By the Numbers
True or False: ACF has reached 50% of its regranting target for 2026
False, 42% ($7M)
How many staff make up the MEL team and who is its newest member?
True of False: The New Economy Hub's "We the 99: People's Summit" drew 3000 participants.
False! It attracted 5,000+ participants, from 200+ organisations across 30+ countries
True or False: In partnership with the Global Wind Energy Council, ACF supported the launch of the Nigeria Wind Energy Council.
True!
Which ACF instrument gives both the New Economy Hub and the African Energy Futures Initiative the strategic support to build their institutional foundations before operating independently?
Incubation
Since 2020, how many investments has ACF made across the continent? a) 467 b)338 c)510 d)433
467
How many have joined the programmes team since 2025?
9
How much did ACF deploy in grants during South Africa's G20 Presidency, and to how many partners? a)$3M to 20 partners b)$4M to 15 partners c)$4M to 20 partners d)$3M to 15 partners
Over $4 million to 15+ partners across G20 working groups. This was formally acknowledged by President Ramaphosa.
Which country launched an Integrated Sustainable Financing Framework and Country Platform for mobilising climate and development finance, with ACF entering an MoU as a lead partner in operationalising it? a)Senegal b)Ethiopia c)Nigeria
Ethiopia: The platform is designed to mobilise finance for climate action and sustainable development; ACF's MoU is with the Ministry of Finance, positioning ACF as a lead partner in getting the Country Platform operational.
ACF's three core priority areas and two cross-cutting enablers are?
Priority areas: Energy access and transitions, adaptation and resilience, and green industrialisation
Cross-cutting enablers: Sustainable finance and international partnerships
How many country programmes does ACF run? Can you name them?
6 (South Africa, Senegal, Nigeria, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Zambia)
True or False: ACF's grant making has reached 35 countries
True
ACF recently signed an MOU with which European institution?
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Which country did ACF support to develop a national Agroecology Strategy for, strengthening the link between land use, food systems, and climate resilience? a)Senegal b)Rwanda c)Zambia d)Malawi
Rwanda, to support the Rwanda Organic Agriculture Movement (ROAM)
Name ACF's three delivery instruments
Strategic grant making, fiscal hosting, incubation
What is ACF's total regranting target for 2026?
$16.5M
ACF's Programmes team went from being based in one country in 2020 to having staff across ___ countries by 2026.
9: Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, United Arab Emirates, Zambia,
In Pata, Senegal, ACF's solar investment created jobs within... a)5 months b)7 months c)11 months d)18 months
In just 7 months, this project created 45 direct jobs and 100 indirect jobs, powered by a 32.7 kWp solar system that revived a 12-hectare market garden
What country did ACF recently sign an MOU with to support the establishment of a Climate Commission; an energy research hub; and an investment platform? Which team is leading this engagement?
Botswana
African Energy Futures
What new cross-cutting strategy is ACF finalising to complement its country-platform adaptation work?
A Locally-Led Adaptation (LLA) strategy: Designed to build local government and community adaptive capacity, scale successful resilience pilots, support MSME resilience, and get funding flowing to grassroots projects.
How many new countries joined the Sustainable Debt Coalition through ACF's UNECA grantee work? a)7 b)3 c)10 d)4
4: Rwanda, Eswatini, Uganda, The Gambia
How many times has ACF's total investments grown between 2020 and 2025? a) 655x b)400x c)580 d)500
655x to $41.3M
What does GIDEP stand for, and what problem was it built to address?
The Green Industrialisation Development Expert Panel was built so that Africa shapes the green industrial agenda on its own terms. GIDEP brings together leading African and Global South experts, turning research into policy briefs and negotiating room influence so that shared knowledge becomes shared position, and shared position becomes collective power.
ACF commissioned a landscape analysis through a think tank to assess which country's sustainable finance ecosystem and climate finance governance?
Tanzania: The analysis feeds into an MoU ACF is finalizing with the Uongozi Institute, a semi-autonomous government body seated within the Vice President's Office, to anchor a grant supporting a comprehensive assessment of Tanzania's climate finance governance and institutional architecture.
Pick one of the programmes in your team and share where this work sits across ACFs 3 priority areas or 2 enablers.
You have 5 minutes to discuss.
South Africa, Senegal, Nigeria, Tanzania all work across the three pillars and two enablers.