Objective
To help entrepreneurs and small enterprises grow by improving business skills, market access and access to responsible finance through licensed partners.
Practical interventions
- SME development
- Entrepreneurship training
- Small-business incubation
- Business mentorship
- Financial literacy
- Access-to-finance partnerships
- Women's enterprise development
- Youth startups
- Business formalisation support
- Cooperative enterprises
- Market access
- Enterprise digitalisation
- Responsible microfinance partnerships
- Export readiness
- Community economic development
Challenges addressed
- Limited access to affordable credit for small businesses
- Informal enterprises without records or legal status
- Weak business and financial management skills
- Difficulty reaching larger markets and buyers
- Few support services for women and youth entrepreneurs
Implementation and sustainable operation
Implementation approach
AMAF provides training, mentoring and market linkages, and connects viable businesses to licensed financial institutions. Enterprises linked to AMAF programmes, such as solar installers, builders and food processors, are prioritised for support.
Sustainable operation
Business development services are linked to self-sustaining institutions such as cooperatives, associations and incubators, and to commercial finance providers.
Who is involved and how we will measure it
Potential beneficiaries
Relevant technologies
Potential partnerships
Outcome indicators
- Entrepreneurs trained and mentored
- Businesses formalised
- Businesses accessing finance through partners
- Revenue and employment growth
- Women and youth-owned businesses supported
Sustainable Development Goals
This pillar describes AMAF's programme scope and development ambition. It does not state that every activity listed is currently operating. Verified projects are listed in the Projects Directory.
