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    You are at:Home»News»Sahel Capital raises $65.9 million for FAFIN’s final close
    Sahel Capital Mezuo Nwuneli
    Mezuo Nwuneli, Managing Partner at Sahel Capital

    Sahel Capital raises $65.9 million for FAFIN’s final close

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    By Staff Writer on June 26, 2017 News

    Sahel Capital has announced the close of its debut fund for the Fund for Agricultural Finance in Nigeria (“FAFIN”). It raised $65.9 million from existing co‐sponsors of the fund and the African Development Bank, CDC Group, and the Dutch Good Growth Fund who jointly committed $31 million to FAFIN.

    As part of this round, KfW Development Bank has also offered to increase its commitments to FAFIN by an additional $10 million, subject to final approvals, which if provided would increase the fund size to $76 million by December 2017.

    As the fund manager, Sahel Capital says it intends to invest these funds over the next two years backing sustainable businesses that seek to revolutionize the Nigerian agribusiness landscape while creating jobs, improving productivity, and strengthening priority value chains.

    Mezuo Nwuneli, Managing Partner at Sahel Capital expressed his gratitude on the final close of FAFIN saying: “We are  especially grateful to the immense commitment and support we have received from our existing investors in making FAFIN a reality. We also look forward to partnering with our incoming investors to driving catalytic growth in the sector through our partnerships with strong agribusinesses.”

    Since FAFIN’s launch in 2014, Sahel Capital has assessed over 100 companies and elected to invest in four indigenous high growth companies. Through these investments in the dairy, edible oils, poultry and cassava value chains of Nigeria, FAFIN has created over 500 new jobs ‐ 50% of which are occupied  by women and youth ‐  and improved the lives of over 1,000 small holder farmers and their families by  supporting innovative business incentives and out‐grower schemes.

    With the additional capital raised, Sahel Capital aims to invest in 9 – 10 additional companies which would create over 4,000 more direct and indirect jobs, and further uplift the lives of over 36,000 smallholder farmer families across Nigeria.

    FAFIN was co‐sponsored by the Federal Government of Nigeria (Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, and Federal Ministry of Finance), the German development bank – KfW, and the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (“NSIA”), and was initially launched in 2014 with $32.8 million in commitments.

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