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02 October 2026

Tracing rubber back to the farm in Ivory Coast to secure access to European market

To maintain access to the European market, Ocean - an Ivorian organisation that purchases and exports cocoa and rubber - quickly recognised the importance of tracing these products back to the farm. To help with this process, SSNUP co-financed an Alterfin project for Ocean in 2023.

22 September 2026

Cocoa certification delivers sweet results to smallholder farmers in Uganda

Increased cocoa sales and prices, higher household income for smallholder farmers, improved cocoa quality, and reduced child labour on cocoa farms. These were the results of a project co-funded by SSNUP and developed by Alterfin for ATW (African Trade Winds, a subsidiary of Edelsource) in Uganda.

18 September 2026

FIT confirmed its catalytic role in 2025

Against the backdrop of a growing financing gap for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), FIT, the Financing Innovation Tool, demonstrated the continued relevance of its model in 2025.

11 August 2026 Interviews

Managing Currency Risk in Agricultural Finance : Interview with Toph Cottle

Toph Cottle works as a Senior FX Hedging Strategist at MFX Solutions.

Les semis croissent avec une flèche de croissance économique. Les jeunes plantes en pile de pièces augmentent. Croissance de l'argent, de la finance et de l'investissement. Concept de croissance des entreprises, de profit, de développement et de réussite.

28 July 2026 News

Benin: Driving the green transition through inclusive finance

With the support of ADA and LuxDev, Benin's National Microfinance Fund (FNM) recently launched a Green Credit refinancing facility for microfinance institutions (MFIs).

20 July 2026

A coffee producer attracts a new buyer thanks to upgraded certification

Tropic, a Rwandan coffee producer, aggregator and exporter, had to upgrade the certification of its farmers and cooperative network to the new Rainforest Alliance (RFA) standards. The challenge was to do it quickly and cost-effectively to keep the business stable. The solution to the challenge came through a project co-funded by SSNUP in support of Alterfin.

14 July 2026 Interviews

Interview with Rasmey Chhun (Investisseurs & Partenaires): Financing agri-SMEs to strengthen agricultural value chains in Africa

Rasmey Chhun has worked in private equity for SMEs in Africa for more than eight years, with field experience in countries such as Côte d'Ivoire and Senegal.

08 July 2026

How a cosmetics company and a fertiliser producer adopted socially and environmentally responsible practices

The right diagnosis and assessment at two very different companies in Mali enabled the adoption of socially responsible and environmentally sustainable practices, improvements in working conditions, the upgrade of internal processes, and led to cost cuts.

03 July 2026 News

ADA launches 12 projects in Central America and Dominican Republic to help vulnerable populations adapt to climate change

Vulnerable populations in one of the regions of the world which is most affected by climate change will have increased access to finance and will be able to adopt climate adaptation solutions and strengthen their resilience.

A farmer milking a cow. ©Katumba Badru Sultan

30 June 2026

The Maziwa ‘Milk’ loan and technical assistance that helped increase dairy farmers’ productivity

A tailored loan product, combined with technical assistance, helped dairy farmers in Kenya increase milk production and earnings and improve their quality of life.