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/ |