SMEs are often overlooked as part of the solution to climate change, despite having an enormous impact on their communities and local economies. Attention is primarily given to investing in climate mitigation (renewable energy) and resilient infrastructure for adaptation. What we are overlooking is that...
Creating sustainable climate solutions has never been more critical. Entrepreneurs in emerging markets are a powerful yet often under-leveraged tool and are daily addressing the climate and social challenges of our time. Our CEO Agnes Dasewicz shares how SEAF's investee company Kingo is playing...
This new video narrates the typical journey of our entrepreneurs and the impact of our interventions in 2020!...
Creating sustainable climate solutions has never been more critical. Entrepreneurs in emerging markets are a powerful yet often under-leveraged tool and are daily addressing the climate and social challenges of our time. Our Co-CEO Agnes Dasewicz shares how SEAF's investee companies are playing a...
Our Co-CEO Agnes Dasewicz shared SEAF’s experience investing in and building the resilience of SMEs in Africa, setting the tone for engagement in this year’s Dealroom and modeling how investors should view and support their investees. ...
As the African population is growing at a rate of 2% per year, with 80% of the population employed by SMEs, our Founder and Co-CEO Bert van der Vaart shared SEAF's perspective on access to finance for African SMEs that will not only enable their own...
Co-CEO Agnes Dasewicz and Managing Director Meriem Zairi participated in the Sorenson Impact Summit highlighting SEAF's proactive business model to support and build resilience in SMEs throughout the pandemic to set them up for post-COVID success and sustainability....
Washington, DC – March 10th – The SEAF Global Gender Lens Emergency Loan Finance Facility (“C19F”), an investment vehicle focused on addressing the devastating effects of COVID-19 on SMEs supporting women through the pandemic, has closed an investment in Georgian Basket, a restaurant and retail...
Bogota, Colombia – February 12, 2020 – The SEAF Colombia Agribusiness Fund is pleased to announce it has closed an investment in Kingo, a renewable energy company dedicated to installing, distributing and maintaining prepaid solar energy to homes and businesses in communities beyond the reach of...
