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Amount
€ 20,000,000
Sector(s)
Services : € 20,000,000
Signature date(s)
19/12/2008 : € 20,000,000
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Summary sheet

Release date
8 October 2008
Status
Reference
Signed | 19/12/2008
20080464
Project name
Promoter - financial intermediary
Africinvest Fund II LLC

African Capital Partners, L.L.C., an affiliate of Tuninvest Finance Group S.A.

Proposed EIB finance (Approximate amount)
Total cost (Approximate amount)
Up to EUR 20 million.
EUR 120 million.
Location
Sector(s)
Description
Objectives

AfricInvest II LLC is a target EUR 120 million private equity fund managed by AfricInvest Capital Partners (“ACP”), an affiliate of Tuninvest Finance Group (“Tuninvest”), focusing on growth and expansion small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in primarily Sub-Saharan West and East Africa.

The fund intends to focus on enterprises that are well-established and have developed brands, products, distribution channels and good customer bases in their local markets. The targeted companies will ideally have a clear potential to scale up regionally, combined with operational improvement prospects. The Fund will focus on growth investments to companies with annual revenues between EUR 5 and EUR 50 million. Fund investments are expected to range from EUR 2 to EUR 10 million.

Environmental aspects

Environmental analysis according to guidelines acceptable to the Bank will be part of the Fund’s due diligence process in the appraisal of invested companies.

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