This investment was made when British International Investment was named CDC Group.
Orient Bank, established in 1983, is a mid-tier commercial bank licensed by the Bank of Uganda to provide banking, stockbroking and other related financial services to its client base of primarily SMEs and retail customers in Uganda.
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.
- Africa, East Africa
- Countries:
- Uganda
- 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.
- Financial services
- Investment type
:
We provide capital in three broad ways: direct equity, debt, and intermediated equity (principally through investment funds).
- Intermediated investment
- Fund:
- 8 Miles
- Fund Manager:
- 8 Miles LLP
- 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
- February 2015
- Domicile
:
This is the investee company’s place of incorporation; or a fund’s jurisdiction.
- Uganda
