Development finance institution

FSD Africa

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Financial Sector Deepening Africa (FSD Africa) is a specialist development agency and investment company established in 2012 to strengthen and expand financial markets across Sub-Saharan Africa. Funded primarily by UK Aid from the UK Government’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), the organisation operates from its headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. FSD Africa’s investment strategy focuses on providing early-stage, catalytic capital—including risk-bearing equity, debt, and grants—to innovative financial institutions and vehicles. Its investments are primarily directed towards advancing green finance, affordable housing, agricultural finance, and broader financial inclusion, with a mandate to de-risk nascent markets and crowd in private institutional capital.