With a focus on value creation
Swedfund’s value creation process has been developed on 40 years of experience of investing in sustainable businesses in the world's most challenging countries and describes how we best fulfill our mission.
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Swedfund invests in transition towards renewable energy
Sweden’s development finance institution, Swedfund is focused on supporting the transition away from fossil fuels and towards renewable energy. Swedfund has signed a loan agreement for 10 million euros to be part of the financing together with EBRD, NEFCO and Scatec Solar ASA to construct and operate a 55.4 MWp solar power plant located in Central Ukraine.
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Sustainable development results with high ambitions
Today, private sector is driving the development of Africa's economy by creating four out of five jobs and bringing together 33 per cent of Africa's GDP. For 40 years, Swedfund’s mission has been to fight poverty by investing in sustainable businesses in the world's most challenging countries. Job creation has always been the core of our work.
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European development finance institutions bolster measurement of impact on SDGs
On 15 May, the 15 members of the Association of European Development Finance Institutions (EDFI) gathered for their Annual Meeting and launched a new initiative to deepen cooperation on responsible financing requirements and impact measurement.
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Swedfund CEO Maria Håkansson appointed as new board member of EDFI
At the EDFI Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday, May 15 a new Chair and new members of the board were appointed. Swedfund CEO Maria Håkansson take place as one of six members of the board.
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Swedfund adopts IFC’s Operating Principles for Impact Management
Swedfund is one of sixty investors who signed on to a new set of principles intended to bring greater transparency, credibility, and discipline to the impact investing market during the World Bank Spring Meetings.
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Solar power to 360 million people – but no plan for e-waste
Solar Energy to 360 million people - but lack of responsible management of e-waste can become the dark side of the off grid market in developing countries.
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Swedfund supports SMEs in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania
The Swedish Development Finance Institution, Swedfund, lends 10 million EUR to Premier, a financial institution providing credit to private individuals and small and medium-sized enterprises, SMEs, in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
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Swedfund Finances Off-Grid Solar Solutions Provider in Africa
Swedfund is financing the solar provider d.light for continued expansion in Africa. In total, d.light raise US$41 million in from a consortium of several financiers led by Inspired Evolution. Consortium partners include Swedfund as well as the Norwegian and Dutch development finance institutions, Norfund and FMO.
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Swedfund, Snapper Hill Clinic and TLG partner up to improve the quality of healthcare in Liberia
Monrovia based Snapper Hill Clinic (“SHC”) has secured technical assistance funding from the Swedish DFI (Development Finance Institution), Swedfund through its shareholder TLG Capital (“TLG”). The funds will be put towards targeted improvements in the quality of the healthcare services it currently provides.
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Maria Håkansson joins SSFC Advisory Board
Stockholm Sustainable Finance Centre (SSFC), whose mission is to support financial actors to shift capital to implement the global sustainability agenda, has announced its Advisory Board. Joining the Board are high-level executives from banks, pension funds, and experts on sustainable finance, among them Maria Håkansson, CEO at Swedfund.
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Swedfund continues investing in renewable energy
Swedfund continues investing in renewable energy projects by committing to invest USD 15 million in shares of JCM Power. JCM develops, builds and operates solar- and wind power plants in developing countries.
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