that advance cross-cutting business ecosystem development initiatives. The aim of these networks is to improve the operating environment for rural-impacting MSMEs in SSA.

Goal

To enable access to world-class network support and disseminate learnings from our network practice.

SF Partners

African Rural and Agricultural Credit Association (AFRACA); Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE); Collaborative for Frontier Finance (CFF) and Early Stage Capital Providers (ESCP) cluster of CFF; Converge; Creative Metier; Council on Smallholder Agricultural Finance (CSAF); Invest in Africa, Kenya (IIA); School of International Futures (SOIF); Smallholder and Agri-SME Finance and Investment Network (SAFIN); Uganda Agribusiness Alliance (UAA); and Uganda Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Initiative (UEEI).