The SSNUP programme’s latest annual report highlights a record 34 projects approved in 2023 for 122 beneficiary organisations, bringing the total to 75 projects for 183 organisations by year-end.
ADA implements a holistic strategy to empower young entrepreneurs in Senegal through tailored financing, business and soft skills training, and a recent four-year collaboration with LuxDev, aiming to enhance their social, environmental, and economic impact.
Cajou Espoir, a cashew nut processor in Togo, achieved BRC certification by improving its processes and equipment, thereby ensuring food safety and quality, and enhancing local value chains to meet international market standards.
ADA contributed to the ARE Investment Academy, a program aimed at improving access to financing for renewable energy startups in Africa, organized by the Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE) and Get.Invest.
In 2017, ADA and FAO launched a capacity-building program for financial institutions in Francophone Africa, aimed at improving their services to smallholder farmers.
With the support of SSNUP impact investor Symbiotics, the commercial bank AB Bank Zambia (ABZ) implemented a project to enable rural and remote customers to access digital financial services.
