In the markets perceived as too small, too risky, and too far from conventional finance, UNCDF shows up.
📈 From 2022-2025, every dollar invested in UNCDF catalysed an additional $20.
And we are just getting started.
UNCDF is looking for qualified Business Development Services providers to support nature-based tourism enterprises in Uganda.
📅 Deadline: 5 August 2026
🔗 Apply here ➡️ bit.ly/3T2uohB
The world doesn't have a capital problem. It has a connection problem.
The capital exists. What's missing is the infrastructure to move it from where it sits to where it's needed most.
🔍 Explore how UNCDF unlocked capital in 2025 ➡️ bit.ly/4ywkODG
In the Cook Islands, where tourism drives nearly 70% of the economy, UNCDF is working with government and private sector partners to strengthen the inclusive digital ecosystems, to make them more accessible, transparent, and investable.
🔗 See how ➡️
A joint @CGAP and UNCDF webinar explores how risk transfer connects households to sovereign resilience.
📅 July 22, 2026 | 9:30 AM EDT
🔗 Register here ➡️ bit.ly/4hhhW7s
In 2018, Razaki Iganachi left his job in Kampala, took a 12-hour bus ride to Arua in Northern Uganda, and started a business with his savings.
Three months later, the money was gone.
📈 Now, his business serves communities across ten locations.
As UNCDF’s DFS4Res programme comes to a close, join us for a timely conversation reflecting on its impact, achievements and lessons learned.
Join us on:
📅 22 July 2026
🕒 3:00 PM EAT | 8:00 AM AST | 10:00 PM GMT+12
🔗uncdf.link/webinar@EU_Commission@PressACP
UNCDF was honored to host H.E. Dr. Bandar Al-Amer and the delegation from the General Authority of Awqaf of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the sidelines of the United Nations High-Level Political Forum in New York.
@AWQAF_KSA
The #MSMEDigitalGateway is now in the Northern Subzone.
MSMEs are being onboarded onto the platform through hands-on training sessions, where they learn how to navigate the Gateway, create their profiles, list their businesses & explore the services & opportunities available to
On the margins of the UN #HLPF2026, UNCDF's Chief Finance Officer Karen Vardanyan met with Kenya's Principal Secretary for Economic Planning, Dr. Bonface Makokha, and a government delegation to take stock of a collaboration that has been building for years.
The @UN and @JointSDGFund are supporting countries to build skills systems that work, economies that make room for youth and futures young people can step into confidently.
🔗 unsdg.un.org/latest/stories…@UN_SDG
📍 At the UN HLPF, the United Republic of Tanzania and UNCDF co-hosted a conversation on what it will take to drive industrial & inclusive economic transformation, bringing together government representatives from Indonesia, the UAE, & Zanzibar, along with @UNDP, @FAO, & @UNIDO.
In 2025, UNCDF operated in 67 countries, including 36 Least Developed Countries and 16 Small Island Developing States.
🔗 Explore the results in our annual report ➡️ bit.ly/3TifsMb