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Darwin Initiative
Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs
The Darwin Initiative is the UK’s flagship international challenge fund for biodiversity conversation and poverty reduction, established at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992. The Darwin Initiative is a grant scheme working on projects that aim to slow, halt, or reverse the rates of biodiversity loss and degradation, with associated reductions in multidimensional poverty. To date, the Darwin Initiative has awarded more than £195m to over 1,280 projects in 159 countries to enhance the capability and capacity of national and local stakeholders to deliver biodiversity conservation and multidimensional poverty reduction outcomes in low and middle-income countries. More information at https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/the-darwin-initiative. This page contains information about Rounds 27 onwards. For information about Rounds 1 to 26, please see the Darwin Initiative website -https://www.darwininitiative.org.uk/
Land Degradation Neutrality Fund
Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs
The LDN Fund invests in projects which reduce or reverse land degradation and thereby contribute to ‘Land Degradation Neutrality’. The LDN Fund is co-promoted by the Global Mechanism of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and Mirova. It is a public-private partnership using public money to increase private sector investment in sustainable development. The fund invests in sustainable agriculture, forestry and other land uses globally. The Fund was launched at the UNCCD’s COP 13 in China in 2017.
African Development Partners II
British International Investment plc
The Africa Development Partners II Fund is a pan-African fund which focuses on high-growth companies targeting Africa’s rising consumer class.
BMCE Bank of Africa
British International Investment plc
BMCE is a pan-African bank serving over 20 countries on the continent.
BMCE Bank of Africa
British International Investment plc
BMCE is a pan-African bank serving over 20 countries on the continent.
EuroMena III
British International Investment plc
The EuroMena III fund is pursuing a similar strategy to its predecessors, looking to acquire majority or minority stakes in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Levant, North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa to support local and regional expansion.
Maghreb Private Equity Fund IV
British International Investment plc
AfricInvest launched the Maghreb Private Equity Fund IV (MPEF IV) in 2017, a North African small and mid-cap fund looking to invest in Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco and Algeria. The fund will invest growth equity in a range of sectors focusing on themes of access to regional markets, deregulation and growing urban populations.
SPE Capital Africa Industrialisation Fund
British International Investment plc
This fund focusses mainly on industrialisation in North Africa. The fund will target manufacturing and sectors with strong industrialisation links such as logistics and healthcare, and will predominantly invest in Tunisia, Morocco and Egypt.
Amethis Fund II S.C.A SICAR
British International Investment plc
Amethis II will provide growth capital to support companies to become national and regional market-leaders, primarily across francophone Africa and East Africa. In helping these businesses improve their processes, institutionalise and expand regionally, Amethis II will continue to prove the case to other investors for investing in medium sized businesses in Africa.
Mediterrania Capital III LP
British International Investment plc
Mediterrania Capital Partners III is the third fund raised by Mediterrania Capital Partners. This generalist fund targets investments in North Africa (Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, and Egypt) with a smaller exposure to Francophone West and Central Africa (Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Senegal).
Helios Investors IV
British International Investment plc
Helios has one of the strongest track records in African private equity across its three predecessor funds, having invested over $3 billion and created over 9,000 new jobs in diverse sectors ranging from financial services to education and telecommunications.
Vantage Mezzanine IV Pan African Sub-Fund
British International Investment plc
Vantage Mezzanine IV Pan African Sub-Fund is managed by Vantage Capital, an experienced mezzanine platform in Africa. The fund offers growth capital in the form of private debt financing to mid-market companies. In doing so, it helps tackle a significant funding gap in markets where the supply of credit from banks is limited.
Amethis MENA Fund II
British International Investment plc
Amethis MENA Fund II invests in small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in North Africa (primarily Morocco and Egypt). This is the second fund under Amethis’ SME strategy. The firm also manages a pan-African mid-large cap fund, which we committed to in 2019.
Mediterrania Capital IV (MCP IV)
British International Investment plc
Mediterrania Capital IV is a generalist fund focused on investing across the mid-cap segment in North Africa and Francophone West and Central Africa.
Amethis MENA Fund II
British International Investment plc
Amethis is an investment fund manager dedicated to Africa. It brings growth capital to promising midcap champions in a diversity of sectors throughout the African continent.
Amethis MENA Fund II invests in small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in North Africa (primarily Morocco and Egypt). This is the second fund under Amethis? SME strategy. The firm also manages a pan-African mid-large cap fund, which we committed to in 2019.
Middle East and North Africa Regional Humanitarian Response.
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
This project will provide support to the MENA region to respond to crises in order to: Save lives and prevent suffering via humanitarian support, including to international partners. Facilitate the enabling environment of the humanitarian response in country, through close engagement with national authorities and humanitarian partners, and advocacy towards effective coordination. Maximise impact, promote UK leadership and strengthen bilateral relations with partner Governments.
UK Expertise for Green Cities, Infrastructure and Energy Programme (GCIEP)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To improve the impact and effectiveness of FCDO programming in climate resilient urban development infrastructure planning and delivery; to accelerate inclusive and sustainable economic growth by connecting people to labour markets and infrastructure services; to address the impacts of climate change through better urban planning and delivery of resilient infrastructure projects.
SFC - GCRF QR funding
DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY & INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY
Formula GCRF funding to the Scottish Funding Council to support Scottish higher education institutes (HEIs) to carry out ODA-eligible activities in line with their three-year institutional strategies. ODA research grants do not represent the full economic cost of research and therefore additional funding is provided to Scottish HEIs in proportion to their Research Excellence Grant (REG). In FY19/20 funding was allocated to 18 Scottish higher education institutes to support existing ODA grant funding and small projects. GCRF has now supported more than 800 projects at Scottish institutions, involving over 80 developing country partners.
UUKi Delivery Support
DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY & INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY
These are delivery cost for shared learning workshops/training and best practice (for current and future applicants) on ODA assurance, eligibility, reporting and partnership working through either the NF and GCRF
Ad-hoc GCRF activity on BEIS Finance system
DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY & INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY
Increased contributions towards a range of research projects jointly funded with DFID, and funding for the Devolved Administrations for disbursement to universities within the devolved regions to fund the full economic cost of GCRF ODA research.