Launch of the Solar Energy and Clean Cooking Fund – FESEC (Fonds d’Energie Solaire et de la Cuisson) in Burundi
On March 2023, the Ministry of Hydraulics, Energy and Mines (MINHEM) of the Republic of Burundi launched the Solar Energy Project in Rural Communities also called SOLEIL-NYAKIRIZA financed by the World Bank, with the aim of increasing the rate of access to electricity and to efficient and clean cooking solutions. One of the components of […]
ABC Fund announces investments totalling EUR 4.21 million into four agribusinesses and one microfinance institution in sub-Saharan Africa
The ABC Fund has deployed EUR 4.21 million to agribusinesses in Benin, Mali and Uganda as well as a microfinance institution in Nigeria. These investments aim at improving the incomes and livelihoods of smallholder farmers with a focus on women and young people. Africa Négoce Industries is a raw cashew nut processor based in Benin. […]
Bamboo Capital Partners named in ImpactAssets 50 for 12 consecutive years
Bamboo Capital Partners has been named in the 2023 edition of the ImpactAssets 50 list (‘IA 50’) for the twelfth consecutive year. Bamboo was also named as an Emeritus Impact Manager by ImpactAssets. The IA 50 Emeritus Impact Manager list recognizes impact fund managers who have achieved consistent recognition on the IA 50.
Bamboo Capital Partners joins the Smallholder Safety Net Upscaling Programme (SSNUP)
Bamboo Capital Partners has joined the Smallholder Safety Net Upscaling Programme (SSNUP) as an impact investor. The Smallholder Safety Net Upscaling Programme (SSNUP) aims to increase the productivity and resilience of smallholder farmers in Africa, Latin America and Asia by co-funding technical assistance projects that support agricultural value chain market actors who are investees or […]
The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) invests CHF15M ($16M) into the BUILD Fund
The investment is being made by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) part of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). The funding includes CHF9 million specifically allocated to support projects in Zambia and Zimbabwe through UNCDF, as well as CHF5 million directly invested into the global BUILD Fund. CHF1 million is […]
Bamboo Capital Partners exits Banco W in Colombia
Bamboo Capital Partners announces that Fundación WWB Colombia will directly and indirectly acquire, from DWM Panama, WWB ISIS Fund and Bamboo, a stake of approximately 14% of the subscribed and outstanding shares of Banco W. Banco W, created in 2011, promotes financial and social inclusion through microfinance and other financial products and services in Colombia. […]
The BUILD Fund, together with Rabo Foundation, invests over USD$0.5m in Rwandan coffee company GMAC
Bamboo Capital Partners today reports that in December 2022 the BUILD Fund, a partnership between Bamboo and the United Nations Capital Development Fund, invested over USD$510k in Green Mountain Arabica Coffee (GMAC) Limited together with the Rabo Foundation. GMAC was established in 2012, as a producer and exporter of green coffee, that is unroasted coffee […]
OGEF (The Off Grid Electricty Fund) further investments in grants and loans to accelerate the provision of off grid solar in Haiti
Electrification of 200,000 households in Haiti by 2028 Haiti Green Solutions (HGS) and Gold Energy join Ekotek and Palmis Eneji as participants in the results-based financing scheme Additional catalytic grants made available Additional working capital loan to ESG (trading as Ekotek) Port-au-Prince, 3 January 2023 – The Off Grid Electricity Fund (OGEF), the renewable energy […]
The Off Grid Electricity Fund invests a further USD$465,200 in Alina Eneji to increase access to reliable and affordable energy in rural Haiti
OGEF makes a further USD$465,200 investment to triple the size of Alina Eneji’s mesh grids to serve 1,000 households in rural Haiti using Okra Solar’s platform and equipment This investment builds on the success of the first 325 households connected, with the aim to have a 1,000 household mesh grid in place by the end […]
The Off Grid Electricity Fund (OGEF) invests in Paon Bleu to accelerate the supply credit for residential off-grid solar energy systems
Port-au-Prince, 5 September 2022 – The Off Grid Electricity Fund (‘OGEF’ or ‘the Fund’), the renewable energy access fund for Haiti supported by the World Bank, announces it has provided a loan to Paon Blue as a first step in establishing a partnership supporting the growth of its solar lending portfolio outside of Port-au-Prince. OGEF […]
