1. Description
| Name of the organisation | Alfanar |
| Typology | Venture Philanthropy |
| Description | Alfanar is the first venture philanthropy organisation in the Arab world that invests and provides engaged management support, coaching and training to social enterprises. |
| Location | Cairo, Egypt |
| Geographical scope | Egypt |
| Experiences in financing eco innovative projects | Opened to Proposals from Green Entrepreneurs with Social Impact goals. |
| Instruments | Grants and Repayable loans |
| Average investment – amount | 45,000 USD |
2. Investor Criteria
| Scope of operations – Industry/tags | Women empowerment and youth employment across all sectors. Children’s education. Green initiatives with social impacts |
| Phase of growth | Growth |
| Most important prerequisites for financing a project | The organisation should be equally focused on social impact (improving lives in disadvantaged communities) and financial sustainability |
| Most important barriers that prevent financing | N/A |
| Minimum investment required | Perform a due diligence to assess investment viability |
| Currently available financial products | Grants and Repayable loans |
3. Contact details
| Contact persons / emails | |
| Address and telephone | Alfanar Cairo 50 Nadi El-Sayd St. (3rd floor), 12311 Dokki, Giza, Cairo, Egypt. |
| Website | http://www.alfanar.org.uk/ |
