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Copyright: Afroto
09 June 2026

Call for projects in food security and nutrition will benefit 11 agri-SMEs and cooperatives

Seven new technical assistance projects submitted by five entities in support of 11 beneficiary organisations will be co-financed by the SSNUP programme. This is the outcome of a call for projects on food security and improved nutrition by the SSNUP programme coordinator ADA in January 2026. 

03 June 2026 News

Interview with Philippe Guichandut: Attracting more impact investment to agriculture in Africa

The online session of the Agricultural and Rural Finance training programme (FAR Africa) took place from 13 April to 15 May 2026. It brought together 140 professionals representing 118 organisations from 27 African countries.
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28 May 2026

How a cascade training approach empowered smallholder farmers in Benin

Almost 2,500 smallholder farmers in Benin received training in financial literacy and sustainable agricultural practices. The results were clear: an increase in engagement and learning capacities on the one hand, and in production and revenues on the other hand.

26 May 2026 News

Impact finance: ADA aims to reach 1.5 million vulnerable people by 2030

For over thirty years, ADA has been working alongside vulnerable communities across the Global South with a clear objective: to expand access to financial tools that can help reduce economic vulnerability.
26 May 2026 News

Agricultural and climate finance: first online FAR regional training session held in Central America

The first regional online session of the Agricultural and Rural Finance Training Programme (FAR) for finance professionals in Central America and the Caribbean has just been completed.
29 April 2026

Impact enterprises in Rwanda: structuring an ecosystem for more inclusive growth

In Rwanda, ADA contributes to developing an ecosystem of impact enterprises that respond to social and environmental challenges in an economically viable manner, while supporting the country’s economic transformation ambitions.
28 April 2026

Sowing the seeds of resilience: from pilot projects to scaling up

Together with its partner FUCEC-TOGO, ADA has piloted an integrated approach combining access to finance, quality inputs, capacity building and technical support.
22 April 2026

Agroforestry finance for smallholder farmers in Rwanda

Together with LuxDev, the microfinance institution Inkunga Finance Plc and the research organisation CIFOR-ICRAF, ADA set up a project in Rwanda to assess the feasibility of financing agroforestry activities of smallholder farmers and SMEs.
21 April 2026 News

ADA launches a new strategy to support vulnerable populations with impact finance

Remaining true to its role as a pioneer in impact finance, ADA unveiled its new strategy on 20 April 2026 at an event on ‘Impact Finance for Vulnerable Populations’.
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14 April 2026

Putting nutrition on top of the agenda of impact investors

SSNUP’s knowledge manager ADA organised a workshop on: ‘Nutrition Investments – Frameworks and Practical Tools for Impact Investors’. The objective was to help place nutrition more firmly on the agenda of impact investors and to demonstrate that nutrition can be a viable and impactful investment theme.