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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.
Adaptation and Feasibility assessment of a primary suicide prevention intervention for school adolescents in Nigeria
DEPARTMENT FOR SCIENCE, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY
MRC AGHRB award to culturally adapt, assess the effectiveness and examine the barriers and facilitators to the implementation of Youth Aware of Mental Health (YAM) an evidence-based primary suicide prevention program for school adolescents in Nigeria
Animal Health Systems Strengthening (AHSS) Project
Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs
Phase 1 (2022-25) - The aim of the project was to work with responsible authorities in Lower-Middle Income Countries to build resilient health systems by strengthening capabilities in animal health systems, to better protect from, and detect and respond to known and emerging diseases (including those of epidemic and pandemic potential) through a One Health, all-hazards, system strengthening approach, improving livelihoods and enhancing global health security. Phase 2 (from April 2025) - The project will focus on increasing the resilience of the animal health sector against climate change induced shocks, strengthening the competent authorities’ ability to reduce the burden of animal disease associated with climate variability - aiming to improve livelihoods through strengthened livestock assets, particularly amongst the rural poor, reducing loss attributed to disease and climate change vulnerability through stronger animal health systems. AHSS will continue to take a One Health and cross HMG approach to enhance global health security, improve resilience to climate change and support poverty reduction, working in partnership with Department of Health and Social Care, UK Health Security Agency and Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office at the human-animal-environmental interface to maximize impact.
Global Programme on Sustainability
Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs
The programme supports sustainable economic growth that is both long-lasting and resilient to climate-related stressors. It does this through the integration of natural capital into decision making by governments, the private sector and financial institutions. The inability to value natural capital can undermine long-term growth and critically, the livelihoods of the poorest people dependent on ecosystems for their livelihoods. This programme directly addresses this challenge by (i) investing in data and research on natural capital; (ii) assisting countries to integrate this analysis into government policy making; and (iii) integrating this data and analysis into financial sector decision making.
Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund
Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs
Illegal wildlife trade (IWT) is a widespread and lucrative criminal activity causing major global environmental and social harm. The IWT has been estimated to be worth up to £17 billion a year. Nearly 6,000 different species of fauna and flora are impacted, with almost every country in the world playing a role in the illicit trade. The UK government is committed to tackling illegal trade of wildlife products and is a long-standing leader in efforts to eradicate the IWT. Defra manages the Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund, which is a competitive grants scheme with the objective of tackling IWT and, in doing so, contributing to sustainable development in developing countries. Projects funded under the Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund address one, or more, of the following themes: • Developing sustainable livelihoods to benefit people directly affected by IWT, • Strengthening law enforcement, • Ensuring effective legal frameworks, • Reducing demand for IWT products. By 2023 over £51 million has been committed to 157 projects since the Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund was established in 2013. This page contains information about Rounds 7 onwards. For information about Rounds 1 to 6, please see the IWTCF website -https://iwt.challengefund.org.uk/
ORRAA Programme
Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs
The Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA) is a multi-sector alliance that aims to drive investment into coastal natural capital through the development of innovative finance solutions. These products will reduce vulnerability and build resilience in the most exposed and vulnerable coastal regions and communities. The UK has committed £13.9 million into ORRAA, delivered in two phases. A successful Phase 1 in 2021-22 provided £1.9m in grant funding, followed by Phase 2 from 2022-2026 with £12m committed in grant funding. The UK’s investment will address 2 challenges faced by coastal communities and the ocean environment: 1) Tackling the impacts of anthropogenic climate change and biodiversity loss. 2) Overcoming barriers that prevent finance flowing into nature-based solutions. The grant awarded to ORRAA will support their aims to drive at least $500 million of investment into coastal and ocean natural capital, and produce at least 50 new, innovative finance products, by 2030. This would positively impact the resilience of 250 million climate vulnerable people in coastal areas worldwide.
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/
Infrastructure Credit Guarantee Company Limited - Counter-Guarantee
British International Investment plc
Company created for the portfolio of counter-guarantees under the P. Hydra transaction
First City Monument Bank Ltd.
British International Investment plc
FCMB Limited was founded in 1977 with its headquarters in Lagos, Nigeria. The Bank is wholly owned by FCMB Group ("HoldCo") a financial holding company incorporated in Nigeria in 2012. The HoldCo is listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, largely owned by domestic shareholders. The HoldCo also has subsidiaries including: First City Monument Bank Limited, FCMB Capital Markets Limited, CSL Stockbrokers Limited, FCMB Trustees Limited (formerly CSL Trustees Limited), FCMB Microfinance Bank Limited, FCMB Pensions Limited and Credit Direct Limited.
Johnvents Industries Limited
British International Investment plc
Johnvents are a Nigeria-based cocoa processing company and one of the largest operating cocoa processors in the country. The company supplies premium cocoa products chiefly across Africa and Europe. They are dedicated to driving a sustainable value chain, by investing in farmer education, driving ethical sourcing and fair pricing. Johnvents look to source majority of their raw cocoa beans from local Rainforest-Alliance certified farmer co-operatives, directly supporting smallholder farmers.
Climate Finance Blending Facility
British International Investment plc
The Climate Finance Blending Facility (the “Facility”) is a catalytic first loss multi-donor facility seeded with £10 million concessional funding by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (“FCDO”) to mobilise additional funding from development partners to co-finance renewable clean energy investments alongside InfraCredit’s local currency guarantees in Nigeria.
Babban Gona Farmer Services Nigeria Limited
British International Investment plc
Babban Gona is an innovative agricultural business in Nigeria. It builds smallholder farmer groups and provides them with end-to-end services, using a franchise model which leverages its proprietary advanced technology platform. These include agricultural inputs, financing, training and education as well as harvest and marketing services. Through this model, Babban Gona significantly improves the profitability and income levels of smallholder farmers.
Moniepoint Inc.
British International Investment plc
Moniepoint is a financial technology company. It provides an all-in-one payments, banking and operations platform for businesses in Nigeria. Fund invested $82m.
Moniepoint Inc.
British International Investment plc
Moniepoint is a financial technology company. It provides an all-in-one payments, banking and operations platform for businesses in Nigeria. Fund invested $82m.
TradeDepot Inc
British International Investment plc
TradeDepot connects small retailers in Nigeria with suppliers of consumer goods via an online platform and tech-enabled logistics network.
First Bank Nigeria
British International Investment plc
First Bank of Nigeria Limited (FirstBank) is a multinational bank and financial services company in Nigeria.
TradeDepot Inc
British International Investment plc
TradeDepot connects small retailers in Nigeria with suppliers of consumer goods via an online platform and tech-enabled logistics network.
AfricInvest Fund IV
British International Investment plc
AfricInvest Fund IV is a generalist pan-African fund aiming to foster the growth of African enterprises across the continent. It will invest in mid-cap and growth-oriented companies in sectors including financial services, agribusiness, logistics, manufacturing, healthcare, and education.
Uhuru Growth Fund I
British International Investment plc
Uhuru Growth Fund supports enterprises that boost job creation, increase access to goods and services in consumer staples, and enhance access to the healthcare and fintech sectors. The fund will invest across the West African region including Nigeria, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire and other Francophone markets to boost post-pandemic recovery.
TIDE Africa II LP
British International Investment plc
TLcom is an Africa-focused venture capital investor that supports early-stage tech businesses that improve suppliers and consumers’ market access and participation in key sectors of the economy such as education, agriculture, transportation and logistics, healthcare, and financial services. Through their second fund, TIDE Africa II LP, they will expand their focus in to Egypt, as well as strengthen its long-standing presence across East and West Africa. With individual investments sizes ranging from from $500,000 – $15 million, TLcom expects to support an additional 20 early-stage start-ups.