Projects

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A selection of KCIC Consulting engagements across Africa in private sector development, climate finance and sustainability. Filter by practice area or search by partner.

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KenyaEuropean Union2021 – PresentUSD 20M

AgriBiz Programme

Enhanced competitiveness, productivity and market access for 2,400 youth- and women-owned agribusiness SMEs across eight counties through incubation, acceleration, BDS and export market linkages. Mobilised grants, debt, equity and blended finance to scale commercially viable, climate-smart enterprises.

Private Sector Development

KenyaDANIDA2021 – PresentDKK 54M

GreenBiz Programme

Five-year initiative accelerating 3,000 green enterprises and creating full-time jobs through Business Incubation Hubs in eight counties — delivering enterprise diagnostics, incubation, acceleration, mentorship, market linkages and Proof-of-Concept and Results-Based Financing.

Private Sector Development

KenyaFCDO2022 – 2025£2.05M

Sustainable Urban Economic Development (SUED)

Strengthened the competitiveness of 12 fast-growing municipalities through business environment reform, sustainable Urban Economic Plans and climate-smart investment attraction — delivering feasibility studies, project preparation, investor matchmaking and climate finance mobilisation for priority infrastructure.

Sustainability

Kenya · Uganda · TanzaniaIKEA Foundation2023 – 2026USD 5.1M

SWIFT — Sustainable Waste Innovation for a Future in Transition

Transforming the waste management sector through circular-economy business models — strengthening 110 green enterprises, supporting over 1,200 SMEs and facilitating milestone-based grants, debt, equity and impact investment for commercially viable circular enterprises.

Sustainability

Kenya · UgandaMott Foundation2025 – PresentUSD 1.21M

DREEM — Distributed Renewable Energy Ecosystem Model

Accelerating productive-use solar in dairy and horticulture value chains via a Hub-and-Spoke enterprise support model and a revolving loan fund for solar-powered irrigation, milk cooling and cold storage — avoiding an estimated 150,000 tonnes of CO₂ emissions.

Climate Finance

Africa-wideAfDB & Global Center on Adaptation2022 – PresentUSD 2.5M

YouthADAPT — African Youth Adaptation Solutions Challenge

Designed, administered and implemented the flagship AAAP challenge supporting youth-led climate adaptation enterprises across Africa — managing grant financing, transaction advisory and investor matchmaking, and mobilising additional climate finance from DFIs, commercial lenders and impact investors.

Climate Finance

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KenyaKfW2025 – Present

Financing Locally-Led Climate Action (FLLoCA)

Technical oversight of the KfW financing component of this Government of Kenya programme co-financed by the World Bank — strengthening County Climate Change Funds, fiduciary compliance, results-based monitoring and sustainable, country-owned climate finance mechanisms for local resilience investments.

Climate Finance

Kenya · Uganda · South Sudan · Rwanda · Burundi · DRCTradeMark Africa2025 – 2026

Green & Inclusive Logistics Action Plan — Northern Corridor

Regional technical assistance developing a Green and Inclusive Logistics Action Plan and greenhouse gas emissions baseline for the Northern Corridor — identifying low-carbon transport investments, strengthening policy frameworks and mobilising climate finance from the GCF and MDBs.

Sustainability

KenyaInternational Finance Corporation (IFC)2024 – 2025

Transaction Advisory — Land Commercialization Initiative

Transaction advisory for the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development's programme to commercialise underutilised public agricultural land — designing commercially viable transaction structures, competitive leasing frameworks and financing options for climate-smart agricultural investment.

Private Sector Development

Kenya · NigeriaGIZ2022 – 2023

PrivABoo — Investment Readiness for Adaptation SMEs

Private Adaptation Investment Bootcamp strengthening growth-stage climate adaptation SMEs — delivering enterprise diagnostics, investment readiness assessments, transaction advisory, financial modelling and investor matchmaking that mobilised climate finance from impact investors.

Climate Finance

KenyaUSAID via Self Help Africa2024 – 2025

Women & Youth in Trade

Implemented under the USAID-funded TradeMark Africa Economic Recovery and Reform Activity — strengthening the trade competitiveness, resilience and incomes of 10,000 women- and youth-led producers, aggregators and MSMEs through BDS, market access and green finance facilitation.

Private Sector Development

Africa-wideIrish Aid & Climate KIC2022 – 2023

Adaptation & Resilience ClimAccelerator Africa

Accelerated the commercialisation and scaling of 16 climate adaptation enterprises across Africa — managing grant financing, investment readiness and transaction advisory, and connecting enterprises with investors, government agencies and research institutions.

Climate Finance

KenyaDANIDA2023 – 2024USD 1.5M

Green Growth & Employment Programme (GGEP)

Value-for-money and climate finance readiness assignment assessing programme effectiveness and preparing investment-ready concept notes — climate rationale, theory of change, financial analyses and safeguards — building a bankable pipeline aligned with MDB adaptation finance requirements.

Climate Finance

Africa-wideGlobal Reporting Initiative2022 – PresentUSD 800K

GRI Sustainability Reporting & ESG Capacity Building

As one of only five GRI Accredited Training Partners in Africa, KCL delivers GRI-certified training, ESG advisory, governance strengthening and sustainability reporting support — preparing enterprises for GCF, GEF and Adaptation Fund accreditation and export markets requiring verified ESG performance.

Sustainability

Africa-wideCTCN & UNEP2022 – 2023

Climate Adaptation Knowledge Brief for Africa

Developed with UNEP under the Climate Technology Centre and Network — mapping scalable adaptation solutions and financing pathways across the GCF, Adaptation Fund, GEF and MDBs to strengthen access to adaptation finance for governments, MSMEs and vulnerable communities.

Sustainability