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UK Integrated Security Fund (UKISF)
UK - UK Integrated Security Fund (UKISF)
The UK Integrated Security Fund (UKISF) replaced the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF), with a wider remit, funding projects both in the UK and internationally to tackle some of the most complex national security challenges facing the UK and its partners. The UKISF combined the CSSF with the National Cyber Programme and the Economic Deterrence Initiative (EDI). The latter tackling sanctions evasion across the UK’s trade, transport, and financial sanctions. Like the CSSF, the UKISF budget includes Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) funds and non-ODA funds.
Carbon Initiative For Development (Ci-Dev)
UK - Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
The Carbon Initiative for Development (Ci-Dev) aims to increase the flow of international carbon finance, primarily into Least Developed Countries (LDCs). It launched in 2013 and supports climate change mitigation in pursuit of the Paris Agreement’s goals and facilitates access to cleaner energy and other poverty reducing technologies. It guarantees a revenue stream if projects deliver their expected benefits, builds local capacity to develop projects and monitor carbon emissions, and pilots projects that could serve as blueprints to increase LDC access to the international carbon market
PROBLUE
Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs
PROBLUE is the World Bank’s leading multilateral mechanism for leveraging and disbursing blue finance towards sustainable ocean sectors and activities. It is a multi-donor trust fund that supports the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14, Life Below Water, and the Bank’s twin goals of ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity. PROBLUE aims to do this by reducing the existing blue finance gap by creating the necessary enabling environment for public and private sectors to shift from unsustainable to sustainable activities.
Africa Research Excellence Fund (AREF)
DEPARTMENT FOR SCIENCE, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY
The Research Development Fellowships (RDF) give talented post-doctoral researchers funding for fellowship placements to develop their own research ideas, and capacity building support to help them on the journey to research independence. The continued benefit of being part of the active and supportive AREF alumni network. The Fellowship provides the fellows with an experienced mentor, who is focused solely on the fellows professional and career development, and not directly involved in their research project. These mentors are independent of both host and home institution, and therefore, are an additional avenue for independent advice, guidance and support for the fellows. This includes: • 3 to 9-month placement at a leading research institution in Africa, the UK or the rest of Europe. • Professional skills development including grant writing, mentorship, building networks and developing new collaborations. • Seed funding competition will award up to £50K for a pilot project lasting up to one year after the completion of their research development fellowship. The fellow will have the opportunity to win seed funding to develop their own research group at the end of the fellowship period. AREF will deliver a series of Grant writing workshops consisting of an intensive two weeks of workshops, with a five-week gap between weeks to prepare draft proposals which are peer reviewed by AREF facilitators and fellow participants. At the end of the programme, participants will have completed a significant piece of writing and a professional development plan.
ISPF Fund for Global Health Impact and Capacity Building
DEPARTMENT FOR SCIENCE, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY
Research Development Fellowship Programme to provide opportunities for talented health researchers based in Africa, so that they can lead research that is responsive to its African settings and can contribute to reducing the burden of disease. It aims to develop emerging African scientists through developing their skills, experience, confidence and research outputs.
Medical Research Council (MRC) Towards Leadership Programme with the African Research Excellence Fund (AREF)
DEPARTMENT FOR SCIENCE, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY
The Medical Research Council (MRC) and the African Research Excellence Fund (AREF) are putting funding together to deliver a research leadership development programme for African researchers – MRC Towards Leadership Programme. Funding provided to support 2 cohorts.
Multi-Stage Malaria Vaccine Consortium (MMVC)
DEPARTMENT FOR SCIENCE, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY
With exciting progress being made in vaccine development at all stages of the life cycle – pre-liver, liver, red blood cell and bloodstream stages – MMVC has ambitious plans to combine them in a single formulation, maximising the benefits of the individual vaccines. The four-stage vaccine will include a next-generation version of RTS,S, known as R21, a liver-stage vaccine that has shown positive results in EDCTP-funded trials, a promising vaccine targeting a key protein involved in red blood cell invasion, PfRH5, and a vaccine targeting a key protein in the final bloodstream form, Pfs25. Results from a series of controlled human infection studies – using new capacity in Africa – and pilot trials will inform the design of an appropriate vaccination strategy. This will be tested in a phase II trial in infants in sites of different levels of malaria transmission. The project will also build capacity to test the vaccine in adults as a possible way of blocking transmission to mosquitoes in malaria elimination campaigns.
Adolescent mental, sexual and reproductive health and wellbeing policy, program and primary care implementation priorities in West Africa
DEPARTMENT FOR SCIENCE, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY
MRC Adolescent Health in Adolescent mental, sexual and reproductive health and wellbeing policy, program and primary care implementation priorities in West Africa
A combination efficacy study in Africa of two DNA-MVA- or DNA- Env protein HIV-1 vaccine regimens with pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)
DEPARTMENT FOR SCIENCE, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY
MRC supplementary funding to support the extension of a European & Developing Countries Clinical Trial Partnership funded HIV efficacy vaccine trial
European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) phase III
UK - Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)
The UK Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) funds outstanding global health research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR provides funding to the Global Health European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership 3 (Global Health EDCTP3) Joint Undertaking which works to deliver new solutions to reduce the burden of poverty-related infectious diseases in sub-Saharan Africa and to strengthen research capacities to prepare and respond to re-emerging infectious diseases. Global Health EDCTP3 builds on EDCTP Phase 2, which NIHR has been contributing to since 2016 (GB-GOV-10-EDCTP2). As EDCTP transitions to Global Health EDCTP3, calls under the new work packages will support further clinical research and training in sub-Saharan Africa.
Medical Credit Fund II Coöperatief U.A.
British International Investment plc
Medical Credit Fund II was launched in 2009 by PharmAccess (“PA”), a Dutch NGO, with the mission to provide credit to the private healthcaresector in Africa to increase and improve their quality, scale, efficiency, andability to serve a wide range of patients.
Invictus Trading FZE
British International Investment plc
Invictus Trading (a subsidiary of Invictus Investment) is a key partner handling the import activity for the DAL Group. DAL Group is the leading food and agriculture business in Sudan.
Ethos Private Equity Fund V
British International Investment plc
South Africa focussed generalist mid-/ large-cap fund
Ethos Private Equity Fund V
British International Investment plc
South Africa focussed generalist mid-/ large-cap fund
Africinvest II
British International Investment plc
Pan-African generalist fund investing in SMEs and lower mid-market companies.
Cauris Croissance II
British International Investment plc
A francophone West African SME fund.
AfricInvest III
British International Investment plc
AfricInvest Fund III (AF III) is the firm’s third pan-African fund which focuses on small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs). It was launched in 2014 and reached a fund size of €272.7 million at its final close in December 2016.
Adenia Capital III (formerly I&P Capital III)
British International Investment plc
Adenia Capital III seeks to invest in a variety of sectors including agri-business, consumer goods, business services, manufacturing, financial services and hospitality.
Africa Capitalworks
British International Investment plc
Permanent capital vehicle investing in mid-market companies across SSA
Evolution II Fund
British International Investment plc
Evolution II Fund will increase access to renewable energy across sub-Saharan Africa, helping to tackle climate change.