Methys Consulting Pty Ltd (FMO-62664)

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
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
Aug 1, 2023
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
Methys Consulting Pty Ltd
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Construction
  • Infrastructure
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 0.08 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 0.08
Converted using 2023-10-08 exchange rate.
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ FMO website

Updated in EWS Oct 8, 2023

Disclosed by Bank Sep 28, 2023

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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.

According to the Bank’s website, Methys Consulting (PTY) LTD as the entity that created and is operating AfricArena. FMOs support will focus on AfricArena and its mission to bring together tech start-ups, corporations, and investors (i.e. angel investors, venture capitalist (VCs), and other institutional investors) to foster co-investment and collaboration that can move the economies and people of the continent forward.

To partner with AfricArena, as a key venture capital (VC) ecosystem builder for Africa, on their flagship events across the continent, particularly the Unconferences, plus support them on two programs related to the convenings, AfricArise and the Digital Collective Africa, that help ventures in scaling and drives collaboration on key issues to advance the nascent VC industry across Africa.

Investment Description
Here you can find a list of individual development financial institutions that finance the project.

Investment type not available at the time of the snapshot.

Private Actor 1 Private Actor 1 Role Private Actor 1 Sector Relation Private Actor 2 Private Actor 2 Role Private Actor 2 Sector
- - - - AfricArena Subsidiary -
- - - - Methys Consulting Pty Ltd Client -

Contact Information
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No contact information provided at the time of disclosure.

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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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