Resources

List of Abbreviations

COVID Workplace measures and financing

Step 1: Establish what the money is needed for and how much you really need

Step 2: Find out what business and personal information is required

Step 3: Select two or three providers that could meet your needs

3.1 Community financing providers of low value financing

3.2 Short-term equipment, pre-shipment, sales order or working capital financing

3.3 Term loans through banks and non-bank financing providers

3.4 Bank and non-bank short-term supply chain financing options

3.5 Key enterprise loan regulatory considerations for banks

3.6 What is “Collateral” and what are its implications on your business

3.7 Asset valuation: enterprise and lender perspective

3.8 What are “Covenants” and how do they affect your business?

4.1 Business communications and visibility

4.2 Loan performance and reporting communication norms

4.3 References and customer feedback

5.1 What to optimize before drafting your business plan

5.2 Risk assessments: supply chain vulnerabilities, sustainability & resilience

5.3 Resilience and business continuity plans and measures

5.4 Product and service authenticity, traceability, quality & labelling compliance

5.5 Drafting a realistic business plan

5.6 Market, business growth and revenue projections with references

5.7 Typical errors and practices that result in application rejections       

5.8 Digitisation, and the implications for financing options

6.1 What to prepare before contacting BDS service providers.

6.2 Types of business development services and business support organizations.

By FSD Africa

This project:

Identifies the skills gap, training needs and existing cross-industry skill development initiatives among financial service providers in East Africa;

Identifies existing cross-industry skills development initiatives in International markets;

Develops potential solutions for cross-industry skills development for East Africa financial service sector.

By FSD Africa

The African continent presents a massive investment opportunity for investors to advance climate solutions in the coming decade, however, a set of barriers to finance have stifled requisite investment to date. In this new report, in collaboration with Climate Finance Innovation for Africa and Climate Policy Initiative, we provide a framework for how innovation in financing structures can leverage strategic deployment of public capital to ‘crowd-in’ private investment at levels not yet seen.