Meritfinance
meritfinance.co.uk Direct investor
Meritfinance is a wholesale lender that provides convertible debt and debt funding, along with equity investment, to Partner Lending Institutions serving urban micro-traders in East and Southern Africa. It combines capital with financial literacy education delivered through a partnership with Oxford Saïd Business School.
Meritfinance is an investor. It invests directly in companies, in microfinance, financial inclusion and MSME lending.
“Combining capital, education, and mentoring at scale to become a regional wholesale lender investing in Partner Lending Institutions.”
— Meritfinance, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Other
- Stage
- Not stated
- Invests in
- Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Zambia
- Sectors
- microfinance, financial inclusion, MSME lending
Team, as Meritfinance publishes it
- Edward Galante Co-Founder
- Amit Chakrabarti Co-Founder
- Mark Simmonds Co-Founder, Chairman of the Advisory Board
Names and roles exactly as listed on meritfinance.co.uk. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Meritfinance publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://www.meritfinance.co.uk/name, is_investor, layer, type, invests_in_geographies, sectors, thesis_quote, description, people, status
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Record 19957 · added 2026-10-27 · link last verified 2026-10-27 · confidence medium
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