Our aim is to mobilise capital, especially domestic private capital, to provide long-term financing for Africa’s development needs and create systemic change in the financial markets.
Making finance work for Africa's future
How We Work
We help Africa’s financial sector build resilience to the biggest risks the continent faces, including climate change and nature loss.
We work to strengthen Africa’s financial markets, so they’re better able to meet developmental challenges, create economic opportunities and deliver environmental benefits.
We work to build and scale finance for Africa’s small and growing businesses (SGBs), enabling them to develop new solutions to Africa’s sustainability challenges.
FSD Africa Investments (FSDAi) is the UK-backed specialist development finance investor that supports FSD Africa’s market building initiatives in the early-stage finance, capital and insurance markets.
Centres of Expertise
Our cross-cutting Centres of Expertise help to drive delivery and thought leadership in areas of the green economy where our interventions can have the greatest impact.
Our Impact
Where we work
We operate across more than 30 countries in Africa, working with governments, regulators, financial institutions, investors, and private sector partners to strengthen and deepen financial markets.
Headquartered in Nairobi, the organization delivers both regional and country-specific programmes across sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on areas such as capital markets, climate finance, early-stage finance, gender inclusion, and sustainable economic growth. Through strategic partnerships and market-driven solutions, FSD Africa helps unlock investment and build resilient financial systems that support Africa’s long-term development.
