← All fundsAfrica Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF)
Public data, unclaimed profileDevelopment fund for agribusiness and renewable energy companies in Africa. Assets under management: ≈ USD 244m.
At a glance
Based on observed investment behaviour: 2 recorded deals
- Investor type
- Private equity or venture capital fund (inferred, not verified)
- Capital type
- Private equity (inferred from profile)
- Observed ticket
- Data unavailable
- Stated ticket : 250 k$ – 2 M$
- Countries
- Benin (2)
- Activities
- Microfinance (2)
- Instruments
- Data unavailable
- Stages
- Data unavailable
- Recent activity
- 0 deal in 12 months, latest Mar 2025
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
Fewer than three recorded deals: insufficient evidence to compare thesis and behaviour.
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Describe your need: the target list shows, for each source of capital, why it fits and which deals prove it.
Investment thesis
Criteria published by the fund, recorded and checked by Invest Matching.
- Investment ticket
- 250 k$ – 2 M$
- Instruments
- Senior debt, Guarantee, Grant
- Preferred sectors
- Agribusiness, Energy, Financial services*
- Target geographies
- Kenya, Uganda, Burkina Faso, Mali, Benin*
* added from its deals
Team and contacts
- Susan Situma — Directrice des programmes
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Reference deals
Recent public deals: they say better than a thesis what the fund actually signs.
PEBCO BETHESDA
March 2025 · BeninUndisclosed amountFinancial servicesLead
Activity : Microfinance
Instrument : Funding and technical assistance (type and amount undisclosed) · Vehicle : Programme IFEV-Bénin (Affaires mondiales Canada)
Beninese microfinance institution: funding and technical assistance to reach 8,288 women and women-led micro and small businesses in the green economy.
Why they invested
- Economic empowerment of women entrepreneurs
- Financial inclusion and green-economy transition
- Climate resilience
Source : aecfafrica.orgN1 · Primary source
RENACA-Bénin
March 2025 · BeninUndisclosed amountFinancial servicesLead
Activity : Microfinance
Instrument : Funding and technical assistance (type and amount undisclosed) · Vehicle : Programme IFEV-Bénin (Affaires mondiales Canada)
Beninese credit network: funding and technical assistance to reach 1,200 women's groups and micro and small businesses in the green economy (59,495 people in total with PEBCO BETHESDA).
Why they invested
- Economic empowerment of women entrepreneurs
- Financial inclusion and green-economy transition
Source : aecfafrica.orgN1 · Primary source
In short
Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) invests tickets ranging from 250 k$ to 2 M$, across the following sectors: Agribusiness, Energy, and Financial services, in the following areas: Kenya, Uganda, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Benin. Check in 30 seconds whether your company fits these criteria.
