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MasterCard Fund for Rural Prosperity – Granted US$1.5 million

2019/2021
<a href="https://1.frp.org/finance-oriented/equity-bank-congo" target="_blank">MasterCard Fund for Rural Prosperity – Granted US$1.5 million</a>
Fundraised from MasterCard Fund for Rural Prosperity – Granted US$1.5 million to EquityBCDC for Scaling up agency branchless banking in DR Congo - 2019/2021.

FSD Africa – Granted US$2.5 million

2019/2021
<a href="https://fsdafrica.org/programme/equitydrc/" target="_blank">FSD Africa – Granted US$2.5 million</a>
Fundraised from FSD Africa – Granted US$2.5 million to Equity Bank for scaling up agency banking in DR Congo -2019/2021

Financial Sector Deepening Trust – Granted US$2.5million

2015/2017
<a href="https://www.fsdt.or.tz/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/FSDT-EquityBank_spreads13.pdf" target="_blank">Financial Sector Deepening Trust – Granted US$2.5million</a>
Fundraised from Financial Sector Deepening Trust – Tanzania – Granted US$2.5million for scaling up agency banking and financial education in Tanzania - 2015/2017.

Swiss Capacity Building Foundation and Credit Suisse– Granted Swiss Francs 500,000

2014-2020
<a href="https://www.essence-relations.ch/app/uploads/2019/12/Tanzania_SwissContact_TGF_SuccessStory_v9.pdf" target="_blank">Swiss Capacity Building Foundation and Credit Suisse– Granted Swiss Francs 500,000</a>
Fundraised from Swiss Contact, Trestle Group Foundation, SCBF -Swiss Capacity Building Foundation and Credit Suisse– Granted Swiss Francs 500,000 for launching and scaling up Fanikisha+ women MSMEs loan products and capacity building ( FIKA; Entrepreneurship Education ) for Equity Bank Tanzania

Swiss Contact & SCBF -Swiss Capacity Building Foundation – Granted Swiss Francs 500,000

2015/2020
<a href="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/65c6255df7e1fa15b09a2658/65f1adf34f4591c59b8a26e5_SCBF_Final_Report_2014-09.pdf" target="_blank">Swiss Contact & SCBF -Swiss Capacity Building Foundation – Granted Swiss Francs 500,000</a>
Fundraised from Swiss Contact & SCBF -Swiss Capacity Building Foundation – Granted Swiss Francs 500,000 for launching and scaling up Fanikisha+ women MSMEs loan products and capacity building ( FIKA; Entrepreneurship Education ) for Equity Bank Rwanda

MasterCard Fund for Rural Prosperity – Equitel MVNO – Granted US$3million

2016/2019
<a href="https://1.frp.org/knowledge-hub/feature/%E2%80%98making-rural-and-agricultural-finance-accessible%E2%80%99-using-equitel-mvno" target="_blank">MasterCard Fund for Rural Prosperity – Equitel MVNO – Granted US$3million </a>
Fundraised from MasterCard Fund for Rural Prosperity – Equitel MVNO – Granted US$3million for scaling up Equitel in Kenya

Fundraised from IFAD and MAAIF- Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries – Granted US$70.03million

2018/2028
<a href="https://www.ifad.org/en/w/projects/2000001484" target="_blank">Fundraised from IFAD and MAAIF- Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries – Granted US$70.03million</a>
Fundraised from IFAD and MAAIF- Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries –– Granted US$70.03 million for Uganda’s National Oil Palm Project (NOPP) linking small holder farmers of Buvuma, Masaka, and Mayuge with BIDCO and other processors while enhancing financial inclusion

Fundraised from World Bank and Ministry of Education – Granted Kshs. 21.5Bn

2020-2028
<a href="https://projects.worldbank.org/en/projects-operations/project-detail/P160083" target="_blank">Fundraised from World Bank and Ministry of Education – Granted Kshs. 21.5Bn</a>
<a Fundraised from World Bank and Ministry of Education - SEQIP Secondary Education Quality Improvement Project– Granted Equity Group Foundation Kshs. 21.5Bn to provide 52,000 Elimu Secondary School Scholarships

Fundraising USD$1million for Equity Bank DRC (EBCDC) from AFDB’s Africa Digital Financial Inclusion Facility (ADFI)

2025
<a href="https://www.adfi.org/" target="_blank">Fundraising USD$1million for Equity Bank DRC (EBCDC) from AFDB’s Africa Digital Financial Inclusion Facility (ADFI) </a>
Ongoing fundraising USD$1million for Equity Bank DRC (EBCDC) from AFDB’s Africa Digital Financial Inclusion Facility (ADFI) for scaling last mile digital merchants payments network to 10,000 Pay With Equity (PWE) merchants -2025.