News
27 July 2020

TDB agrees $1m agribusiness financing in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda

In:
Agri/Soft Commodities
Region:
Middle East & Africa

The Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB) SME Programme has signed an initial four-year senior/ mezzanine debt facility of $1 million to be managed by Grassroots Business Fund to finance agribusiness SMEs in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.The facility will focus on women or...

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