• Capacity Development Provider

Self Help Africa

The Scaling Up Rural Savings and Credit Cooperatives project improves the access to rural finance for smallholder farmers. This enables farmers to save for leaner times and to invest in productive assets, allowing them to diversify their incomes and to improve their household food security.

  • Stages of Support

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

  • Nonfinancial support delivery mechanism

    • Mentoring
    • Classroom / seminar training

  • Nonfinancial Support

    • Marketing support or market research
    • Business strategy and planning
    • Financial management
    • Performance management
    • Sector development
    • Technology development or adoption

  • Intervention Type

    • Provide nonfinancial services to entrepreneurs directly
    • Provide financial support to intermediaries
    • Conduct research on the sector

  • Sectors of Focus

    • Agriculture & Food
    • Financial services
    • Culture

  • Stakeholder or Business Model Focus

    • Social enterprise
    • Women entrepreneurs
    • Accessibility
    • Citizen empowerment
    • Rural communities
    • Gender inclusion
    • Youth entrepreneurs
    • Minority or previously excluded population

  • Impact objectives

    • Agricultural productivity
    • Capacity building
    • Community development
    • Employment generation
    • Food security and nutrition
    • Income/productivity growth
    • Access to information
    • Equality and empowerment
    • Access to financial services

  • Verticals

    • AgTech
    • FinTech
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