Access Tier II (IFC-42559)

Countries
  • Nigeria
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • International Finance Corporation (IFC)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Proposed
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
U
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Voting Date
Jun 12, 2019
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
ACCESS BANK PLC
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Finance
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Ring Fence
  • Small & Medium Enterprises
A financial intermediary is a commercial bank or financial institution that receives funds from a development bank, sometimes for a specific lending purpose. A "ring fence" is another name for this specific purpose. These funds are then used for lending by the financial intermediary to client companies or individuals.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 87.50 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ IFC website

Updated in EWS Aug 12, 2021

Disclosed by Bank May 3, 2019

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Project Description
If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

The project consists of an investment of up to US$87.5 million in Access Bank PLC (“Access Bank” or the “Bank”) in the form of a subordinated loan with a maturity of 10-years, callable after 5 years and with a 5-year grace period. The investment will enhance the Bank’s regulatory capital and enable to bank to scale up its lending program to micro, small and medium enterprises (“MSMEs’), including lending operations to women-owned MSMEs and climate smart projects.

Investment Description
Here you can find a list of individual development financial institutions that finance the project.
Financial Intermediary
A financial intermediary is a bank or financial institution that receives funds from a development bank. A financial intermediary then lends these funds to their clients (private actors) in the form of loans, bonds, guarantees and equity shares. Financial intermediaries include insurance, pension and equity funds. The direct financial relationship is between the development bank and the financial intermediary.
Private Actor Relationship
A Private Actor is a non-governmental body or entity that is the borrower or client of a development project, which can include corporations, private equity and banks. This describes the private actors and their roles in relation to the project, when private actor information is disclosed or has been further researched.

There is often limited information publicly available about what development banks are funding through financial intermediaries. In 2021, the Early Warning System partnered with Oxfam International to incorporate information on high-risk projects being funded by financial intermediaries receiving funding from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Dutch Development Bank (FMO).

The information listed below describes the relationship between the different private actors linked to high-risk sectors and subprojects of IFC and FMO's financial intermediary investments and/or the financial intermediary's parent companies made from 2017 through 2020, including any associated ring fences.

The database, however, does not explicitly or implicitly imply that IFC or FMO have material exposure to or are contractually or legally accountable to the sub-projects financed by their financial intermediaries or the financial intermediary's parent companies. It only shows a seemingly financial relationship among the different private actors, the financial intermediaries, and IFC or FMO.

Private Actors Description
A Private Actor is a non-governmental body or entity that is the borrower or client of a development project, which can include corporations, private equity and banks. This describes the private actors and their roles in relation to the project, when private actor information is disclosed or has been further researched.

Access Bank Plc. is a leading full-service commercial Bank operating through a network of more than 592 branches and service outlets, spanning three continents, 12 countries and 29 million customers. The Bank employs 28,000 people in its operations in Nigeria and has subsidiaries in Sub-Saharan Africa and the United Kingdom (with a branch in Dubai, UAE) and representative offices in China, Lebanon and India.

Listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange since 1998, Access Bank is a diversified financial institution which combines a strong retail customer franchise and digital platform with deep corporate banking expertise and proven risk management and capital management capabilities. The Bank serves its various markets through four business segments: Retail, Business, Commercial and Corporate. The Bank has over 900,000 shareholders (including several Nigerian and International Institutional Investors). Following its merger with Diamond Bank in March 2019, Access Bank became one of Africa’s largest retail banks by retail customer base.

As part of its continued growth strategy, Access Bank is focused on mainstreaming sustainable business practices into its operations. The Bank strives to deliver sustainable economic growth that is profitable, environmentally responsible and socially relevant, helping customers to access more and achieve their dreams.

Private Actor 1 Private Actor 1 Role Private Actor 1 Sector Relation Private Actor 2 Private Actor 2 Role Private Actor 2 Sector
Access Bank Group Investor Finance invests in Bk Of Ind Ltd Parent Company Construction
Access Bank Group Investor Finance invests in EA Field New Wells Drilling Client Mining
Access Bank Group Investor Finance invests in Eni SpA Parent Company Mining
Access Bank Group Investor Finance invests in Federal Republic of Nigeria Parent Company Mining
Access Bank Group Investor Finance invests in Nigeria Liquified Natural Gas Client Mining
Access Bank Group Investor Finance invests in Nigeria LNG Complex Train 7 Client Mining
Access Bank Group Investor Finance invests in Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Parent Company Mining
Access Bank Group Investor Finance invests in Project Cheetah (Infill Client Mining
Access Bank Group Investor Finance invests in Royal Dutch Shell Parent Company Mining
Access Bank Group Investor Finance invests in Royal Dutch Shell plc Parent Company Mining
Access Bank Group Investor Finance invests in STOGG Eagle Funding Ltd Client Mining
Access Bank Group Investor Finance invests in total Parent Company Mining
Eni SpA Parent Company Mining owns Nigeria LNG Complex Train 7 Client Mining
Federal Republic of Nigeria Parent Company Mining owns Nigeria Liquified Natural Gas Client Mining
Federal Republic of Nigeria Parent Company Mining owns Project Cheetah (Infill Client Mining
Federal Republic of Nigeria Parent Company Mining owns STOGG Eagle Funding Ltd Client Mining
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Parent Company Mining owns Nigeria LNG Complex Train 7 Client Mining
Royal Dutch Shell Parent Company Mining owns Nigeria LNG Complex Train 7 Client Mining
Royal Dutch Shell plc Parent Company Mining owns EA Field New Wells Drilling Client Mining
total Parent Company Mining owns Nigeria LNG Complex Train 7 Client Mining

Contact Information
This section aims to support the local communities and local CSO to get to know which stakeholders are involved in a project with their roles and responsibilities. If available, there may be a complaint office for the respective bank which operates independently to receive and determine violations in policy and practice. Independent Accountability Mechanisms receive and respond to complaints. Most Independent Accountability Mechanisms offer two functions for addressing complaints: dispute resolution and compliance review.

Access Bank PLC 
Seyi Kumapayi 
Chief Financial Officer 
+234 802 313 0935 
Oluseyi.kumapayi@accessbankplc.com 
Head OfficePlot 999C, Danmole Street, Off Idejo Street,Victoria Island, Lagos State, Nigeria 
www.accessbankplc.com 

ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF IFC

The Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO) is the independent complaint mechanism and fact-finding body for people who believe they are likely to be, or have been, adversely affected by an IFC or MIGA- financed project. If you submit a complaint to the CAO, they may assist you in resolving a dispute with the company and/or investigate to assess whether the IFC is following its own policies and procedures for preventing harm to people or the environment. If you want to submit a complaint electronically, you can email the CAO at CAO@worldbankgroup.org. You can learn more about the CAO and how to file a complaint at http://www.cao-ombudsman.org/

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