{"id":472,"date":"2021-08-31T16:43:12","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T16:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sahelcapital.com\/sefaa\/?page_id=472"},"modified":"2021-09-07T00:11:10","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T00:11:10","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sahelcapital.com\/sefaa\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"472\" class=\"elementor elementor-472\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d773c96 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d773c96\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bc2e32a\" data-id=\"bc2e32a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77610e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"77610e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd9b2bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bd9b2bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Objectives<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-10b75ef elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"10b75ef\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-73f91fb\" data-id=\"73f91fb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5dd6362 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5dd6362\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"612\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/sahelcapital.com\/sefaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/sefaa-farmer-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sahelcapital.com\/sefaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/sefaa-farmer-1.jpg 612w, https:\/\/sahelcapital.com\/sefaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/sefaa-farmer-1-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-25bbc4e\" data-id=\"25bbc4e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-32cd1aa\" data-id=\"32cd1aa\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8660d51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"8660d51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73ed58a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"73ed58a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n \t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; color: #000000;\">SEFAA will provide appropriate growth funding which actively and substantively contributes to enhancing the business ecosystem for Smallholder Farming and Smallholder Farmers (SHFs).<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; color: #000000;\">This recognizes the importance of agricultural productivity improvements on the livelihoods and socio-economic conditions of SHFs.<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; color: #000000;\">SEFAA also aims to generate the highest, sustainable impact on the economic and livelihood conditions of SHFs.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e65ce1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"8e65ce1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b3b049 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b3b049\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Fund Features<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-a32e700 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a32e700\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c488f35\" data-id=\"c488f35\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-486ce45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"486ce45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/sahelcapital.com\/sefaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/portrait-future-pcouonem91rd4kbkmobdj4rkz9t3k9vztm5mdfv0qw.jpeg\" title=\"portrait-future\" alt=\"portrait-future\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d3c006b\" data-id=\"d3c006b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8541ec3\" data-id=\"8541ec3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-796b706 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"796b706\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e5b3cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9e5b3cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; color: #000000;\"><b>Fund Launch Date:<\/b> 2021<br \/><b>Fund Size:<\/b> USD ($) 26million<br \/><b>Investment Instruments:<\/b> Primarily debt funding, but with flexibility to make equity and quasi-equity investments<br \/><b>Investment Ticket Size:<\/b> $300,000 to $2.4million<br \/><b>Investment Focus:<\/b> SEFAA invests in Social Agricultural Enterprises (\u201cSAEs\u201d) and or intermediaries that:<\/span><\/p><ul style=\"text-align: justify;\"><li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 13pt;\">Increase productivity of smallholder farmers or other SAEs.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 13pt;\">Address market access limitations and information asymmetries for smallholder farmers or other SAEs<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 13pt;\">Offer agricultural finance adjusted to the specific needs and production cycles of smallholder farmers or other SAEs<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>Other Fund Features<\/strong>: A separate Technical Assistance Facility that supports portfolio companies with building of management capacity, product certification, market research, ESG, and development of smallholder farmer out-grower networks.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1025a67 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"1025a67\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82d613e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"82d613e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Investor<\/h5><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-545\" src=\"https:\/\/sahelcapital.com\/sefaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2017-KFW-Logo-neu-300x163.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sahelcapital.com\/sefaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2017-KFW-Logo-neu-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/sahelcapital.com\/sefaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2017-KFW-Logo-neu.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Objectives SEFAA will provide appropriate growth funding which actively and substantively contributes to enhancing the business ecosystem for Smallholder Farming and Smallholder Farmers (SHFs). 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