Capital in practice

Deal structures & capital routes

Who supplies the capital, who deploys it, and where the real route in begins. Sourced transaction breakdowns connecting the financial mechanism to the organisation you can approach.

• Bank lending & risk sharing · Eight African markets

  How IFC and Ecobank combined loans and risk sharing for African SMEs (and what the $345 million proposal reveals about accessing capital)

  IFC’s up-to-$345m Ecobank proposal, $320m indicative approved investment and separate $140m trade guarantee explain the local-bank route for SMEs.

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• Climate bank on-lending · Kenya

  How Proparco and Equity Bank directed $20 million of a $100 million loan towards climate projects (and what it reveals about accessing green finance in Kenya)

  A $100m Proparco loan to Equity Bank Kenya earmarked $20m for climate co-benefits. Learn how bank on-lending reaches SMEs and where to enquire.

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• Infrastructure project finance · Cameroon

  How Nachtigal combined DFI lending, local banks and World Bank guarantees for a €1.2 billion hydropower project (and what it reveals about bankable power projects in Africa)

  Nachtigal’s 420MW hydro project combines sponsor equity, DFI and local-bank debt, IBRD guarantees and political-risk cover. Understand the capital stack.

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• Blended finance · Sub-Saharan Africa

  How AfDB’s SEFA uses grants, loans and fund investment to finance energy (and what it reveals about accessing energy capital in Africa)

  Three SEFA precedents explain reimbursable grants, concessional debt and managed-fund investment—and why the right access route depends on the project.

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• Bank on-lending · Zimbabwe

  How BII structured $50 million for Zimbabwe through CABS and NMB (and what it reveals about accessing agriculture finance)

  Understand BII’s $50m Zimbabwe agriculture programme, the roles of CABS and NMB Bank, and where businesses should ask about eligibility.

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• Fund investment · Five African countries

  How Acumen and the Green Climate Fund structured a $56 million climate agriculture project (and what it reveals about accessing GCF capital in Africa)

  How the Green Climate Fund’s FP078 supports Acumen’s ARAF: the $56m project, $26m GCF contribution and agribusiness investment route.

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• Local-currency debt · Nigeria

  How Standard Bank and IFC structured the $80 million Sun King facility (and what it reveals about off-grid capital in Africa)

  How IFC and Stanbic IBTC’s Naira-denominated $80m Sun King facility supports pay-as-you-go solar and reduces foreign-exchange exposure.

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• Payment guarantee · Southern Africa

  How GuarantCo and Africa GreenCo structured a $27 million guarantee (and what it reveals about financing renewable power in Africa)

  Understand how GuarantCo’s $27m facility backs Africa GreenCo’s payments to IPPs and helps renewable projects reach financial close.

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• Carbon-linked outcome bond · Ghana

  How the World Bank and KliK linked a $200 million bond to clean cooking in Ghana (and what it reveals about carbon-backed finance in Africa)

  How the World Bank, Standard Chartered, UpEnergy and KliK link Ghana clean-cooking finance to Article 6 carbon revenues through an outcome bond.

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