Working in Partnership for Sustainable Community Based Development (Urban Poverty Reduction Project)
Social Investment Fund (SIF) has been set up to contribute significantly to reducing rural and urban poverty in Ghana. W e provide targeted assistance to poor/deprived communities in Ghana in partnership with CBOs, Local Government, Civil Society and Donors using a gender-sensitive, flexible, participatory, demand driven and sustainable process. Our hallmark is rapid delivery and we operate on the
INTEGRATED RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT PHASE TWO (IRDP II) – OFID COMPONENT.
INUAGURATION OF PROJECT STEERING COMMITTEE (PSC)
INTEGRATED RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT PHASE TWO (IRDP II) – OFID COMPONENT.
INUAGURATION OF PROJECT STEERING COMMITTEE (PSC)
INTEGRATED RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT PHASE TWO (IRDP II) – OFID COMPONENT, INAUGURATION OF PROJECT STEERING COMMITTEE (PSC)
Funding Agency: African Development Bank (AfDB)
Project Amount: US$28.5 Million Grant
Period: 2022-2027
Implementing Partners:
Ghana News Agency (GNA)
University of Ghana (UG)
Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC)
The Social Investment Fund (SIF)
Lead Partner/PIU: The Social Investment Fund(SIF)
Components: 3 components
1. Skills development in higher education for strengthening the health sector
2. Rebuilding youth and women’s livelihoods through entrepreneurship and employment creation
3. Project management
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS OF PSDPEP TO DATE
• 16 out of the project target of 20 MPhil and PhD students have been awarded scholarship to conduct discovery research in Microbiology by the Department of Medical Microbiology of University of Ghana Medical School.
• 3 female Biomedical Experts have been selected for local and international training.
• Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has granted an accreditation to the Biotechnology Centre of University of Ghana to run MPhil and PhD programs in Biotechnology.
• 14 students (7 PhDs and 7 MPhils) from Public Universities in Ghana have been selected for scholarship to study programs in Biotechnology.
• A Technical Consultant (Promacon Consult Ltd) has been engaged to design, review and supervise construction of Biotechnology Centre, Microbiology Centre and extension of Nursing School of the School of Nursing and Midwifery.
• 123 staff of the GNA (79 males, and 44 females) have been trained in MSMEs’ access to credit and health related reporting.
• A Technical Consultant (Knak Design Partnership) has been engaged to undertake consultancy services for design and supervision of construction of 4 training centres under the SIF.
• US$983,747 has been disbursed to 1,521 youth and women SMEs owners (553 males and 968 females).
SIF / AfDB PROJECT-PSDPEP
29/09/2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTo0FpW7-ns&t=1s
SOCIAL INVESTMENT FUND - PSDPEP SIF-PSD
29/09/2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPuIv-gR9NU
SIF PROJECT PSDPEP Social SD 480p SIF-PSDPEP DOCUMENTARY
29/09/2025
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPbOKAXFs9It-PaDK-fBTlQ
THE SOCIAL INVESTMENT FUND Share your videos with friends, family, and the world
16/09/2025
SIF TEAM INSPECTS RENOVATED GNA OFFICES IN TAMALE
23/06/2025
PROJECT: GHANA WOMEN AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL COHESION (GWYESCO) As a Pro-Poor Institution, our goal is to contribute effectively to reducing rural and urban poverty in Ghana. SIF also provides consultancy services for both public and private organizations