Gauteng Enterprise Propeller (GEP) is a government agency providing financial and non-financial support to small, medium and micro enterprises and co-operatives. It's mandate is to focus on the region of Guateng. In case of financial support, it runs various programmes such as start-up finance, contract finance, franchise finance, and growth and expansion finance among others.

Global Partnerships (GP) funds early-stage social enterprises. Its main focus areas are women empowerment and rural poverty. GP provides grants for pilot phase enterprises and debt financing to support growth of proven enterprises.

Hivos Impact Investments is an impact investment management company managing two private equity funds targeting food companies (including urban farming, food waste reduction, and others) in Southern Africa and creative industries (including start-ups in ICT and media, and others). Geographic investment focus is Southern Africa

Managed by Stitching SPARK in the Netherlands, IGNITE Fund provides small and growing businesses (SGBs) in fragile and conflict-affected states with up to USD250,000 (over 3-7 years) of equity finance and leverages SPARK's locally-based technical assistance for entrepreneurs. For each investee, IGNITE Fund develops a tailored technical assistance package to build capacity required to achieve their financial, operational and impact targets.

Incluvest is an impact investment company with a focus on agribusinesses. It provides grants, debt and equity finance, with a minimum of USD 120,000. It provides different types of investments: - Donation directly labelled via Incluvest towards a specific investment opportunity - Co-investment with Incluvest - Providing a loan to Incluvest where the lender is taking the risk.

Industrial Promotion Services (IPS) is an arm of the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development proving equity investment with partners from the public and private sectors. IPS provides venture capital, technical assistance and management support to encourage and expand private enterprise in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.

The Injaro Agricultural Capital Holdings Ltd. (Injaro) provides investments in debt, quasi-equity, and equity in small and medium-sized enterprises along the agricultural value chain. In addition, Injaro also provides business advice and technical assistance.

iungo capital is an impact investment company that provides financial and technical support to promising SMEs in the East African missing middle while generating positive social impact. It does this by leveraging the commitment of local business angels, both as co-investors and mentors, while providing access to an integrated technical assistance model, pre- and post-investment. ICCO provides investment in the range of USD 50,000 to 500,000.

Jasmine Social Investments supports social ventures and entrepreneurs by providing grants, equity or debt finance. It looks for solutions with a well-defined and cost-effective impact that can grow to reach over 100,000 beneficiaries. It mostly provides grants but in some cases also equity and debt

Lending for African Farming (LAFCo) is an investment company providing loans to African agricultural small and medium enterprises that work directly with smallholder farmers. Its primary purpose is to provide working capital financing for borrowers working in food crop value chains. All borrowers have to demonstrate that they are delivering a clear benefit to smallholder farmers. LAFCo defines smallholder farmers as those cultivating less than 10 hectares. It key targets include: - Agro-dealers or input providers - Processors - Traders, distributors, exporters - Logistics providers (e.g., warehouses) - Other agricultural businesses To qualify for a loan, an entity much have revenues of less than USD 15 million and fewer than 300 employees. It is supported by KFW, UKAid and USAID among others.