Shared Pathways Fund is an initiative aimed at empowering refugee-led and refugee-serving businesses across Kenya in partnership with IRC Kenya (see press release here).  Our teams bring a proven track record of driving sustainable and inclusive economic transformation, successfully mobilizing resources, fostering innovation, and delivering measurable results.

Refugee-led businesses, often operating in the informal sector, face significant barriers to growth, including limited access to formal financial services, lack of collateral, and legal restrictions. Despite these challenges, entrepreneurship remains a powerful tool for economic empowerment, offering refugees a pathway to self-reliance and host communities an opportunity for shared economic growth.

Shared Pathways Fund strengthens the viability and impact of businesses that operate in refugee communities, employ refugees, or are led by refugees. Shared Pathways Fund empowers micro, small, and medium enterprises (“MSMEs”) to drive shared economic growth by addressing gaps in access to capital, technical support, and market linkages. Managed by AlphaMundi Foundation and IRC Kenya, and supported by best-in-class partners, the program combines a refugee and gender lens with a market-based approach to ensure lasting change.