WCS COVID CIB (IFC-44017)

Countries
  • Egypt
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
Approved
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
B
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
Mar 17, 2020
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
COMMERCIAL INTERNATIONAL BANK SAE
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
  • No Restrictions
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 Type(s)
Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 100.00 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.
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ IFC website

Updated in EWS Oct 18, 2024

Disclosed by Bank Jun 16, 2020

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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 bank provided information, the proposed investment consists of a one-year senior loan, renewable once for a year, of up to US$100 million to Commercial International Bank’s (CIB or the Bank) under the COVID-19 Emergency Response WCS Envelope (WCS Envelope). The WCS Envelope is designed to provide funding to existing IFC client banks in emerging markets that will then extend new trade-related or working capital loans to companies whose cash flows have been disrupted by the global outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.

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

The proposed financing package involves up to US$100 million senior loan from IFC’s own accounts.            

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 Actor 1 Private Actor 1 Role Private Actor 1 Sector Relation Private Actor 2 Private Actor 2 Role Private Actor 2 Sector
Abraaj Invest Mgmt Ltd Parent Company Industry and Trade owns Egyptian Fertilizers Co SAE Client Industry and Trade
Amiral Parent Company Transport owns Sokhna Port Bunkering Phase 3 PPP Client Transport
Attijariwafa Bank Parent Company Energy owns Ras Ghareb Wind Farm (262.5MW) Client Energy
Commercial International Bank Investor Finance invests in Abraaj Invest Mgmt Ltd Parent Company Industry and Trade
Commercial International Bank Investor Finance invests in Amiral Parent Company Transport
Commercial International Bank Investor Finance invests in Attijariwafa Bank Parent Company Energy
Commercial International Bank Investor Finance invests in Dp World Sokhna Parent Company Water and Sanitation
Commercial International Bank Investor Finance invests in Egyptian Electricity Holding Parent Company Energy
Commercial International Bank Investor Finance invests in Egyptian Fertilizers Co SAE Client Industry and Trade
Commercial International Bank Investor Finance invests in Egyptian Gen Petro Corp Parent Company Mining
Commercial International Bank Investor Finance invests in Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation Parent Company Transport
Commercial International Bank Investor Finance invests in ENGIE Parent Company Energy
Commercial International Bank Investor Finance invests in Ministry of Finance (Egypt) Parent Company Transport
Commercial International Bank Investor Finance invests in Mizuho Financial Group Parent Company Energy
Commercial International Bank Investor Finance invests in Orascom Construction Industries Parent Company Energy
Commercial International Bank Investor Finance invests in Ras Ghareb Wind Energy Sae Client Energy
Commercial International Bank Investor Finance invests in Ras Ghareb Wind Farm (262.5MW) Client Energy
Commercial International Bank Investor Finance invests in Societe Generale Parent Company Energy
Commercial International Bank Investor Finance invests in Sokhna Port Bulk Liquid Parent Company Mining
Commercial International Bank Investor Finance invests in Sokhna Port Bunkering Phase 3 PPP Client Transport
Commercial International Bank Investor Finance invests in Toyota Group Parent Company Energy
Commercial International Bank Investor Finance invests in Toyota Tsusho Corp Parent Company Energy
Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation Parent Company Transport owns Sokhna Port Bunkering Phase 3 PPP Client Transport
ENGIE Parent Company Energy owns Ras Ghareb Wind Farm (262.5MW) Client Energy
Ministry of Finance (Egypt) Parent Company Transport owns Sokhna Port Bunkering Phase 3 PPP Client Transport
Mizuho Financial Group Parent Company Energy owns Ras Ghareb Wind Farm (262.5MW) Client Energy
Orascom Construction Industries Parent Company Energy owns Ras Ghareb Wind Farm (262.5MW) Client Energy
Societe Generale Parent Company Energy owns Ras Ghareb Wind Farm (262.5MW) Client Energy
Toyota Group Parent Company Energy owns Ras Ghareb Wind Farm (262.5MW) Client Energy
Toyota Tsusho Corp Parent Company Energy owns Ras Ghareb Wind Energy Sae Client Energy

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.

Commercial International Bank
Mostafa Meguid
FI Trade & Cash Products Division Head
+20 012 2395 6754
Mostafa.meguid@cibeg.com 
21/23 Charles De Gaulle St., Giza - P.O. Box 2430 Cairo
www.cibeg.com 

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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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