Top 10 Organisations That Will Give You Money to Start Up Your Business In Zim

Top 10 Organisations That Will Give You Money to Start Up Your Business In Zim

1) Acumen Fund

Acumen is a charity organisation incorporated in 2001 with seed capital from
the Rockefeller Foundation, Cisco Systems Foundation and three individual
philanthropists. The Acumen Fund invests in entrepreneurs who have the
capability to bring sustainable solutions to big problems.

2) Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund

The Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund is a US$ 207m fund capitalized by
multilateral and bilateral donors (the AECF donors) to stimulate private sector
entrepreneurs in Africa.

(3) Africa Media Ventures Fund

AMVF mobilizes capital and experience in the Netherlands to invest in
entrepreneurs in the media sector and small and medium-sized African media
companies.
It offers a combination of venture capital and business development support,
involving knowledge, experience, access to proven business concepts and
network.

4) African Development Foundation

The African Development Foundation (ADF) is an independent Federal agency
of the United States government that was established to support African-led
development that grows community enterprises by providing seed capital and
technical support.

(5) African Women’s Development Fund
(AWDF)

The AWDF is the first pan-African women’s grant maker in Africa. Since the
start of its operations in 2001, AWDF has provided US$17 million in grants to
800 women’s organizations in 42 African countries.

(6) Agri-Vie

Agri-Vie is a private equity investment fund focused on food and agribusiness
in Sub-Sahara Africa. Since it started in 2008, it has invested over $100m in
Africa’s food and agribusiness sector.

(7) Bamboo Finance

Bamboo Finance is a commercial private equity firm specializing in investing in
business models that benefit low-income communities in emerging markets. It
has offices in Luxembourg, Geneva, Bogota, Nairobi and Singapore

(8) CAF

Founded in 1924, the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) is a charity organisation
based in the United Kingdom and manages over £3 billion on behalf of charities
worldwide.

(9) CDC

Founded in 1948, CDC is the UK’s Development Finance Institution (DFI) wholly
owned by the UK Government’s Department for International Development
(DFID). It is the world’s oldest DFI with a history of making successful
investments in businesses which have become industry leaders.

(10) Echo VC Partners

Echo VC Partners is a seed and early stage venture capital firm that is focused
on financing and cross-pollinating leading technologies, teams, business
models and knowledge across North America, Africa and South-East Asia.