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Summary sheet
IFC Asset Management Company
The Africa Bank Capitalisation Fund (“The Fund”) is a USD 200 million (target). closed-end private equity fund set up as a joint IFI response to (i) address the needs of private commercial banks in Africa resulting from the difficult operating environment instigated by the global financial crisis and (ii) to prevent future crises from developing.
The Fund will have a counter-cyclical strategy aimed at providing systemic banks with a sound core business with critically needed and stabilising capital resources and speed up the economic recovery.
The Fund’s operational guidelines provide for environmental and social impact assessment in accordance with the Bank’s policies.
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