The Catalytic Climate Finance Facility (CC Facility) Learning Hub, a joint initiative between Convergence and Climate Policy Initiative, is pleased to announce the recipients of its second round of research grants: Makarere University Business School (MUBS) Climate Finance and Sustainability Centre and Genesis Analytics. These grants, awarded to two leading Africa-based institutions, will support research focused on solutions to increase local capital for blended finance climate initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa.
About the Grantees
- MUBS Climate Finance and Sustainability Centre: Based in Uganda, the MUBS Climate Finance and Sustainability Centre serves as a regional hub of excellence focused on strengthening long-term capacity in climate and sustainable finance across Africa. The Centre collaborates with academia, government, and private sector partners to generate evidence-based research, enhance climate finance literacy, and support context-appropriate and locally driven climate policy and financing solutions.
- Genesis Analytics: Headquartered in South Africa, Genesis is an impact-driven advisory and consulting firm that specializes in designing and implementing innovative financial solutions tailored to local contexts in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean. More than 80% Genesis Analytics staff live in impact countries, bringing deep knowledge and networks to bear on their work. Working proactively, they identify transformative opportunities at a country level, informed by global conditions, to unlock social value.
Upcoming Webinar: Key Insights on Blended Finance and the Gender-Climate Nexus
Join us on March 3, 2026, at 8:00 AM EST for a webinar hosted by the CC Facility Learning Hub, exploring new insights on blended finance for the gender-climate nexus in Sub-Saharan Africa. Register here.
The session will feature key findings from a recent publication from its first research grant, awarded to I&P Conseil. The report examines how blended finance transforms the trajectories of gender-climate nexus funds below $100 million in size in Sub-Saharan Africa. The study also highlights how fund managers and investors have leveraged blended finance to unlock catalytic capital for the gender-climate nexus. We invite stakeholders to join the webinar reviewing key report findings on March 3, 2026 at 8:00 AM EST.
These grants are made possible by the CC Facility’s anchor donor, the International Development Research Centre (IDRC).
About the Learning Hub
The Catalytic Climate Finance Facility (CC Facility) Learning Hub is a knowledge-sharing platform designed to accelerate the deployment of climate blended finance vehicles in emerging markets and developing economies. It does this by i) bridging climate blended finance research and practice, by translating lessons learned from diverse CC Facility grantees, including fund managers, local entrepreneurs, and project developers, to the wider ecosystem through research and convenings, and ii) supporting institutions in the Global South to become leaders in researching, developing, and funding locally-led blended climate finance solutions.
The Hub draws on the combined expertise of Convergence and CPI, including extensive data collections, research, network, and hands-on experience supporting climate finance vehicles.