Advancing learning on emerging fund managers

Small Foundation partners with 2X Global

Developing a rubric for recognising system change

Sharing what we’ve learned so far as we work to better understand and assess when meaningful system change is taking place.

Our Scale

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years of working with partners across Africa

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African countries our partners worked in over 2024

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African SME investments by our partners as of 2024

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members of our partner networks in 2025

Our learning & impact

System entry points

Our work is focused on three system ‘entry points’. While each entry point has distinct ambitions, they interconnect and reinforce each other. 

Commercially viable, sustainable models serving rural MSMEs

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Connected, transparent and learning ecosystems

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Changing patterns of empowerment and agency 
in Africa

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Featured partner

EFAfrica Group (EFAG)

Operating in Kenya and Tanzania, EFAfrica Group (EFAG) specialises in equipment loans for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and farmers, helping enterprises develop and scale.

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