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Accion

Strategic pillar: Scale partnerships
Customer group: Micro-entrepreneur
Region: Africa and Asia
Partner since: 2025
Joint partners FCDO
FCDO funding type: TIME
Technology: Multiple

About

Accion is a global non-profit on a mission to create a fair and inclusive economy for the nearly two billion people not served by global financial systems.

Since 1961, Accion has helped build 267 financial service providers serving low-income clients in 75 countries, reaching 440 million people.

Project Focus

Shell Foundation is working in partnership with Accion to manage the Climate and Finance Innovations Alliance (ClimaFii), which aims to drive impact at scale by supporting Financial Solutions Providers serving energy SMEs.

Two women smiling using a solar dryer
Gender Smallholder Farmers East Africa

Shell Foundation and Accion announce new programme to finance and scale emission-reducing technologies in emerging markets

The Climate and Finance Innovations (ClimaFii) Alliance seeks to bring financing and sustainable energy solutions to microenterprises across India and…

21st January 2025

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For 25 years, Shell Foundation has partnered to scale clean energy solutions that boost incomes and cut emissions

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