Africa Food Security Fund – Ghana

The Africa Food Security Fund (AFSF) is an impact investing fund that seeks to invest in small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) active along the agricultural value chains across Africa, with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. The fund’s investment mainly focuses on primary production, agricultural input and service providers, as well as agro- and food-processing companies. 

AFSF finished its second closure in 2020. The target capitalization has been set at USD 100 million, and AFSF’s lifetime is set for 10 years. The fund is the follow-up fund of the AAF-SME Fund that commenced its operations in 2014, of which CFC invested USD 2 million. Main partners are CDC, DGGF, EIB, African AFDB, BOAD, and BIDC as key institutional investors into AFSF

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