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Alitheia Identity Fund (AIF)

Alitheia IDF is a pioneering $100m gender lens investing fund that provides catalytic capital to high growth SMEs by proactively investing in a diversified portfolio of women-owned, women-led, or women-serving companies in order to generate superior financial returns as well as economic and social impact.

AIF invests in growth stage businesses in Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, Lesotho and Zambia.

Partners

 
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Mainstreet MFB is a Lagos based, urban MFB with an association based lending model which allows it to scale rapidly and efficiently, and minimize the risk in its portfolio.

Pagatech is a savings and payments company that leverages a mobile banking platform to enable its clients to save, remit funds, buy airtime and pay bills via the mobile phone and/or a network of retail agents.

Baobab Nigeria provides relevant financial services to individuals and micro and small enterprises from its base in Kaduna.

SKLD Relief is Nigeria’s leading provider of relief products and solutions to local and international organizations engaged in development work, emergency interventions and crisis management.

We aim to uplift communities by empowering fruit farmers by purchasing their raw materials and adding value to them.

Objectives

AIF is a joint partnership with IDF Capital, a Johannesburg-based investment firm founded by Polo Leteka. The Alitheia Identify Fund (AIF) will provide growth capital and value added services for female-owned/managed SMEs to become major players in Africa’s economic growth story.

Addressing the finance gap for women-led high growth, high impact small formal businesses will significantly drive financial inclusion in Africa.

APPLY FOR FUNDING

AIF invests in businesses where women play a significant economic role in any of the following criteria:

Ownership

Business is owned by a woman.
Women founders or co-founders

Leadership

Women make up a significant part of
senior leadership

Employment

Majority of the employees
are women

Value Chain

Women are significant participants in the value chain as producers (e.g., smallholders), processors, distributors or retailers

Consumption

Women are the major beneficiaries
or consumers of an essential good or service

Alitheia Identity Fund (AIF) will invest in high growth small and medium-sized entrepreneurial businesses with a focus on women-owned/led businesses operating in the sub-Saharan Africa region.

Partners

 
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Mainstreet MFB is a Lagos based, urban MFB with an association based lending model which allows it to scale rapidly and efficiently, and minimize the risk in its portfolio.

Pagatech is a savings and payments company that leverages a mobile banking platform to enable its clients to save, remit funds, buy airtime and pay bills via the mobile phone and/or a network of retail agents.

Baobab Nigeria provides relevant financial services to individuals and micro and small enterprises from its base in Kaduna.

Objectives

The Alitheia Identify Fund (AIF) will provide growth capital and value added services for female-owned/managed SMEs to become major players in Africa’s economic growth story.

Addressing the finance gap for women-led high growth, high impact small formal businesses will significantly drive financial inclusion in Africa.

APPLY FOR FUNDS

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