Resources, publications & news

News & press

Press release, Eastern and Southern African Trade Development bank, 16 March, 2022

TDB Group’s TDF, And AGF Support 16,000 Small-Scale Farmers By Financing 3 Women And Youth-Led Agribusiness SMEs In East Africa

BBC report, 13 July, 2015

Ikea measures up the Indian market (includes products from industree)

Press release, Mastercard Foundation, 6 August, 2020.

Mastercard Foundation and Grassroots Business Fund To Drive Covid-19 Recovery And Resilience Program In Kenya

Los Angeles times, 5 October, 2014

How I Made It: Novica CEO Roberto Milk

Press release, 9 November, 2015

Selected for the Impact Assets 50

External Publications

Adventure Finance

We featured in a chapter of the book “Adventure finance: how to create a funding journey that blends profit and purpose” by Aunnie Patton Power

Project Sage 4.0 - Tracking Venture Capital, Private Equity and Private Debt with a Gender Lens

We participated in Project Sage 4.0: tracking venture capital, private equity, and private debt with a gender lens.

Leading Tanzanian Women in Financial Services

Lilian Mramba, GBF’s Africa regional director, was featured in IFC’s report “leading Tanzanian women in financial services”.

Private Equity and Value Creation - A Fund Manager’s Guide to Gender-Smart Investing

Our work featured as a case study in the IFC/CDC report “Private equity and value creation: a fund manager’s guide to gender-smart investing”.

Publications & Reports

18 Years of Blended Finance: Impact and lessons Learned

GBF report exploring our achievements, our impact and what we have learned over the years

GBF celebrates its 10-year anniversary

Annual Report 2018

Building Companies and Communities - 2017 Annual Report


2016 Annual Report

2015 Annual Report

2014 Annual Report

2013 Annual Report

2012 Annual Report

2011 Annual Report

2010 Annual Report

2009 Annual Report