IFC and GAFSP back up to US$200m of Absa Ghana cocoa lending with US$50m risk participation

Unfunded risk sharing lets Absa Bank Ghana lend more to licensed buying companies through the season.


The International Finance Corporation, with the Private Sector Window of the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program, is providing a US$50m unfunded risk participation facility to Absa Bank Ghana, allowing the bank to extend up to US$200m of financing to licensed cocoa buying companies, reported on 21 September 2026.

IFC says the facility supports market access for more than 139,000 smallholder farmers. Separately, IFC and the Business Investment Financing Track are providing agritech company Complete Farmer with a US$2.4m convertible loan and US$660,000 of advisory and grant support.