CFO’s insight into Q1: Active start for the year

Olli Sinnemaa

We are living in strange times: the COVID-19 crisis has and will continue to extensively affect our working environment. Despite all the uncertainty, Finnfund had an active start for the…

May 10, 2021

Lenita Toivakka to Finnfund Supervisory Board, Antero Toivainen to Board of Directors

…Lenita Toivakka served as Finland’s Minister for Foreign Trade and Development in 2014-16 and currently holds a seat in the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Finnish Parliament. Ms Toivakka has…

April 25, 2018

Finnfund made a record number of investment commitments in 2019

…in Sub-Saharan Africa. Clean energy, sustainable forestry, financial institutions and sustainable agriculture are still Finnfund’s largest industry sectors. Impact and gender equality in focus Finnfund made a special effort to…

May 7, 2020

Finnfund’s new Sustainability Policy finalized and approved

…important stakeholder groups, such as our investees, national and international NGOs and CSOs, peers in development finance and various experts across sectors and geographies. In October 2019 the draft policy…

March 12, 2020

Finnfund’s USD 10 million investment makes telecommunications in Lebanon and Guinea more reliable and energy-efficient

…Energy Service Company) model. A further 1,000 towers will be added under the project. Installing and maintaining the energy equipment at thousands of telecom towers is labour-intensive and requires mostly…

October 9, 2019

Annual report 2021

May 9, 2022

Finnfund invests in Ukraine’s largest windfarm

…agriculture and financial institutions. Today Finnfund’s investments and commitments total about 700 million euros, half of them in Africa. The company has 80 employees. For more information, please visit www.finnfund.fi…

April 18, 2019

Review paper: Smallholder integration into commercial value chains through agricultural traders and local food security

November 9, 2023

CASE: Telecom infrastructure provider BCS brings female role models into a male-dominated sector    

October 26, 2021

Impact study highlights the transformative nature of jobs in one of the poorest counties in Kenya

…daughters’ education. In addition to provision of jobs, the company has improved infrastructure in the area and supported provision of basic services such as water, health and education. The company…

May 26, 2020