This investment was made when British International Investment was named CDC Group. It was also was made under a previous strategy. We disclose information on all our current investments, but narrative information on our pre-2012 investments, when we introduced a new strategy, may be limited.
Key facts
- Status:
- Active
- Region
Since 2012, we’ve only invested in Africa and South Asia. Investments outside these regions are from our pre-2012 portfolio.
- Rest of the World
- Sector
We have seven priority sectors. However, we continue to invest outside these sectors, largely in the most challenging regions, as new investment supporting any sector helps to underpin the private sector, and create jobs and livelihoods for people. For funds, the sectors listed here are those the fund has invested in so far.
- Communications and IT Services, Financial services, Food and agriculture, Manufacturing
- Website:
- https://www.edfi.eu/facility/efp/
- Investment type
We provide capital in three broad ways: direct equity, debt, and intermediated equity (principally through investment funds).
- Intermediated investment
- Fund manager:
- European Financing Partners
- Start date
For direct investments, this is the date British International Investment committed capital to the business or project.
For funds, this is the date that British International Investment committed capital to the fund.
For underlying fund investments, this is the date that the fund invested capital into the business.e
- December 2010
- Amount
For direct investments, this is the total amount that British International Investment has committed to the business or project (it may be a combination of equity and debt).
For funds, this is the total amount that British International Investment has committed to the fund.
- $33.5m
- Domicile
This is the investee company’s place of incorporation; or a fund’s jurisdiction.
- Luxembourg
Investments made by this fund
- Active
- Exited
Investment name | Country | Region | Sector | Start date | Status |
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Indorama Eleme Fertilizer & Chemicals Limited
Indorama Eleme Fertilisers and Chemicals in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, operates the world’s largest single train urea plant and is the biggest urea producer in sub-Saharan Africa. |
Nigeria | Africa, West Africa | Manufacturing | April 2013 | Active |
Africa Finance Corporation
AFC is an international finance organization established by a treaty between sovereign states. |
Tanzania | Africa, East Africa | Financial services | October 2013 | Active |
National Microfinance Bank
Microfinance institution based in Tanzania |
Tanzania | Africa, East Africa | Financial services | October 2013 | Active |
ETG – Export Trading Group
ETG is an African agribusiness with operations in crop buying, warehousing, distribution and merchandising that employs over 7,000 people and reaches hundreds of thousands of small-scale farmers. Founded in 1967, the company owns and manages a vertically-integrated agriculture supply chain with operations in procurement, processing, warehousing, transport, distribution and merchandising. |
Tanzania | Africa, East Africa | Food and agriculture | December 2013 | Active |