08/09/2026
📢🌱 The Africa Rural Climate Adaptation Finance Mechanism (ARCAFIM) has officially been launched at . Structured by International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) with Equity Bank Limited, the USD 200 million blended finance initiative will mobilise climate adaptation investments for rural communities, smallholder farmers and rural MSMEs across Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda.
As a co-financier, NDF is supporting this innovative mechanism alongside the Green Climate Fund, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark and the European Union.
ARCAFIM aims to improve access to climate adaptation finance for approximately 260,000 smallholder producers and 500 MSMEs. At least 50% of beneficiaries will be women and 30% young people, helping strengthen food security for around 1.2 million people. 🌍
“NDF is pleased to have supported ARCAFIM from the very beginning, helping lay the foundations for a mechanism that can unlock greater investments in climate adaptation. Together with our Nordic and international partners, we are proud to reduce investment risk and mobilise financing for smallholder farmers and rural MSMEs. ARCAFIM demonstrates how innovation, partnerships, risk-sharing, and catalytic finance can help accelerate climate adaptation where it is needed most,” says Satu Santala, Managing Director of NDF.
🔗 Read more about ARCAFIM: https://shorturl.at/tJ64d
