Twiga Foods targets small firms with Sh3.2bn IFC funding


Business Daily | by Kevin Rotich

Kenya agri-tech startup Twiga Foods has secured a Sh3.2 billion ($30 million) from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to cover financial gaps faced by small and medium enterprises.

The fund will deliver through the unfunded risk-sharing facilities (RSFs), which will be scaled in phases. Kenya Commercial Bank will undertake the first phase.

It seeks to support more than 300 irrigated medium-scale contract farmers to complement Twiga’s seasonal smallholder farmer supply base…

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