Business News of Tuesday, 20 December 2016

Source: BEIGE Group

BEIGE Capital secures medium term funds from INCOFIN

Mike Nyinaku, CEO of BEIGE Capital Savings and Loans Mike Nyinaku, CEO of BEIGE Capital Savings and Loans

BEIGE Capital Savings and Loans (BCSL) has secured a medium term funding arrangement with INCOFIN, a Belgium based Investment Management Firm.

INCOFIN Investment Management (INCOFIN IM) is a Belgium based management company with 7 impact investing facilities totaling EUR 325M under management.

From its offices in Belgium, Colombia, Kenya and India, INCOFIN finances and supports organisations in over 40 countries. In 2012 INCOFIN launched the Fairtrade Access Fund together with Fairtrade International and Grameen Foundation.

The deal was arrived at following an initial expression of interest by INCOFIN and the outcome of subsequent due diligence conducted by INCOFIN on the operations of BEIGE Capital.

Speaking on the rationale behind this relationship, the Regional Director Africa for INCOFIN, Ms. Njeri M. Ngaruiya, said, “We got introduced to BEIGE Capital Savings and Loans in 2012 and have since keenly observed the growth of BCSL and find their success story compelling. It is for this reason that we feel optimistic about this partnership and the future.”

Commenting on the subject, the CEO of BEIGE Capital Savings and Loans, Mike Nyinaku, said, “we are very excited about this relationship and we are also willing to do a lot more with INCOFIN in the near future as this partnership grows.”

The Funding agreement provides the opportunity for INCOFIN to introduce a debt investment of up to 5million dollars.

As a commitment to this process, INCOFIN has made an initial disbursement of 2million dollars to BEIGE Capital.

BEIGE Capital Savings and Loans Ltd (BCSL) is the leading Savings and Loans company in Ghana. BEIGE Capital Savings and Loans is a member of The BEIGE Group, a financial services provider.