Improving access to finance for Ethiopian agricultural SMEs

ongoing

This 5-years project is structured into 3 components:Business development skills strengthening for agri-SMEs through Agrihub, a platform comprising of three tiers of business development services to SMEs adapted to their scale, maturity and needs (Center of Excellence, Capacity Booster, and Accelerator),Support to access to finance for agri-SMEs through the capacity strengthening of financial institutions (banks and big-sized MFIs) in developing financial services adapted to agri-SMEs, incentive mechanisms including credit guarantees, and link SMEs and financial institutions,Development of a sustainable economic model for Agrihub to ensure the sustainability of 3.the impacts and further outreach post project, through the documentation of efficient methodologies and tools and the strengthening of a network of partners and service providers.