Funding Database
United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) Bridge Financing Facility – Guarantee
Current as of: 2025-11-13
Description
The UNCDF's Bridge Financing Facility provides loan guarantees, portfolio and volume guarantees as well as equity capital guarantees to early stage companies, small and medium enterprises (SMEs), local infrastructure projects, and financial service providers in Least Developed Countries (LDCs). The facility targets companies and projects operating in the food security, financial inclusion, digital innovation, renewable energy, local public infrastructure, blue economy and women’s and youth economic empowerment sectors.
Instrument Type
Guarantee
Type of guarantee/risk mitigation products
Portfolio guarantees
Pari Passu guarantees
Guarantees of equity investments
Volume guarantees, Concessional guarantees
Pari Passu guarantees
Guarantees of equity investments
Volume guarantees, Concessional guarantees
This instrument covers
Principal
Interest
Interest
Total guarantee exposure limits
Yes, there are limits on the total amount of guarantee exposure that can be assumed.
Currencies used
Euros
US Dollars
Local currencies
US Dollars
Local currencies
Eligible market segments
Independent Power Producers
Mini-grids
Stand-alone solar systems
Energy for productive use
Mini-grids
Stand-alone solar systems
Energy for productive use
Eligible regions under GET.invest mandate
Caribbean
Central Africa
East Africa
Pacific
Southern Africa
West Africa
Central Africa
East Africa
Pacific
Southern Africa
West Africa
Additional eligible regions not under GET.invest mandate
Asia
Middle East
Middle East
Eligible countries under GET.invest mandate
Angola
Benin
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Haiti
Kiribati
Lesotho
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mozambique
Niger
Rwanda
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Sudan
Sudan
Tanzania
The Gambia
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tuvalu
Uganda
Zambia
Benin
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Haiti
Kiribati
Lesotho
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mozambique
Niger
Rwanda
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Sudan
Sudan
Tanzania
The Gambia
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tuvalu
Uganda
Zambia
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Application process
For more information on the application process, contact the fund manager at the details providedCurrent status of instrument
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United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)
About
The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) is the United Nations' catalytic financing entity for the world’s 44 Least Developed Countries (LDCs). The UNCDF is a hybrid development organisation and development finance institution, with a mandate that includes capital deployment, financial advisory services and capital catalysation. Development expertise are coupled with financial expertise to focus on the areas of inclusive digital economies, local transformative finance, women's economic empowerment, climate, energy and biodiversity financing as well as sustainable food systems financing.