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Wellspring news blog

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Tea Sector Investment in Tanzania. Michael Shaw has recently completed pre-feasibility investment studies and due diligence for a potential tea sector investment in Tanzania on behalf of AgDevCo. For one year, Michael held the role of Country Director for AgDevCo Tanzania Ltd based in Dar es Salaam and is now consulting for AgDevCo on their projects and investments in East and Southern Africa. Executive Director AgDevCo Tanzania. Michael Shaw has accepted an Executive Director position with AgDevCo.

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New $15 Million Lending Facility to Finance African Agricultural Enterprises | Root Capital

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Skip to main content. Finance, Advise, Catalyze. New $15 Million Lending Facility to Finance African Agricultural Enterprises. KfW, AgDevCo and Root Capital Partner to Deliver Much-Needed Capital. CAPE TOWN (June 3, 2015). KfW, the German Development Bank on behalf of the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), along with AgDevCo and Root Capital, today announced the launch of the Lending for African Farming. Explained Chris Isaac, director of investments at AgDevCo. We’re delighte...

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Wellspring Development Capital

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Helping to build businesses, create jobs and improve lives. Wellspring is a consulting company focused primarily on African agribusiness markets. We work alongside private, public and third-sector partners providing project development services, strategic management and investment advice. Renewables, Conservation and Climate. See some of our clients and partners. East Africa Industry Development with Msingi. The Gatsby Charitable Foundation and the UK Department for International Development ( DFID.

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About Wellspring

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We work in a range of connected market sectors across Africa. At national and regional level we carry out market research, analysis and investment advisory work in addition to developing strategies for improving sector growth, innovation and human capital. At company and organizational level we develop and oversee projects and investments, advise on business growth strategies, and provide management consultancy and training for private and publicly funded clients. Renewables, Conservation and Climate.

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Focus Areas | Enterprise for Development

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Promoting socially and environmentally sustainable social enterprise. Lessons Learned and Examples of Best Practice. Lessons Learned and Examples of Best Practice. There is enormous scope to bring about inclusive economic growth and poverty reduction in low-income developing countries by improving agricultural productivity and incomes of smallholder farmers. EfD works closely with AgDevCo. And will continue to do so. AgDevCo’s approach involves deploying catalytic finance. The absence of even basic infra...

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What We Do | Enterprise for Development

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Promoting socially and environmentally sustainable social enterprise. Lessons Learned and Examples of Best Practice. Lessons Learned and Examples of Best Practice. EfD’s mission is to contribute to the achievement of inclusive economic growth and elimination of poverty in low-income countries by promoting socially and environmentally sustainable private enterprise and social enterprise. Facilitate knowledge transfer and learning about successful social enterprise models by creating links between sponsors...

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Executive Director AgDevCo Tanzania Wellspring news blog

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Executive Director AgDevCo Tanzania. Michael Shaw has accepted an Executive Director position with AgDevCo. A long standing Wellspring client. AgDevCo has more than $140 million of funds under management and to date has made 40 investments, with individual deals ranging in size from $250,000 to $10million. Michael will be Executive Director and Country Director for Tanzania. The Tanzania portfolio currently has commitments of $30.8 million. By Penny Hayler on 02 March 2014. Business and mgmt education (4).

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Seed Investors: Financing smallholder farmers - the working capital challenge

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The who, what, where and how of African agriculture investing. Whether for profit or social motives - and often both - an increasing number of investors are targeting opportunities in African agriculture. At the same time innovative approaches for deploying aid to support farming businesses linked to smallholders are emerging. This blog provides a snapshot of who is doing what, where and how. Financing smallholder farmers - the working capital challenge. A success story in Mozambique is ECA. ECA provides...

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Seed Investors: February 2014

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The who, what, where and how of African agriculture investing. Whether for profit or social motives - and often both - an increasing number of investors are targeting opportunities in African agriculture. At the same time innovative approaches for deploying aid to support farming businesses linked to smallholders are emerging. This blog provides a snapshot of who is doing what, where and how. The future of development finance - how to fix the "missing middle". For this market segment, if I look at social...