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Every milestone in our Unlocking Carbon Credit Opportunities for Gender-Smart Green #SMEs TA Facility project in Ghana was designed to progressively strengthen participating enterprises on their investment and carbon market readiness journey. The story of the project is about much more than selecting two winners. It began with 30 promising gender-smart SMEs, each with an impact-driven business model addressing climate challenges. The project unfolded in several phases, each designed to create value for participating SMEs: ➡️ 30 selected SMEs participated in tailored masterclasses and workshops designed to strengthen their #investment and carbon market readiness. ➡️ 15 shortlisted SMEs advanced to the next stage, working with carbon coaches to develop #opportunity maps and receiving investment advisory support ➡️ 10 finalists worked with carbon certification experts to develop pre-Project Design Documents (pre-PDDs), underwent investment due diligence, and pitched their businesses before a jury panel. ➡️ 2 winning SMEs were each awarded €25,000 in catalytic funding, together with support to finalize their Project Design Documents (PDDs), accelerating their next phase of #growth. While only two businesses received catalytic funding, every participating founder gained valuable knowledge, practical tools, and stronger networks to strengthen their business, measure and scale their impact, and better position themselves to access carbon markets. We believe that true #impact lies not just in who wins, but in how we elevate an entire #ecosystem of gender-smart green enterprises toward a more inclusive and sustainable climate future. #ShEquity #ClimateFinance #CarbonMarkets #GenderSmartInvesting #SMEs #ImpactInvesting #Ghana GreenTec Capital Africa Foundation Agentur für Wirtschaft und Entwicklung GIZ Ghana Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH  Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Pauline Koelbl Benson Njiru Erick Yong Em Ekong Betty Nduku

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