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Growing resilience and opportunity in African agriculture

Agriculture employs the majority of Africans, yet it remains critically underfinanced. While there is capital in the system, much of it does not reach the farmers, agribusinesses, and innovators who could turn resilience into sustainable growth. These same groups are...

Unlocking climate resilience: Key takeaways from GIF’s climate adaptation investment webinar

On 21 August, we hosted Unlocking climate resilience: Finding impact investment opportunities in climate adaptation, the inaugural webinar in a series showcasing GIF’s different portfolio companies. The event brought together investors, ecosystem players, and government partners, with a focus on...

Financing impact beyond the venture capital model

At the 2025 AVPN Global Conference in Hong Kong, GIF’s Managing Director for ESG and Gender, Katie Carrasco, joined a closed-door panel to explore how collaboration can drive progress at the intersection of climate and health. The session also marked...

GIF partners with Mati Carbon to scale permanent carbon removal and lift smallholder livelihoods worldwide

GIF is partnering with Mati Carbon (Mati) to scale a game changing model of permanent carbon removal that also delivers direct benefits to smallholder farmers.Mati uses enhanced rock weathering (ERW), a natural process where silicate rocks react with rainwater to...

Gender, climate and health: Building resilience through innovation and collaboration

The 2025 2X Global Summit, hosted last week in Manila, brought together leaders, innovators, and policymakers under the theme Women driving resilience. The event highlighted how women’s adaptability and ingenuity are central to tackling global challenges, from climate change to...

Bridging the financing gap in East African innovation

The 2025 East Africa Private Equity Venture Capital Association (EAVCA) annual conference explored the forces shaping East Africa’s investment landscape, under the theme Balancing risk, return and impact. The event brought together stakeholders to discuss how to navigate regulatory and...

From pilot to policy: How GIF supports Amani Girls Organisation to shift government systems

The challengeTeenage pregnancy is the leading cause of death among adolescent girls in Tanzania, and young girls account for 80% of new HIV infections. Much of this is driven by Age-Disparate Transactional Sex (ADTS), where young girls form sexual relationships...

GIF invests in revolutionary bioherbicide to combat devastating Striga parasite

The Global Innovation Fund (GIF) is excited to announce an Early Test & Transition grant to The Toothpick Project for their game-changing bioherbicide, Kichawi Kill™. This revolutionary product offers a powerful and sustainable solution to the parasitic weed known as...

Why GIF's Growth Fund is investing in climate adaptation

Why invest in climate adaptation?Climate adaptation, equipping countries with long-term resilience to the growing challenges posed by climate change, has become a strategic priority for many development funders. Recently, Francesco Valente, GIF Investment Director, spoke at the German Agency for...

From vision to reality: Embedding impact

GIF Investment Director, Xiu Jing Seow recently attended a SolarX APAC event in Sri Lanka. The ISA SolarX Accelerator is a year-long programme aimed at accelerating early-stage solar enterprises across the APAC region. Xiu Jing delivered a presentation about embedding...

Happy World Youth Skills Day

Happy tenth anniversary of World Youth Skills Day, the UN day recognising and celebrating the importance of supporting, equipping and developing global youth for the world of decent work. For young people aged 15-24, securing decent work is a huge...

GIF invests in supply chain solution creating value for underserved fishing communities

GIF is pleased to announce our risk capital investment in Keep IT Cool, (KIC) a start-up based in Nairobi which is revolutionising the supply chain industry through the creation of a smart distribution platform known as Markiti. KIC provides sustainable...

Five insights from London Climate Action Week

This year, GIF launched our 2024 Impact Report to coincide with London Climate Action Week (LCAW), in a move that reflected our increased focus on innovating for climate resilience. By 2030, climate change could push up to 130 million people...

GIF’s Commitment to Localisation

GIF believes local partners are the linchpin for sustainable solutions to international development challenges because they are grounded in the knowledge and experience of the people directly affected.This is why, in 2024, we have once again sought to direct our...

GIF invests in cold chain technology through new climate-health fund

GIF is pleased to announce our investment in Blackfrog Technologies, a medical device company headquartered in India which is transforming medical grade refrigeration. The $1,000,000 risk capital deal is the first GIF has made from our new climate-health impact fund...

INTRODUCING OUR 2024 IMPACT REPORT

I am delighted to introduce the Global Innovation Fund's 2024 Impact Report, which we are launching this year to coincide with London Climate Action Week. The report details the progress we have made to advance GIF’s mission of accelerating innovation...

GIF confirms latest commitment to advancing women’s economic empowerment

Gender equality is both an investment theme and a strategic goal for GIF. Women and girls are disproportionately affected by prevailing issues in the developing world, such as climate change, global health crises, food insecurity, and forced migration.GIF has been...

GIF convenes expert panel on how to address scaling climate-health innovation

Together with our colleagues at PATH, the Global Innovation Fund hosted a panel discussion on how to address scaling health innovations, on the sidelines of the recent 78th World Health Assembly in Geneva. Dr Vincent Bretin, Director of Climate &...

GIF partners with PATH to launch new Health-Climate Fund

The Global Innovation Fund and PATH, a leader in global health innovation, formally launched our new $120 million health-climate impact fund at a reception in Geneva, on the sidelines of the 78th World Health Assembly. The Thrive Fund invests exclusively...

GIF named in annual showcase of impact investment fund managers

ImpactAssets, the impact investing leader with a 15-year track record of mobilising capital for good, has selected the Global Innovation Fund for inclusion in the ImpactAssets 50™ (IA 50) 2025, the definitive guide to impact investment fund managers globally.Now in...

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