Signature(s)
Amount
€ 12,781,186.09
Sector(s)
Services
: € 12,781,186.09
Signature date(s)
31/07/2018 : € 12,781,186.09
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Release date
29 January 2018
Status
Reference
Signed | 31/07/2018
20170718
Project name
Promoter - financial intermediary
SYNERGY PRIVATE EQUITY FUND II
SYNERGY MANAGERS (MAURITIUS) LTD
Proposed EIB finance (Approximate amount)
Total cost (Approximate amount)
USD 15 million (EUR 13 million)
USD 250 million (EUR 211 million)
Location
Sector(s)
- Services - Financial and insurance activities
Description
Objectives
Equity participation in a closed-end private equity fund targeting investments in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) active in Anglophone West Africa: Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Synergy Private Equity Fund II is the successor to Synergy Private Equity Fund I, to which the EIB committed USD15 million in 2014.
This operation will improve competitiveness and access to finance at favourable conditions for SMEs in the region.
Environmental aspects
Procurement
The fund's operational guidelines provide for environmental and social due diligence of investee companies according to guidelines acceptable to the Bank.
Not applicable.
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