Our Mission

To close the financing and support gap in the impact investing space in Africa. We will achieve this by elevating and diversifying the reach of African-owned and African-led Investment Vehicles that fund growth-oriented small- and medium-sized enterprises in sub-Saharan Africa, with the objective of creating employment opportunities for youth, particularly young women.

Our Vision

To create additional work opportunities in sub-Saharan Africa for young people, particularly for young women, and to significantly contribute to shaping the engagement of the African impact investing ecosystem.

Our Partners

The Fund is an initiative of the Mastercard Foundation and a consortium of partners led by the Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA), with Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P) as the Fund advisor, and Entrepreneurial Solutions Partners (ESP) as the business development services (BDS) provider. In addition, Genesis Analytics is the learning partner organization, Criterion Institute is the gender equity, diversity, and inclusion (GEDI) advisor, and Africa Communications Media Group (ACG) leads implementation of the communications strategy.