INVESTMENT ADVISORY
Fund Management
We offer fund management services, particularly for debt impact funds that are deployed through other financial institutions and that are monitored through our technology platforms.
Our Execution Framework
We blend financial rigour, technology-driven monitoring and optimisation, and a rich understanding of local contexts to drive impact investing by delivering value to stakeholders and ensure that every resource is working towards achieving sustainable results.
OUR STRATEGIC APPROACH
How We Do Fund Management
Technology-Enabled Visibility
We use inhouse technology tools to track and report real-time on financial, social and environmental outcomes of each investment.
Pan-African Collaborations
We have partnerships across Africa that have enabled us to tap into local expertise and strengthen our reach to drive large-scale impact across the region.
Transparency
We keep partners informed at every step, ensuring alignment, trust, and long-term success.
Agile Fund Design
Our fund designs are agile and tailored to adapt to client goals, market conditions, and sector-specific needs.
We are a Certified Fund Manager
ASIGMA is licensed and regulated as a fund manager. Our regional certifications reflect our commitment to adhering to the highest standards of financial stewardship, compliance, and investor protection, offering secure and transparent investment opportunities to clients across Africa and beyond.
OUR FUND PORTFOLIO
Some of Our Recent Funds
The Green Fund
Upto $10,000,000
KENYA, TANZANIA, UGANDA
The Green Fund provides credit guarantees and lines of credit to financial institutions for Product Use of Solar Energy (PUSE) in Agriculture, loan products.
The fund is anchored by Heifer International, that is specifically targeting lending to agri-cooperatives in the dairy value chain.
The Green Fund
Upto $10,000,000
KENYA, TANZANIA, UGANDA
The Green Fund provides credit guarantees and lines of credit to financial institutions for Product Use of Solar Energy (PUSE) in Agriculture, loan products.
The fund is anchored by Heifer International, that is specifically targeting lending to agri-cooperatives in the dairy value chain.
UNDP Timbuktoo–ManuTech Fund
$1M
AFRICA-WIDE
ASIGMA has been entrusted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Ethiopia to manage the fund for the Timbuktoo ManuTech Hub in Addis Ababa, a key component of Africa’s US$ 1 Billion innovation fund. Through a rigorous selection, appraisal, and financial management process, ASIGMA will ensure that catalytic fund is effectively allocated to high-potential manufacturing technology startups across Africa.
MSE Recovery Fund
$26M
UGANDA
The Mastercard Foundation Micro and Small Enterprises (MSE) Recovery Fund is an initiative under the Young Africa Works Program. This fund is managed in partnership with Financial Sector Deepening Uganda (FSDU), with an aim to jumpstart enterprises so as to secure and create job opportunities for youth and women in Uganda. The fund provides lines of credit to financial institutions to onward lend to MSEs.
MSE Recovery Fund
$26M
UGANDA
The Mastercard Foundation Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) Recovery Fund is an initiative under the Young Africa Works program. This fund is managed in partnership with Financial Sector Deepening Uganda (FSDU), with an aim to jumpstart enterprises so as to secure and create job opportunities for youth and women in Uganda. The fund provides lines of credit to financial institutions to onward lend to MSEs.
SAYE Fund
$2M
UGANDA
The SAYE fund is designed to provide capital injections to value chain participants, including SACCOs and Agri-Cooperatives. The fund aims to enhance access to finance and boost productivity, with a particular focus on provision of trade finance and lines of credit to SACCOs.
Digital Credit Guarantee Fund
$5M
UGANDA
The Digital Credit Guarantee Fund, under the Mastercard Foundation’s Young Africa Works Program, that is being undertaken in partnership with FSDU. The fund is designed to spur partnerships between Telcos and Tier 1 financial institutions, by providing partial credit guarantees to banks so that they can provide Telcos with liquidity for mobile money loans to MSEs.
Digital Credit Guarantee Fund
$5M
UGANDA
The Digital Credit Guarantee Fund, under the Mastercard Foundation’s Young Africa Works Program, that is being undertaken in partnership with FSDU. The fund is designed to spur partnerships between Telcos and Tier 1 financial institutions, by providing partial credit guarantees to banks so that they can provide Telcos with liquidity for mobile money loans to MSEs.
UNCDF - Administration of Agri-Business SME Grants
$1.27M
UGANDA
The United Nations Capital Development Fund has launched a strategic initiative to address the lack of financial access for micro and small agribusiness enterprises in Uganda’s refugee zones. The fund aims to enhance financial inclusion and enterprise growth by providing structured financial support to over 4000 micro and small enterprises.
OUR CAPABILITIES
See Our Technology Tools
Black
Black is an internally developed multi-lingual platform that we leverage in our grant and fund management process to source and manage MSE applicants, with full transparency and accountability to financiers.
Portfolio Monitoring Platform
Our Portfolio Management Platform is a comprehensive tool, developed inhouse, to streamline fund management through capabilities that support both strategic oversight and operational efficiency. It enables real-time monitoring and evaluation, allowing us to track performance and outcomes effectively.
Black
Black is an internally developed multi-lingual platform that we leverage in our grant and fund management process to source and manage MSE applicants, with full transparency and accountability to financiers.
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