Description
The SAFER project (Supporting Access to Finance and Business Recovery) is a public initiative aimed at increasing access to finance for MSMEs and supporting their economic recovery following the shocks caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. It operates as a wholesale loan facility through which public funds are channeled via Kenya Development Cooperation (KDC) to registered financial institutions, which in turn lend to small businesses. The project includes measures for institutional strengthening, the promotion of sustainable practices, and financial training.
Kenya 
Sudan, 
Benin, 
Burkina Faso, 
Cape Verde, 
Ivory Coast, 
Gambia, 
Ghana, 
Guinea, 
Guinea-Bissau, 
Liberia, 
Mali, 
Mauritania, 
Niger, 
Nigeria, 
Senegal, 
Sierra Leone, 
Togo, 
Angola, 
Cameroon, 
Chad, 
Republic of the Congo, 
Democratic Republic of the Congo, 
Central African Republic, 
Equatorial Guinea, 
Gabon, 
Burundi, 
Comoros, 
Eritrea, 
Ethiopia, 
Madagascar, 
Malawi, 
Mauritius, 
Mozambique, 
Rwanda, 
Seychelles, 
Somalia, 
South Sudan, 
Tanzania, 
Uganda, 
Zambia, 
Zimbabwe, 
Botswana, 
Eswatini, 
Lesotho, 
Namibia, 
South Africa 