14Trees is a joint-venture between LafargeHolcim, a global leader in building materials based in Switzerland, and CDC. The venture aims to accelerate and scale up the production and commercialisation of Durabric bricks – an environmentally-friendly, affordable alternative to the clay burnt bricks widely used across sub-Saharan Africa, and other innovative green building solutions.

Website:

https://www.14Trees.com/

Aavas is a retail-focused affordable housing company primarily serving low and middle-income borrowers in semi-urban and rural areas.

Website:

https://www.aavas.in/

Absa is sub-Saharan Africa’s third largest bank, operating in 14 countries.

Website:

www.absa.africa

The bank is a systemically important financial institution in Nigeria.

Website:

www.accessbankplc.com

Diamond Bank is the ninth largest universal bank in Nigeria (with a subsidiary in Benin Republic), with a strong focus on the SME and corporate sectors.

Actis is a leading investor in growth markets across Africa, Asia and Latin America. Its three separate investment groups focus on energy and infrastructure; real estate; and general sectors, including consumer, education, financial services, healthcare, industrial, manufacturing, and retail.

Actis was formed in 2004 following a restructuring of CDC designed to bring more equity capital into developing countries and the two organisations have a shared history.

Eneo is Cameroon’s national integrated power utility, supplying electricity to over 1.8 million customer connections across the country. Eneo operates the country’s distribution network, supply business and c. 1GW of generating capacity, governed by concession agreements, which have been extended until 2031.

Based in Cameroon’s economic capital, Douala, the company employs over 3,700 people across the country.

Website:

https://www.act.is/

Kribi and Dibamba are power plants in Cameroon with capacities of 216 megawatts (MW) and 88MW respectively. CDC first invested in the plants as part of a consortium with Actis and Globeleq in 2014.

CDC’s equity stake in the plants was later increased when it took control of Globeleq, in partnership with Norfund, the Norwegian DFI, in 2015.
Globeleq is the largest private developer, owner and operator of independent power plants in sub-Saharan Africa, with generation capacity of more than 1,200 MW.

You can find out more about our investment in Globeleq on this site.

Actis is a leading investor in growth markets across Africa, Asia and Latin America. Its three separate investment groups focus on energy and infrastructure; real estate; and general sectors, including consumer, education, financial services, healthcare, industrial, manufacturing, and retail.

Actis was formed in 2004 following a restructuring of CDC designed to bring more equity capital into developing countries and the two organisations have a shared history.

The London-based firm has offices across Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Website:

https://www.act.is/

ACWA Power, a top tier global power developer, will build the 100 MW Redstone Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) project in South Africa. The project was procured under the Renewable Energy Independent Power Procurement Programme (REIPPP) and will be among the first CSP projects in Africa.
ACWA POWER SOLAR RESERVE REDSTONE SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANT (RF) PROPRIETARY LIMITED is the borrower under the facility

Website:

https://acwapower.com/en/projects/redstone-csp-ipp/

Afreximbank, is a pan-African supranational multilateral financial institution. The bank was created to finance, promote, and expand intra-African and extra-African trade. It provides financing solutions and advisory services for the development of intra- and extra-African trade. The bank is headquartered in Cairo, Egypt, and has operations in Abuja, Abidjan, Harare and Kampala.

Website:

https://www.afreximbank.com/our-bank/about-us/

Africa Improved Foods (AIF) is a manufacturer and supplier of high- quality and nutrient-rich complementary foods to combat malnutrition for children and pregnant and breastfeeding women in Rwanda and the East African region.

AIF also aims to improve smallholder livelihoods through direct sourcing of some of its raw materials from local cooperatives.

The joint venture is an innovative public-private partnership to address malnutrition at scale, alongside Royal DSM, a leading multinational health and nutrition products manufacturer (as the operator) together with the IFC, and Dutch DFI FMO.

Website:

https://www.africaimprovedfoods.com/

Africa Logistics Properties Holding (ALP) is a Nairobi-based greenfield commercial property developer that acquires, develops, and manages modern logistics and industrial real estate facilities across East Africa.

Website:

http://www.africawarehouses.com/

Akiira One Geothermal Company Limited is a special purpose vehicle established with the sole purpose of developing and implementing the Akiira geothermal power project.

The Akiira project is a 35 MW geothermal project that utilises the geothermal resources in the Kenyan part of the Rift Valley

Website:

http://www.akiiraone.com/

The Nubian Suns projects comprise 13 solar power plants located in the Benban Solar Park, near Aswan in Egypt. These plants will add a 590 megawatt (MW) capacity to the park.

Alcazar Energy Egypt Solar 1 SAE is one of these plants, with a 5oMW capacity.

The projects are funded by a syndicate of lenders led by the IFC.

When complete, Benban will be the largest solar power installation in the world with up to 1.65GW capacity and 32 solar plants.

Nubian Suns play a central part in round 2 of the Egypt Feed-In Tariff solar power programme which is introducing international investors and banks to Egypt at a crucial time for the country.

The Egyptian government launched this large-scale initiative in 2015 and has offered strong support for the Nubian Suns projects.

Website:

https://alcazarenergy.com/single-projects/benban-solar-pv-aees1/

The Amandi Energy Independent Power Project (IPP) involves the construction of a 203 megawatt (MW) combined cycle gas turbine in Western Ghana, near the coastal town of Aboadze.

Amandi Energy is part of the STL Group, an infrastructure and energy group that has operated in Ghana and West Africa for over 30 years.

Website:

http://www.amandi-energy.com/

The Nubian Suns projects comprise 13 solar power plants located in the Benban Solar Park, near Aswan in Egypt. These plants will add a 590 megawatt (MW) capacity to the park.

ARC For Renewable Energy SAE is one of these plants, with a 50MW capacity.

The projects are funded by a syndicate of lenders led by the IFC.

When complete, Benban will be the largest solar power installation in the world with up to 1.65GW capacity and 32 solar plants.

Nubian Suns play a central part in round 2 of the Egypt Feed-In Tariff solar power programme which is introducing international investors and banks to Egypt at a crucial time for the country.

The Egyptian government launched this large-scale initiative in 2015 and has offered strong support for the Nubian Suns projects.

Website:

https://globeleq.com/power-plants/arc-solar/

The Nubian Suns projects comprise 13 solar power plants located in the Benban Solar Park, near Aswan in Egypt. These plants will add a 590 megawatt (MW) capacity to the park.

Arinna Solar Power SAE is one of these plants, with a 5oMW capacity.

The projects are funded by a syndicate of lenders led by the IFC.

When complete, Benban will be the largest solar power installation in the world with up to 1.65GW capacity and 32 solar plants.

Nubian Suns play a central part in round 2 of the Egypt Feed-In Tariff solar power programme which is introducing international investors and banks to Egypt at a crucial time for the country.

The Egyptian government launched this large-scale initiative in 2015 and has offered strong support for the Nubian Suns projects.

Website:

https://www.albilalgroup.com/projects/

ARM Cement Limited (ARM), is one of East Africa’s leading manufacturers of cement, lime and fertilizer. The firm has operations in Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda.

Formerly known as Athi River Mining Limited, the company is headquartered in Nairobi and is listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE).

Website:

http://www.armcement.com/

The Nubian Suns projects comprise 13 solar power plants located in the Benban Solar Park, near Aswan in Egypt. These plants will add a 590 megawatt (MW) capacity to the park.

Aten Solar Energy SAE is one of these plants, with a 5oMW capacity.

The projects are funded by a syndicate of lenders led by the IFC.

When complete, Benban will be the largest solar power installation in the world with up to 1.65GW capacity and 32 solar plants.

Nubian Suns play a central part in round 2 of the Egypt Feed-In Tariff solar power programme which is introducing international investors and banks to Egypt at a crucial time for the country.

The Egyptian government launched this large-scale initiative in 2015 and has offered strong support for the Nubian Suns projects.

Website:

https://alcazarenergy.com/single-projects/benban-solar-pv-aten/

Au Financiers was founded by entrepreneur Sanjay Agarwal in 1996. It started with one branch in Jaipur but today it has around 200 branches across the country and focuses on lending to the low-income section of the population.

In 2017, Au Financiers converted itself to a Small Finance Bank from a Non-Banking Finance Company (NBFC), changing its name to AU Small Finance Bank.

Website:

https://www.aubank.in/