Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa holds vast potential and requires significant investment to build critical infrastructure, expand access to electricity and technology, and address major challenges.
DFC is committed to supporting investments that address critical development challenges throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, from Ethiopia to Senegal, Nigeria, Kenya, and emerging economies across the region.
The agency has invested more than $10 billion across Sub-Saharan Africa in key sectors such as infrastructure, women’s economic empowerment, healthcare, and agriculture, as well as climate mitigation, adaptation, and resilience. These investments support U.S. development and foreign policy goals by serving as a stabilizing force across the continent, and they advance the U.S. Government’s Prosper Africa and Power Africa initiatives.
Investment Stories
![African woman holding grains of rice](/sites/default/files/styles/dfc_investment_story_homepage_700px_x_470px_/public/2024-06/Investment%20Story%20Banner_NBS%20Bank_0.png?itok=9kmsu4Px)
![Kenyan woman receiving new smart phone](/sites/default/files/styles/dfc_investment_story_homepage_700px_x_470px_/public/2024-05/Investment%20Story%20Banner_MKOPA.png?itok=xLC9YfvD)
![Solar mini-grids](/sites/default/files/styles/dfc_investment_story_homepage_700px_x_470px_/public/2023-12/Investment%20Story%20Banner%20%281%29.png?itok=qntOlPQX)
![Ophthalmologist examining a patient's eyes](/sites/default/files/styles/dfc_investment_story_homepage_700px_x_470px_/public/2023-09/Investment%20Story%20Banner_THF.png?itok=TH5nMA_M)
![Woman standing in pyrethrum field](/sites/default/files/styles/dfc_investment_story_homepage_700px_x_470px_/public/2023-09/Investment%20Story%20Banner_Kentegra.png?itok=h7E8R7Ne)
![Housing units financed by CRRH](/sites/default/files/styles/dfc_investment_story_homepage_700px_x_470px_/public/2023-07/Investment%20Story%20Banner_CRRH.png?itok=l_ZJ8bmO)
![Supporting the world’s smallest farmers](/sites/default/files/styles/dfc_investment_story_homepage_700px_x_470px_/public/2020-05/Africa-Remote-Areas_0.jpg?itok=TViiXBM0)
![Hands holding water](/sites/default/files/styles/dfc_investment_story_homepage_700px_x_470px_/public/2023-03/Investment%20Story%20Banner_W2AF.png?itok=_upAkrwV)
![SA Taxi minibuses undergoing maintenance](/sites/default/files/styles/dfc_investment_story_homepage_700px_x_470px_/public/2023-01/Investment%20Story%20Banner_SA%20Taxi.png?itok=_480RaNp)
![Copia sales agent with customer](/sites/default/files/styles/dfc_investment_story_homepage_700px_x_470px_/public/2022-12/Investment%20Story%20Banner_Copia_0.png?itok=xu-h2wC-)
![Data center wires](/sites/default/files/styles/dfc_investment_story_homepage_700px_x_470px_/public/2022-12/Investment%20Story%20Banner_ADC.png?itok=NQFT5VP3)
![Aerial shot of the Golomoti solar plant](/sites/default/files/styles/dfc_investment_story_homepage_700px_x_470px_/public/2022-11/Investment%20Story%20Banner_Golomoti.png?itok=m8KRPMYf)
![woman in red and orange outfit smiling](/sites/default/files/styles/dfc_investment_story_homepage_700px_x_470px_/public/2023-03/Investment%20Story%20Banner_WLB5.png?itok=5MOmWJsE)
![Two Jibu employees smiling in front of a van](/sites/default/files/styles/dfc_investment_story_homepage_700px_x_470px_/public/2022-08/Investment%20Story%20Banner_jibu.png?itok=_BDYSU72)
![Power lines at sunset](/sites/default/files/styles/dfc_investment_story_homepage_700px_x_470px_/public/2022-06/Investment%20Story%20Banner_CECA.png?itok=nxAACY7W)
![Zambian woman holding baby and green peppers](/sites/default/files/styles/dfc_investment_story_homepage_700px_x_470px_/public/2022-03/Investment%20Story%20Banner_DAIGlobal.png?itok=LNoUrrUE)
![Woman smiling and holding basket](/sites/default/files/styles/dfc_investment_story_homepage_700px_x_470px_/public/2022-03/Investment%20Story%20Banner_Lendable.png?itok=9cAZ0h0r)
![Woman holding a cup of water](/sites/default/files/styles/dfc_investment_story_homepage_700px_x_470px_/public/2022-03/Investment%20Story%20Banner_WaterEquity.png?itok=sTGI73JC)
![Worker in cold storage warehouse](/sites/default/files/styles/dfc_investment_story_homepage_700px_x_470px_/public/2022-02/Investment%20Story%20Banner_Ifria.png?itok=U1Pew8Mk)
![Interior view of a dialysis center](/sites/default/files/styles/dfc_investment_story_homepage_700px_x_470px_/public/2021-12/AHN%20Banner.png?itok=w9p8_zn3)
![Two Nigerien men inspecting crops](/sites/default/files/styles/dfc_investment_story_homepage_700px_x_470px_/public/2021-11/Investment%20Story%20Banner_Niger.png?itok=8D46OwXm)
![Customers using solar systems in a shop](/sites/default/files/styles/dfc_investment_story_homepage_700px_x_470px_/public/2021-11/EARF%20Investment%20Story%20Banner.png?itok=ifcdvdxk)
![Women members of the International Bank of Liberia's senior management team](/sites/default/files/styles/dfc_investment_story_homepage_700px_x_470px_/public/2021-11/Investment%20Story%20Banner_liberia%202.png?itok=sh_TavD8)
![Ampersand motorcycles](/sites/default/files/styles/dfc_investment_story_homepage_700px_x_470px_/public/2021-11/Ampersand%20Banner.png?itok=3uUlhMFd)
![Doctor holding a vial of the COVID-19 vaccine](/sites/default/files/styles/dfc_investment_story_homepage_700px_x_470px_/public/2021-08/Investment%20Story%20Header%20Image_IPD2.png?itok=4vTS7HoD)
![Electric bus driving in Dakar, Senegal](/sites/default/files/styles/dfc_investment_story_homepage_700px_x_470px_/public/2021-05/Dakar%20Bus%202.png?itok=R8vRuUff)
![Ugandan woman on the street](/sites/default/files/styles/dfc_investment_story_homepage_700px_x_470px_/public/2021-05/SEAF%202.png?itok=km5QbRP8)
![construction workers building wind turbines](/sites/default/files/styles/dfc_investment_story_homepage_700px_x_470px_/public/2021-05/Kipeto%202.png?itok=1rvSh5mi)
![woman from Lebanon woodworking](/sites/default/files/styles/dfc_investment_story_homepage_700px_x_470px_/public/2021-03/banner%20image.png?itok=Di2crSgm)
![solar panel on roof](/sites/default/files/styles/dfc_investment_story_homepage_700px_x_470px_/public/2021-03/sf.png?itok=ZEA65I7g)
![photo, man on telecom tower](/sites/default/files/styles/dfc_investment_story_homepage_700px_x_470px_/public/2021-02/africell-2.png?itok=pwFmkEW6)
![photo, man in pharmacy looking at medication](/sites/default/files/styles/dfc_investment_story_homepage_700px_x_470px_/public/2020-07/MCF_ZamZam_pharmacy_1_1440x480.jpg?itok=wAID_b2J)
![Preventing blindness in Cameroon](/sites/default/files/styles/dfc_investment_story_homepage_700px_x_470px_/public/2020-03/iStock-1157560909_womaneyeexam15x10.jpg?itok=lYJFfKdR)
![photo, woman smiling and checking on crops](/sites/default/files/styles/dfc_investment_story_homepage_700px_x_470px_/public/2020-07/RootCapital_Gumutindo_1_1440x480.jpg?itok=Sz8fhSN6)
![Adding 86 MW of power in Senegal](/sites/default/files/styles/dfc_investment_story_homepage_700px_x_470px_/public/2020-03/ContourGlobal_c.jpg?itok=va3K4X6v)
![Supporting humanitarian work in Africa and the Middle East](/sites/default/files/styles/dfc_investment_story_homepage_700px_x_470px_/public/2020-04/IRC_Clinic_Mafraq_0019_2_c1.jpg?itok=LDeUPNQa)
![men harvesting palm tree leaves](/sites/default/files/styles/dfc_investment_story_homepage_700px_x_470px_/public/2021-02/Meridiam%202.png?itok=F81V8Ppm)
![Financing critical infrastructure development in Africa](/sites/default/files/styles/dfc_investment_story_homepage_700px_x_470px_/public/2020-01/Madagascar%20NosyBe1.jpg?itok=0PrGmdhQ)
![Bolstering Gabon’s critical infrastructure](/sites/default/files/styles/dfc_investment_story_homepage_700px_x_470px_/public/2020-04/iStock-469758550.jpg?itok=SzJb3Xo3)
![Bringing affordable healthcare to Angola](/sites/default/files/styles/dfc_investment_story_homepage_700px_x_470px_/public/2020-03/Luanda_LAB_2_a.jpg?itok=sri16Gk2)
![Empowering Uganda’s subsistence farmers](/sites/default/files/styles/dfc_investment_story_homepage_700px_x_470px_/public/2020-03/Munaaba_banner_2_1500x500.jpg?itok=CKYfEdy0)
![fresh bread on cooling racks](/sites/default/files/styles/dfc_investment_story_homepage_700px_x_470px_/public/2020-11/absa_banner.png?itok=eTzkVeRr)
![Creating jobs in Namibia’s agriculture sector](/sites/default/files/styles/dfc_investment_story_homepage_700px_x_470px_/public/2020-01/SliverStreet_vineyard_Namibia_1.jpg?itok=m_BVi86P)
![Supporting loans to female borrowers](/sites/default/files/styles/dfc_investment_story_homepage_700px_x_470px_/public/2020-01/Kiva_HP_image.jpg?itok=H_iSWFov)
![wind turbine in Senegal](/sites/default/files/styles/dfc_investment_story_homepage_700px_x_470px_/public/2021-02/PETN_banner.png?itok=JceIb94A)