GIIF July Newsletter in 2023 features team news, events, blogs, highlights, and interviews.

GIIF April Newsletter in 2023 features team news, events, blogs, highlights, and interviews.

GIIF January Newsletter in 202e features team news, events, blogs, highlights, and interviews.

GIIF October Newsletter in 2022 features team news, events, blogs, highlights, and interviews.

GIIF July Newsletter in 2022 features team news, events, blogs, highlights, and interviews.

Located in the heart of Africa, with a land surface area of 2.3 million km2, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is the largest country in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) with rich soil and subsoil; over 80 million ha of fertile and arable land and 52 percent of all freshwater resources in SSA. Agriculture accounts for about 20 percent of GDP and employs some 70-75 percent of the economically active population[1]. DRC could potentially feed the entire African continent, yet it is currently unable to adequately feed its own population. The immense potential of the agricultural sector as a vehicle

GIIF April Newsletter in 2022 features team news, events, blogs, highlights, and interviews.

In March 2022, in a joint effort, the Sankalp Forum and the IFC’s Global Index Insurance Facility (GIIF), ran the Africa AgTech & Inclusive Insurance Challenge aimed to celebrate and support young entrepreneurs who are working at the intersection of agriculture, insurance, climate, and gender to build resilience for smallholder farmers. Together, they identified 5 of the most promising AgTech enterprises who are looking to scale their innovative solutions that are driving agriculture resilience across sub-Saharan Africa. “The role of technology and innovation will be critical to driving growth

A COP26 Special Edition GIIF Newsletter released in December of 2021 featuring team highlights, events, blogs, interviews, and new annoucements.

COP26 was a platform for a global watershed moment for collective introspection on much-needed action and investment to mitigate the effects of climate change: especially on the most vulnerable. Find here a detailed overview of events at the 26th session of the UN Conference of Parties. At GIIF, we have prepared a round-up of resources to give a flavor of the flagship sessions organized and initiatives launched to drive action and maintain momentum on climate action beyond COP26.