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What happens after the grant ends?
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Irrisol Engineering Secures Investment from DOB Equity to Expand Rural Water Access in Uganda
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More than the money: How IAP builds technical assistance around what companies actually need
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From Grant to Growth: How Impact Finance is Transforming Farmers’ Lives
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Inclusive businesses explained: what they are, why they matter, and why they are worth backing
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First IAP Bangladesh call: iFarmer and Tetra join the portfolio with inclusive models in agriculture and water
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From Impact to Investment – Why Mapping Impact Matters
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IAP Backs 14 Businesses Targeting 3.2 Million People
IAP Backs 14 Businesses Targeting 3.2 Million People €2.27 million in IAP grants for businesses across Ethiopia, Uganda and Zambia Harry Malichi, CEO/Co-Founder of Wuchi Wami Limited and Emmanuel Phiri, Programme Manager at IAP[dssb_sharing_buttons...
Beyond the Checklist: Why Due Diligence Drives Real Impact
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The US$5 Trillion Opportunity: Business as a Force for Development
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From Grants to Growth: The Investment Journey of IAP Alumni
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Insights from Reviewing 400 Inclusive Business Proposals
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Reflections on IAP’s Challenge Fund Third Round
Reflections on IAP's Challenge Fund Third RoundLessons from Supporting 600 Applications [dssb_sharing_buttons icon_placement="icon" columns="12" columns_tablet="12" columns_phone="6" columns_last_edited="on|phone" _builder_version="4.21.0" _module_preset="default"...
The Business Case for Gender Integration
The Business Case for Gender Integration Insights from the IAP Challenge Fund[dssb_sharing_button...
Climate Adaptation Innovations
Climate Adaptation InnovationsInsights from the IAP Challenge Fund[dssb_sharing_button social_network="linkedin"...
Investment Support
Investment SupportLessons Learned from the IAP Challenge Fund[dssb_sharing_button social_network="linkedin"...
Contributing to Systems Change
Contributing to Systems ChangeInsights from the IAP Challenge Fund[dssb_sharing_button social_network="linkedin"...
Nutridense: Alem’s journey to transform Ethiopian agriculture and nutrition
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Waste powering Uganda’s markets
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From Cartoonist to Fintech Founder
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Whey as a new source of nourishment in Ethiopia
Whey as a new source of nourishment in EthiopiaMelkam Endale's whey drinks prove a popular source of nutrition in Ethiopia[dssb_sharing_buttons icon_placement="icon" icon_width="fixed" use_custom_icon_size="on" icon_font_size="15px" btn_padding="2px||2px||false|false"...
Strides towards sustainable and greener cooking practices in Uganda
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Sustainable fish farming on Lake Kariba
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Recycled electronics keep Ethiopian farms irrigated
Recycled electronics keep Ethiopian farms irrigated.A solar pump that saves money and irrigates farmland[dssb_sharing_buttons icon_placement="icon" icon_width="fixed" use_custom_icon_size="on" icon_font_size="15px" btn_padding="2px||2px||false|false"...
Jemma Produce Ethiopia’s First High Quality Seeds
Jemma Produces Ethiopia's High Quality Onion and Potato SeedsCommunities work together to produce Ethiopian seeds[dssb_sharing_buttons icon_placement="icon" icon_width="fixed" use_custom_icon_size="on" icon_font_size="15px" btn_padding="2px||2px||false|false"...
Improving food security and access to nutritious food
Improving food security and access to nutritious foodLessons from businesses supported by Innovations Against Poverty[dssb_sharing_buttons icon_placement="icon" icon_width="fixed" alignment="right" _builder_version="4.21.0" _module_preset="default"...
Magical Mbereshi beans in Zambia transforming smallholder farming?
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Introducing Zambia’s First Plant-Based Beverage for the Base of the Pyramid market!
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Afriseed secures additional funding for scaling up in the legumes business
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SOGE receives clean energy award 2022 and attracts more funding
Solar Green Energy Ltd (SOGE), one of IAP’s investees in the Cambodia portfolio, won the 2022 Clean Energy Award for businesses. SOGE is a solar energy company that provides a wide range of quality solar products combined with installation and maintenance services....
Local solutions for acute horticultural seed shortages in Ethiopia
Jemma Agrotech has taken the bold step of testing an out-grower seed multiplication model for onion and potato, making it the first in Ethiopia. IAP partnered with Jemma Agrotech to provide the needed technical support by employing its expertise in the horticulture...
Mitigating climate change through food system innovations
Mitigating climate change through food system innovationsLessons from businesses supported by Innovations Against Poverty[dssb_sharing_buttons icon_placement="icon" icon_width="fixed" alignment="right" use_custom_icon_size="on" icon_font_size="15px"...
Truluv secure €680,000 in investor funding
Truluv Granola has secured an additional investment of EUR 680,000 within the first year of their IAP partnership. This debt and equity financing was made by the Dutch Good Growth Fund and a group of angel investors. IAP was the first external investor in this small...
API scales up its production of biodiesel
As one of the main sources of greenhouse emissions globally, the African Power Initiative in Uganda is working towards substituting fossil fuels with biodiesel derived from kukui, or candlenut, seeds. One of the major challenges for API is the operational costs of...
Nutridense scale up processing
What started out as a modest food production endeavour in the basement of Nutridense’s owner, Ms Alem Greiling, is now transitioning to a fully fledged food processing venture through automation and expansion of the company’s distribution channels. The multifaceted...
Digital Inclusion
DIGITAL INCLUSIONPromoting inclusion through digital solutions[dssb_sharing_buttons icon_placement="icon" icon_width="fixed" alignment="right" use_custom_icon_size="on" icon_font_size="15px" btn_padding="2px||2px||false|false" use_global_sharing="on"...
IAP’s private sector support brings clean water
Despite being essential for all life, globally some 2.2 billion people still do not have access to safe water for drinking and sanitation (WHO/UNICEF 2019). This sees over 1,000 children die each day from preventable diarrhoeal diseases. Despite its importance, few...
Making a big impact on the cooking culture of Ethiopian restaurants
Anega Energies Manufacturing has launched their new improved efficiency commercial cookstove, the Quayton efficient fan forced gasifier cookstove. Designed for both households and commercial scale cooking, the Quayton fuel pellet stove has the potential to replace the...
HUSK’s Female Super Farmers
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Increasing yields and incomes through improved yield seeds
East-West Seed introduced high-quality seeds and agronomical support services with the aim of improving farmers’ lives through increased agricultural productivity and raised incomes. Now, having conducted crop demonstrations to create and increase awareness of the...
Financial Inclusion unlocks smallholder participation in Uzima’s business value chain
Uzima Chicken’s innovative social enterprise approach is directed towards making smallholder farmers wealthier and healthier through the distribution of improved and resilient SASSO poultry breeds. Support from IAP has allowed Uzima to expand further into the rural...
Off grid customers gain access to clean water and clean power
WidEnergy Africa Ltd has deployed two off-grid boxes to the Southern Province of Zambia in Nyawa village of the Kazungula District. With its population of over 11,075, many in Kazangula communities struggle to access clean water and most households are living without...
Alviol’s solar kits receive an enthusiastic reception
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Mukusu demonstrates improvements brought about by mechanised farming
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SOGE increase incomes and reduce production costs
Solar Green Energy saw the first harvest supported by their innovative solar irrigation technology in June 2022. SOGE’s hybrid-solar systems provide year-round water supplies for rice farmers, through drawing water from nearby rivers and pumping it into canals that...
HUSK open a new facility and double biochar production
Husk Ventures has begun operations at its new biochar production facility in Bosveng village. This new site, situated on the Amru Rice milling company premises, allows HUSK to double its biochar production whilst providing space for new equipment. Equipped with new...
Increasing smallholder farm productivity, incomes and climate resilience
Afriseed Ltd has introduced two new improved seed varieties in Zambia that may well cause a shift in smallholder agriculture , from maize mono-cropping to the more lucrative Mbereshi beans, as well as the drought-tolerant orange maize. The Mbereshi beans are rich in...
Improving Yields Through Green Energy
Solar Green Energy CambodiaImproving Yields Through Green EnergyBy the IAP Team, with contributions from Heng Sun, Sreyna Khom, Benjamin Cok, and Corjan van der JagtSolar Green Energy (SOGE) Cambodia Ltd is a small family business that sells high quality solar...
Organic Palm Sugar by SoA
Creating a Win-Win Model A Joint Venture in the Organic Palm Sugar IndustryBy IAP AdminSignatures of Asia (SoA) was founded in 2007 and is today not only one of the top ten organic rice and sugar exporters in Cambodia, but also the first company in the country to...
Pay as You Go Clean Cooking in Uganda
Saving People from Indoor Air Pollution A Pay as you go Business Model for Clean CookingWith an innovative Pay-as you-go business model, Wana Energy Solutions is transforming the market for clean cooking solutions, making it accessible and affordable to everyone in...

















































