Home News and publicationsNewsFinnfund adapts its operations to protect staff and ensure continuity of business News|17 March 2020Finnfund adapts its operations to protect staff and ensure continuity of business Over the past weeks Finnfund has taken increasing measures to protect its staff and partners from the COVID-19 virus while securing the continuity of its business operations. We have limited all physical contacts to the very minimum and conduct our work and meetings online. As a responsible impact investor and development financier we have made sure we can deliver on our commitments to our investee companies. In line with our vision of being a respected partner, we will work closely together with our investee companies, co-financiers and other stakeholders to find the best ways to deal with the current situation. Categories: News2020 Share: Link to Linkedin Link to Facebook Link to Twitter Link to Bluesky Latest news News and publications News 04 December 2025 Finnfund’s Kuutti Kilpeläinen: “Fibre networks are the best way to bridge the digital divide and invest with impact in emerging markets” A major investment theme for next year: fibre networks. According to Kilpeläinen, fibre networks… News 28 November 2025 Best wishes for the holiday season and a happy New Year! News 25 November 2025 Finland and the EU launch major programme targeting to mobilise up to 2 billion euros for projects that advance digitalisation in Africa, Asia and Latin America Finnfund, a Finnish impact investor, is joining forces with the European Union to launch… News 22 October 2025 Finnfund and OeEB invest in CRDB Bank Burundi to support financial inclusion Finnfund, the Finnish development financier and impact investor, and OeEB, the Development Bank of… News 14 October 2025 Merja Rissanen returns to Finnfund as Chief People Officer: “Culture does not emerge on its own” Merja Rissanen has been appointed as Chief People Officer at Finnfund and joins the… News 11 September 2025 Finnfund’s economist Tangeni Shatiwa: “Investor confidence in Nigeria got a boost” The current government of Nigeria has implemented a series of bold policy reforms to… News 27 August 2025 Finnfund closed a 4 million US dollar debt investment with Kenyan Poa Internet to expand affordable broadband Finnfund closed a 4 million US dollar debt investment with Poa Internet Kenya Ltd.… News 22 August 2025 Finnfund announces successful first closing of Finnfund Digital Access Impact Fund I LP Finnfund, a Finnish development financier and impact investor, announces the first closing of Finnfund… News 21 August 2025 Notice of voluntary total redemption of notes due 24 October 2025 Finnish Fund for Industrial Cooperation Ltd (Finnfund) as the Issuer hereby gives notice to… News 30 June 2025 Wave raises EUR 117 million to accelerate financial inclusion across the African continent Wave Mobile Money, Africa’s fastest-growing mobile money platform, has raised EUR 117 million in… Scroll left Scroll right