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Macadamia farmer WelMac invests in solar panels
5 years ago, Nick and Nicolas Grooss of WelMac bought a macadamia farm in South Africa. They use sustainable agricultural ...
Dutch power tools sold in over 40 countries
In recent years, FERM has received grants from the Dutch Good Growth Fund (DGGF) for various transactions in India, Kenya and ...
Sector-wide learning: our newest page on financing local entrepreneurs
The DGGF knowledge development and sharing page has been updated. On it, you will find knowledge, success stories, reports, ...
Swift take-off for Dutch screening tool for COVID-19 in Ghana
In Ghana, Delft Imaging has been assisting the government in stopping the spread of COVID-19 using its CAD4COVID tool. With the ...
COVID-19 ‘Business continuity bootcamps’ for Entrepreneur Support Organizations (ESOs) and local enterprises
DGGF is partnering with the African Management Initiative (AMI) and Village Capital (VilCap) to providing 3-month-business ...
New framework agreement to promote Dutch exports to Africa
African importers of Dutch capital goods and services can fund their imports quicker due to the framework agreement between FMO ...
Panic-buying leads to European 'roll-out' of The Good Roll
With their clever response to the panic-buying of toilet paper at the start of the lockdown in March, The Good Roll managed to ...
COVID-19 and environmental, social and governance matters (ESG)
DGGF COVID-19 ESG Guidelines to help IFs invested in SMEs that face increased operational pressures, and IFs invested in SMEs ...
Healthy Entrepreneurs helps Uganda fight coronavirus
Healthy Entrepreneurs is a franchise network of community health workers; 85% are women. From their mini pharmacies, they sell ...
DGGF supports entrepreneurship programme in Ethiopia
Mella is an entrepreneurship programme in Ethiopia, launched by Novastar Ventures, an Africa-based venture capital firm focusing ...