EDFI Management Company

Our CEO Rodrigo Madrazo Garcia de Lomana, Ph.D will be part of this important conversation, representing EDFI Management Company, hosted by DG INTPA, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) the Shamba Centre for Food & Climate on innovative DFI financing under the EU Global Gateway.

Technical Assistance (TA) is often the quiet ingredient behind strong, resilient businesses. TA allows us to stand next to our investees as they grow – bringing in targeted expertise, not just capital – so they can strengthen their operations, sustain growth and unlock more funding. Funded by the European Union, our TA is used very concretely: to solve operational challenges, close capacity gaps and improve impact in difficult markets. In this new article, we share how TA is helping: - Cajou Espoir in Togo to transition to fully organic production, integrate beekeeping and strengthen environmental and social practices. - Clean cooking and energy companies like RDG Africa and Emerging Cooking Solutions in Zambia to professionalise finance, streamline call centres and prepare for growth capital. - Inclusive finance players such as Agora Microfinance Zambia (AMZ), Aruwa Capital Management, Microfinance Solidaire (Impact investing by Entrepreneurs du Monde) and Sarvodaya Development Finance PLC to deepen ESG, client protection and responsible lending standards. These are concrete, time-bound projects designed with the investees themselves – small grants that help strong entrepreneurs become even stronger partners for future public and private investment. Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/eevTJ9ej

The Ilute Solar project in Western Zambia has reached financial close – a milestone that shows what is possible when committed partners back market-based clean energy solutions at scale. Ilute is a 32 MWp grid-connected solar PV plant that will sell power through a fully market-based PPA with GreenCo, feeding clean electricity into the Southern African Power Pool and helping to strengthen energy security across borders. This transaction demonstrates that independent power producers can be financed without sovereign guarantees, using innovative risk-sharing structures that crowd in private capital alongside development finance. Through our EU-funded ElectriFI - The Electrification Financing Initiative – we join FMO - Dutch entrepreneurial development bank, African Development Bank Group Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), Africa GreenCo and Triodos Investment Management in supporting Serengeti Energy and its Zambian partner Kwama Energy to bring this project to life. Beyond adding new renewable generation capacity, Ilute helps to unlock a new model for cross-border power trading and paves the way for more private investment into Zambia’s and Southern Africa’s energy transition. Read more: https://lnkd.in/di_sj6Bk #renewableenergy #developmentfinance #Zambia #SouthernAfrica #energytransition

Here is a summary of our 2025: 1. Trust.  - A 4x capital increase. - Fully pillar assessed by the EU. - €892M in new mandates.  2. Delivery  - 46 new transactions - Amounting in more than € 200 million - 3.5M people with electricity - 75K farmers supported. These numbers come from the trust and hard work of our partners, shareholders, funders and investees, and our team – working together, and delivering together. Wishing you a joyful 2026 – and looking forward to another year of working side by side, turning shared trust into shared results.

Looking for a colleague for the management team

We are still busy signing the very last contracts of 2025, and will share the full picture and final numbers with you next week. But we wanted to thank you for the trust, the collaboration and the energy you brought to this year – looking forward to building even more together in 2026.

As 2025 ends we have (at least) one more announcement to make, and it is something very concrete: water on fields, not fuel in tanks. EU funded, ElectriFI - The Electrification Financing Initiative is providing USD 2 million in financing to Agros, a pioneer in solar-powered irrigation, to help thousands of smallholder farmers in Southeast Asia access reliable, affordable water for their crops. By replacing diesel pumps with solar solutions, farmers can cut fuel costs, irrigate more land, and reduce emissions at the same time. Agros already works with thousands of farmers across countries like Cambodia, Myanmar and Indonesia, helping them navigate harsher dry seasons and increasingly unpredictable weather. This new investment is about scaling what works: more resilient yields, more stable incomes, and more climate-smart agriculture in one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable regions. Congrats to the team, right before holidays: Quentin A., Aurélie Terlinden, Luciana Gaspar, Amine SBAI, Maud Watelet Read the full announcement here: https://lnkd.in/gDK8BzbA

We are looking for an exceptional Chief Partnership Officer to join us in Brussels. This is a pivotal role for someone who thrives at the intersection of strategic partnerships, business development, and development finance. The Chief Partnership Officer will lead our partnerships and business development teams while overseeing two critical business lines: our guarantees portfolio (€1.6 billion in EFSD+ mandates) and our co-financing facilities. For more information and how to apply see here: https://lnkd.in/e-b_wvcy

For financial institutions in markets like Burundi, expanding lending to micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises, particularly those led by women, remains constrained by high perceived risks and strict collateral requirements. To bridge this gap, Finnfund and OeEB Oesterreichische Entwicklungsbank AG - The Development Bank of Austria have just signed a combined USD 25 million investment into CRDB Bank Burundi. We are supporting this transaction through the EDFI MSME Platform. By providing this guarantee, we are mitigating the credit risk, which enables CRDB Bank to confidently scale its lending to segments of the economy that typically lack access to formal banking services. This initiative is funded by the European Union under the EFSD+ and Global Gateway strategy, reinforcing the role of blended finance in local economic development. Read the full details here: https://lnkd.in/e5Ybn6P9

Our CEO, Rodrigo Madrazo Garcia de Lomana, Ph.D is at the 2025 Donor Platform Annual General Assembly today in Brussels, joining the panel on “Catalysing Finance and Impact for Food Systems.” The real work happens when we move from high-level commitments to concrete pipelines, stronger local institutions, and measurable impact for rural communities. That’s the dialogue happening right now. AgriFI - The Agriculture Financing Initiative Global Gateway