About
LEAP Fund is designed and managed by Leaders International, an economic development organisation working with governments, community groups and the private sector across the Middle East and North Africa since 2004.
Who we are
Leaders International brings together governments, community organisations and private-sector partners across the Middle East and North Africa. Headquartered in Brussels with offices in Amman, Ramallah and Tunis, it has planned, managed and monitored economic development interventions since 2004 — combining consultancy-grade expertise with the accountability of a mission-driven organisation.
Access to finance is only one of the things holding an MSME back; markets, skills, certification and technology are the others, and a grant on its own solves none of them. LEAP Fund exists to put all of them in the same package — and to be judged on whether the businesses it funds are still growing three years later.
Track record
The organisation's record is the reason the fund can promise what it promises.
The network
Sector specialists and business advisors assigned to grantees for the length of the grant.
Export and certification
Trade specialist who takes manufacturers through EU market access: conformity assessment, technical files, and the buyer conversation that has to happen before any of it is worth doing.
Digital transformation
Leads digitisation coaching for tourism and retail MSMEs — booking, payments and the small operational habits that decide whether a new system survives its first busy week.
Business development
Fifteen years advising MSMEs on growth strategy across Jordan and Palestine, most of it spent on the unglamorous half — pricing, margin and the decision to stop selling something.
Financial planning
Supports financial readiness and access-to-finance pathways from Brussels: accounts a lender will read, forecasts that hold up, and the follow-on credit conversation after the grant is spent.
Working together
LEAP Fund is delivered with donors, ministries, financial institutions and the private sector.
Where we are
Fuelled by passion and knowledge, we unlock tomorrow’s potential today.
LEAP Fund harnesses funding, expertise and partnerships to help entrepreneurs, microbusinesses and enterprises overcome the barriers that hold back growth — access to finance, markets, skills and technology.
Whether you are a business looking for a window, an advisor looking for assignments, or an institution looking to co-fund — the same address reaches us.