• Development Finance Institution or Donor Agency

OSIWA

OSIWA plays a dual role in the region as both an advocate and grant-maker by enabling itself to be agenda-setters both within and alongside other organizations working on the ground. The Foundation works through a unique combination of grant making, advocacy, partnership building and technical assistance.

  • Stages of Support

    • Idea
    • Start-up
    • Early
    • Growth
    • Mature

  • Nonfinancial Support

    • Leadership development
    • Access to networks and partners
    • Business strategy and planning
    • Investor matchmaking

  • Investment Instruments

    • Grant

  • Intervention Type

    • Provide financial support to intermediaries
    • Invest Directly
    • Promote and educate about entrepreneurship

  • Sectors of Focus

    • Sector agnostic

  • Stakeholder or Business Model Focus

    • Base of the pyramid
    • Social enterprise
    • Science, engineering or invention based businesses
    • Accessibility
    • Gender inclusion
    • Youth entrepreneurs
    • Resiliency / climate change
    • Franchising
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