Africa Nature Impact Fund

Last updated: 10/11/2026

Program Overview

Program description and objectives:

Africa Nature Impact Fund ("Africa Nature") is a pan-African investment platform providing patient, repayable capital to high-integrity nature restoration and conservation projects. It combines first-loss and senior capital to provide stage-appropriate, long-term finance, with integrated technical support from development through to steady revenue generation. It incorporates CAPE, which brings projects to investment readiness through a dedicated project development facility. Eligible projects include nature-based carbon projects and other nature-positive business models, earning income from carbon credits and other nature-based revenue streams. Objectives: Bridge projects through the 3–7 year pre-revenue period with concessional, repayable capital, as an alternative to extractive financing. Keep more long-term value in host communities and landscapes. Bring African financial institutions, including banks, pension funds and insurers, into nature investment. Deliver climate, biodiversity, community and gender outcomes. Refinance de-risked projects into local financial markets.

Instrument types offered:

Concessional and catalytic debt, Catalytic investment

Institutions this program is normally offered to:

Bilateral Development Finance Institutions (capital made available to private sector via a DFI), National development banks, Commercial banks, Multilateral Development Banks (capital made available to private sector via an MDB), Investment funds, Other (Africa-based and international nature project developers, across the project lifecycle. Capital partners include DFIs, pension funds, banks and institutional lenders. Banks, pension funds and insurers can also engage through capacity building, market data sharing and risk-cover partnerships.)

Eligible regions:

Africa

Eligible sectors:

AgricultureOther

Eligible subsectors (optional):

Nature-based projects generating income from carbon credits and other nature-based revenue streams

Program status:

Open

Formal application process:

Program webpage (optional):

https://africanature.earth

Primary point of contact for this program:

Africa Nature Enquiries Teamenquiries@africanature.earth

Additional information (optional):

ANIF is co-designed by Finance Earth, FSD Africa and FSD Africa Investments, and managed by Finance Earth, which is authorised and regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority. It incorporates CAPE and its dedicated project development facility, and is not limited to CAPE projects.

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