Kenyan start-up in Sh1bn pact with US-based financier for farmer loans

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Nairobi-based financier Apollo Agriculture Limited has secured a Sh1.07 billion ($9.5 million) loan from the United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) for onward lending to smallholder farmers in the country.

While announcing the 10-year loan, the DFC said the facility would help improve food security in Kenya by boosting Apollo’s ability to support smallholder farmers.

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