{"id":461,"date":"2026-05-12T09:20:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T09:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agf.africa\/blog\/?p=461"},"modified":"2026-05-12T09:20:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T09:20:28","slug":"nairobi-securities-exchange-nse-and-agf-activate-the-ibuka-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agf.africa\/blog\/nairobi-securities-exchange-nse-and-agf-activate-the-ibuka-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) and AGF Activate the Ibuka Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"isPasted\" class=\"default\">On 16th April, Nairobi Securities Exchange Plc (NSE) and AGF marked a significant milestone with the official launch of a transformative Capacity Development (CD) Program. Implemented through the NSE Ibuka Program and the AFAWA initiative, this strategic partnership is anchored on a shared mission: bridging the financing gap for women-led SMEs (WSMEs) while positioning them for sustainable, long-term success.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default\">The Ibuka Program aims to support up to 1,000 SMEs over a five-year period, with a key objective in Phase I being to enable at least 50 WSMEs to successfully raise capital through the NSE.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default\">Taking a holistic ecosystem approach, the program integrates:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Capacity building<\/li>\n<li>Advisory services<\/li>\n<li>Market linkages<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"isPasted\" class=\"default\">This ensures that participating enterprises are not only supported but are also fully prepared to become investor-ready. Beyond program delivery, this collaboration is firmly rooted in driving impact.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default\">This partnership further cements AGF\u2019s role as key enablers of sustainable business growth, contributing to long-term economic development both now and in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 16th April, Nairobi Securities Exchange Plc (NSE) and AGF marked a significant milestone with the official launch of a transformative Capacity Development (CD) Program. Implemented through the NSE Ibuka Program and the AFAWA initiative, this strategic partnership is anchored on a shared mission: bridging the financing gap for women-led SMEs (WSMEs) while positioning them [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[17,47,42],"class_list":["post-461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-women-and-youth","tag-afawa","tag-capacity-building","tag-economic-development-partnerships"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agf.africa\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agf.africa\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agf.africa\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agf.africa\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agf.africa\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/agf.africa\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":462,"href":"https:\/\/agf.africa\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461\/revisions\/462"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agf.africa\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agf.africa\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agf.africa\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agf.africa\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}