ALPHAMUNDI FOUNDATION INC

Developpp - funded by the development finance institution, deutsche investitions- und entwicklungsgesellschaft (deg), this program supported organizations to implement gender-smart business principles, which empower female staff and clients to cultivate the next generation of female entrepreneurs in africa. Amf is partnering with value for women (vfw) for this program. Vfw is a specialized advisory firm that helps organizations advance gender inclusion. Through this partnership, sme partners have an opportunity to implement gender-smart interventions, with the goals of supporting company priorities and improving business and social outcomes. The program supported five investee companies of alphamundi group to deepen their gender-smart business practices, empowering female staff and gender inclusivity along their value chains. The program reached 25,000 beneficiaries and consumers, and nearly 1,000 employees.

The amf unrestricted fund is an institutional pool that mainly draws funding from the indirect support allocation in amf's donor funded projects and any other unrestricted source of funding. The fund supports amf operational costs that are not directly budgeted and charged to specific donor projects. The costs include: staff costs and institutional expert fees, administrative costs (software subscription payments, rent & utilities, bank fees, office supplies) and annual accounting fees.