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Unlocking Blue
Finance
Blended Finance · SME Lending
OBF Members
Blue Finance Innovation Cluster
Climate Gateway Africa
The Gap
Tens of thousands of SMEs have viable, climate-aligned business models but lack access to finance because commercial banks lack the right instruments to lend to them at scale.
What We're Building
We are structuring a bank-anchored blended finance platform with guarantees, concessional facilities and technical assistance to unlock SME climate lending.
The guarantee capital and technical assistance that make this platform viable are not commercially attractive at inception; philanthropic capital de-risks the model and unlocks large-scale private lending.
Expected Impact
$100M+
SME Lending Unlocked
Across Geographies
10,000+
SMEs Accessing Finance
for Climate Solutions
30%+
Increase in Bank Lending
to Climate SMEs
5x
Private Capital Mobilised
per $1 Philanthropic Capital