AFRICINVEST LTD. (FMO-48035)

Regions
  • Africa
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Approved
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
A
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
Apr 14, 2004
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
AfricInvest
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.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 8.91 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.
Currency conversion note:
Bank reported 8.32
Converted using 2017-04-20 exchange rate.
Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ FMO website

Updated in EWS Jan 19, 2024

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Project Description
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Founded in 1994, AfricInvest is one of the most experienced private equity investors in Africa. AfricInvest Ltd is the first fund in the firm's pan-African fund family, with a mandate to invest across all sectors, primarily in sub-Saharan Africa.


AfricInvest Ltd will invest in a diversified portfolio of SMEs and mid-market companies across Africa. The portfolio composition is expected to reflect the firm's local presence in its historical markets (Algiers, Casablanca and Tunis) with a new presence in sub-Saharan Africa (Abidjan, Lagos and Nairobi), as well as its experience in supporting entrepreneurs across a range of sectors through growth capital investments.
FMO is participating in the fund's first closing in order to show its trust and support of the fund manager to go pan-African. On the back of a proven track in generating market returns in SME investments in North Africa with due attention to ESG risk management and value creation (e.g. by means of resource efficiency), FMO is now supporting the fund manager's intention to replicate its successful business model in the rest of Africa.

Investment Description
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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.

FMO NV

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.

Founded in 1994, AfricInvest is one of the most experienced private equity investors in Africa. AfricInvest Ltd is the first fund in the firm's pan-African fund family, with a mandate to invest across all sectors, primarily in sub-Saharan Africa.


Contact Information
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ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF FMO

Communities who believe they will be negatively affected by a project funded by the Dutch Development Bank (FMO) may be able to file a complaint with the Independent Complaints Mechanism, which is the joint independent accountability mechanism of the Dutch Development Bank (FMO) and the German Investment Corporation (KfW) . A complaint can be filed in writing, by email, post, or online. The complaint can be filed in English or any other language of the complainant. The Independent Complaints Mechanism is comprised of a three-member Independent Expert Panel and it can provide either problem-solving, compliance review or both, in either order. Additional information about this accountability mechanism, including a guide and template for filing a complaint, can be found at: https://www.fmo.nl/independent-complaints-mechanism.

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