ELMA Philanthropies Private Sector Solutions

ELMA Philanthropies Private Sector Solutions is sponsored by ELMA Philanthropies. ELMA Philanthropies invests in companies providing healthcare and education products and services to children across Africa.

Private Sector Solutions — ELMA Philanthropies Overview > The ELMA Foundation > Private Sector Solutions We succeed when grantees and investees demonstrate how the private sector can expand coverage of quality health and education.

View our Investment Framework > ELMA makes impact investments in companies that are providing healthcare and education products and services to children across Africa Project support, in the form of a partially recoverable grant, to establish the Acumen Educational Facility for East Africa, which will invest in and support education businesses improving access to quality education for poor and low-income families Investment in a private equity fund that aims to drive meaningful public health improvements by investing in technologies targeted towards low and middle income countries Investment in a mobile health wallet platform that links participants, healthcare providers, and healthcare payers to provide fast, efficient, and transparent treatment and payment Investment in a biotechnology company that focuses on using messenger RNA to develop new therapeutics and vaccines Global Access Health (GAH) Loan Notes Investment in a not-for-profit company that aims to provide affordable, quality rapid diagnostic tests to low- and middle-income countries by performing the complete value chain from R&D to regulatory approval and manufacturing, and establishing partnerships to produce tests throughout Africa GroFin Small Growing Business (SGB) Fund GroFin SGB is a debt fund focusing on small growing businesses in high-impact sectors across Africa.

Their investment is coupled with strong business support services to give the underlying company the best change to become sustainable.

Investment Fund for Health in Africa II Investment in a private equity fund that targets both a financial and social return by investing in private healthcare companies in Sub-Saharan Africa Investment in a fund that provides loans, alongside local banks, to healthcare providers serving poor and underserved communities.

All borrowers participate in a quality improvement program aimed at increasing the quality of services offered by the provider.

Investment in an education technology company that creates interactive e-learning content and resources for primary school students and teachers Investment in a social enterprise that designs, manufactures, and supplies affordable mobility and posture support devices for children in low and middle-income countries Investment in a private company that has established a chain of affordable primary schools reaching a market segment that currently has few quality options.

SPARK uses a blended learning model with highly trained teachers and technology to keep costs under control. Explore The ELMA Group of Foundations