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Africa Blue Wave
The Africa Blue Wave is a visionary, African-led initiative designed to sculpt a nature-positive and resilient future by 2030. It champions...
Climate Resilience Challenge Series
We hosted the Climate Resilience Challenge: Egypt event in Cairo on Wednesday 15th June 2022 in partnership with...
Grit, Skills and Luck: Examining the financial lives of refugees in Uganda
This report commissioned by FSD Uganda and FSD Africa provides an in-depth analysis of a quantitative survey undertaken in...
The Financial Inclusion for Refugees Project in Uganda (FI4R)
Financial Diaries with Forcibly Displaced People in Uganda In August 2019, we launched the Financial Inclusion for Refugees Project...
Refugees and Their Money: The Business Case for Providing Financial Services to Refugees (Rwanda)
BFA Global, supported by FSD Africa, carried out a macro- and micro- analysis to build a better understanding of...
TECA’s evolution: Scaling climate resilience across generations
As the world faces the accelerating impacts of climate change, the demand for innovative, scalable climate solutions has never...
[Press Release] Ten African Startups Selected to Receive Funding to Develop Blue and Green Economy Solutions
Nairobi, Kenya, July 1st, 2024 – BFA Global, FSD Africa, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)...
44 Innovators Shaping Africa’s Green, Blue & Ocean Future
We are thrilled to announce the fellows selected for the Africa Blue Wave and the Regen Wave – focused...
TECA receives $100,000 in grant funding from Climate Collective to support portfolio companies
TECA (Triggering Exponential Climate Action), an initiative of BFA Global, has received a $100,000 grant from Climate Collective to...
[Press Release] BFA Global, FSD Africa and IUCN Launch Africa Blue Wave: A $1 Million Initiative Powering Ocean Sustainability
Nairobi, Kenya, September 4th, 2023 – BFA Global, FSD Africa, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)...
Climate innovation for impact: The role of generative AI in serving vulnerable populations
Generative AI is a brand new kind of software innovation that works amazingly well for a range of complex...
Fintech for Climate Resilience
This report by the CIFAR Alliance Investors Working Group highlights 11 successful ventures that are building solutions to...
[Press Release] 7 African Startups to Receive $385k to Develop Solutions for the Blue Economy
Nairobi, Kenya, February 8, 2023 – Today, climate resilience venture launcher Triggering Exponential Climate Action (TECA) has announced the...
[Press Release] Catalyst Fund announces $2 million investment into 10 startups accelerating Africa’s adaptation and resilience to climate change
NAIROBI, Kenya, January 10, 2023 – Today pre-seed venture capital (VC) fund and accelerator Catalyst Fund announced a $2...
My experience working at a fintech venture launcher for climate resilience
Climate change is happening at an unprecedented rate and intensity worldwide, threatening sustainable economic growth and development progress. Young...
[Press release] FSD Africa invests $3.5M in Catalyst Fund to accelerate and scale pre-seed impact ventures in Africa
LONDON, UK, July 14, 2022 – Global inclusive tech accelerator Catalyst Fund, managed by BFA Global, announced today that...
Exploring refugees’ usage of financial services in Uganda
Florence is a single mother of two who lives in the Palorinya refugee settlement in Moyo district and is...
[Press Release] BFA Global and FSD Africa create pioneering $3.3m fintech venture launcher for climate resilience in Africa
NAIROBI, Kenya, April 22, 2022 – Today BFA Global and FSD Africa announce the creation of a first-of-its-kind venture...
[Press Release] Cash at home still preferred by refugee communities despite an increase in mobile phone ownership: Report
The new report by BFA Global, FSD Uganda and FSD Africa fills a data gap through a two-year-long study...
How Refugees Perceive and Cope with Risk
This is part two of an ongoing series of insights from a financial diaries study undertaken with refugees in...