FSD Africa launches the Manager Finance Facility to capitalize alternative local financiers

Nairobi-based specialist development agency FSD Africa has officially launched the Manager Finance Facility (MFF), a strategic initiative designed to capitalize Africa’s emerging generation of alternative local capital providers (ALCPs). Backed by FMO (the Dutch entrepreneurial development bank) and the UK Government’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) Nigeria, the MFF addresses a critical bottleneck in the continent’s investment ecosystem by explicitly focusing on “financing t