The Social Investment Fund - Ghana

The Social Investment Fund - Ghana Working in Partnership for Sustainable Community Based Development (Urban Poverty Reduction Project)

Social Investment Fund (SIF) has been set up to contribute significantly to reducing rural and urban poverty in Ghana. W e provide targeted assistance to poor/deprived communities in Ghana in partnership with CBOs, Local Government, Civil Society and Donors using a gender-sensitive, flexible, participatory, demand driven and sustainable process. Our hallmark is rapid delivery and we operate on the

principles of accountability and transparency. To serve as a major channel for resource transfer to the poor by mobilizing funds from Development Partners, Government, Local contributions, Private sector, and engaging in consultancy services on a continuous and sustainable basis through targeted investment, pro-poor planning and management in support of Ghana’s growth agenda. To foster the implementation of economic, financial and social interventions to reduce rural and urban poverty that will enhance Ghana’s development agenda.

14/10/2025

INTEGRATED RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT PHASE TWO (IRDP II) – OFID COMPONENT.
INUAGURATION OF PROJECT STEERING COMMITTEE (PSC)

14/10/2025

INTEGRATED RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT PHASE TWO (IRDP II) – OFID COMPONENT.
INUAGURATION OF PROJECT STEERING COMMITTEE (PSC)

14/10/2025

INTEGRATED RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT PHASE TWO (IRDP II) – OFID COMPONENT, INAUGURATION OF PROJECT STEERING COMMITTEE (PSC)

29/09/2025

Funding Agency: African Development Bank (AfDB)
Project Amount: US$28.5 Million Grant
Period: 2022-2027

Implementing Partners:
Ghana News Agency (GNA)
University of Ghana (UG)
Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC)
The Social Investment Fund (SIF)
Lead Partner/PIU: The Social Investment Fund(SIF)
Components: 3 components
1. Skills development in higher education for strengthening the health sector
2. Rebuilding youth and women’s livelihoods through entrepreneurship and employment creation
3. Project management

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS OF PSDPEP TO DATE
• 16 out of the project target of 20 MPhil and PhD students have been awarded scholarship to conduct discovery research in Microbiology by the Department of Medical Microbiology of University of Ghana Medical School.
• 3 female Biomedical Experts have been selected for local and international training.
• Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has granted an accreditation to the Biotechnology Centre of University of Ghana to run MPhil and PhD programs in Biotechnology.
• 14 students (7 PhDs and 7 MPhils) from Public Universities in Ghana have been selected for scholarship to study programs in Biotechnology.
• A Technical Consultant (Promacon Consult Ltd) has been engaged to design, review and supervise construction of Biotechnology Centre, Microbiology Centre and extension of Nursing School of the School of Nursing and Midwifery.
• 123 staff of the GNA (79 males, and 44 females) have been trained in MSMEs’ access to credit and health related reporting.
• A Technical Consultant (Knak Design Partnership) has been engaged to undertake consultancy services for design and supervision of construction of 4 training centres under the SIF.
• US$983,747 has been disbursed to 1,521 youth and women SMEs owners (553 males and 968 females).

29/09/2025

SIF / AfDB PROJECT-PSDPEP

SIF TEAM INSPECTS RENOVATED GNA OFFICES IN TAMALE
16/09/2025

SIF TEAM INSPECTS RENOVATED GNA OFFICES IN TAMALE

23/06/2025

As a Pro-Poor Institution, our goal is to contribute effectively to reducing rural and urban poverty in Ghana. SIF also provides consultancy services for both public and private organizations

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Cantonments
Accra

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0302778920

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