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March 2021

Nordic Development Fund

NDF launches new website

We are delighted to officially announce the launch of our brand-new website.

“The new website will be an important channel for sharing information about our work based on the Nordic countries’ commitment to development and taking leadership in the global climate agenda” says Leena Klossner, Deputy Managing Director and Head of Business Development and Outreach.


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COVID-19 Recovery through Climate-Resilient Water and Sanitation in Africa

The NDF Board has approved EUR 7.5 million in grant funding to enable the African Development Bank-hosted African Water Facility (AWF) to strengthen COVID-19 recovery investments and preparation of investment-ready projects for water supply, sanitation, and integrated water resource management in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa.


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Investing in resilience at scale while ensuring no one is left behind

NDF supports the Community Resilience Partnership Program (CRPP) for Asia and the Pacific with a EUR 6.0 million grant.

The CRPP will be an action-oriented partnership to support low-income and fragile countries and communities in Asia and the Pacific to scale up investments in local resilience that aim at transformational changes. The CRPP tackles the nexus between poverty, gender and climate change through investments that explicitly strengthen the resilience of the poor and marginalised populations.


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Solar irrigation for smallholder farmers scaled up with debt financing

EEP Africa Catalyst window participates in a loan syndicate to accelerate SunCulture’s Pay-as-you-grow business model in Sub-Saharan Africa.

SunCulture, a solar irrigation company headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, today received the first disbursement from a new USD 11 million syndicated debt facility to expand its operations in Sub-Saharan Africa. This loan to SunCulture is the second loan extended to a graduate of the EEP Trust Fund managed by NDF.


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Mozambique transforming its waste management sector

Fast-growing urban populations mean more and more waste going to uncontrolled landfills, making waste management a major challenge of our time.

Now, a program catalysed by NDF funding is transforming Mozambique’s waste sector, promoting a new circular economy and environmental health, while helping the government deliver on Paris climate promises.


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Energising Resilience – a new study on energy and climate

A new EEP Africa study explores the climate adaptation and resilience co-benefits achieved through early-stage clean energy projects.


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Nordic leadership in addressing climate change and development challenges

We advance Nordic leadership in addressing climate change and development challenges through financing, knowledge and partnerships. Together with our strategic partners, we develop, launch and scale high-impact projects to support developing countries and the most vulnerable people affected by climate change.


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