The Social Investment Fund (SIF) was set up in 1998 under the Companies Code 1963 (ACT 179) by the Government of Ghana (GoG), African Development Bank (AfDB) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) as a rapid, reliable and flexible mechanism for channeling resources to deliver targeted assistance to both Ghana’s urban and rural impoverished communities. It is governed by a Board of Directors.
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. Since its incorporation as a company limited by guarantee, SIF has attained the confidence of Multilateral Institutions, Private Business entities and the Government of Ghana.
The SIF started its operations in six (6) pilot districts, namely, Ashiedu-Keteke Sub-metropolitan Assembly of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) in the Greater Accra Region, Dangme West in the Greater Accra Region, Bongo in the Upper East Region, Afram Plains in the Eastern Region, Juaboso-Bia in the Western Region, and Subin Sub-Metropolitan Assembly of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) in the Ashanti Region. It expanded to 45 districts in all the ten regions of Ghana in 2002 and by January 2004, the coverage had reached 80 out of the 110 then existing districts in the country. The SIF further expanded its operations to cover 108 districts in 2006.
Currently, the Fund operates from its Fund Management Unit (FMU) in Accra. Aside the FMU which serves as the head office, the Fund has four Zonal Offices in Ghana which are located in Wa in the Upper West Region; Kumasi in the Ashanti Region; Koforidua in the Eastern Region; and Cape Coast in the Central Region.
The operational area of the Zonal Offices is highlighted below:
The Social Investment Fund has achieved a number of successes since its inception in 1998 in the areas of Sub-projects implementation; Capacity Building and Institutional Strengthening; Micro Finance and Small Scale Enterprises Development; Project Monitoring and Evaluation; and provision of Consultancy services.
