Child labour in farming households in Africa has been very difficult to address. Often national labour legislation does not extend to work on family farms, as the difference between child work and child labour is hard to distinguish. The ILO’s ACCEL Africa project has the aim of accelerating the elimination of child labour in Africa through targeted actions in selected supply chains. This research is part of the social finance aspect of the ACCEL Africa project and focuses on Malawi, specifically child labour in tea-growing households in Malawi. Poverty and socio-economic insecurity are recognized as the major causes of child labour within farming households. This is the case in Malawi where families need to employ their children to make ends meet. There is thus a need for economic empowerment of farming households. This is why the social finance component of the ACCEL Africa project aims to design financial services to address the root causes of child labour in farming households. This research assesses the possible impact of financial services, through expert interviews and desk research, on the livelihood of smallholder tea households and their use of child labour.