Housing

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By 2030, 2 billion people live in slums, <br>mainly in Africa and Asia.
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INVESTMENT STORY

Building Kaputei

An hour outside Nairobi the beginning of Jamii Bora's town-to-be, Kaputei, is underway. The group is constructing not just the homes, but the building materials for those houses.

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HOUSING PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS

Acumen Fund’s Housing portfolio invests in sustainable, scalable enterprises that focus on both supply and financing for housing, and on broader financial innovations that provide economic access to the poor.


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Jamii Bora
Pioneering Urban Planning
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Saiban
Housing for Low-Income Urban Squatters
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Kashf Foundation
Micro-lending for Women