by Saulius Ramanauskas -

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Public Sector Commits $61m to SMEs via Bamboo-UNCDF Initiative for the Least Developed (BUILD) Fund

The UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) recently announced that it and the Luxembourg-based fund manager Bamboo Capital Partners have raised the equivalent of USD 55 million for the Bamboo-UNCDF Initiative for the Least Developed (BUILD), a fund investing equity and debt in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in low- and middle-income countries. The partners also have raised USD 6.5 million for the BUILD Enterprise Resource Technical Assistance (BUILDER TA) facility to

by Teo Lin-Bianco -

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Mwezi Nets Inaugural $500k Debt Investment from Build Fund of Bamboo Capital, UNCDF to Expand Access to Pay-as-you-go Solar Products in East Africa

Luxembourg-based Bamboo Capital Partners and the UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) recently partnered to create the Build Fund, whose first investment is a loan of USD 500,000 for

by Harriet Ritchie -

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: FIE NGO of Bolivia Buys Back Equity Stake in Its Spanish Subsidiary CONFIE from Impact Investor Bamboo Capital

Bamboo Capital Partners, a Luxembourg-based impact fund manager, recently announced its exit from Spain-based Corporación para el Fomento a Iniciativas Económicas (CONFIE), whose holdings include Banco FIE, a microfinance institution in Bolivia. Bolivia-based Fomento a Iniciativas Económ

by Kate Finster -

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: FEI OGEF Loans $4m to Bboxx to Expand “Pulse” Electric Power Management, Pay-as-you-go Solar Energy in DRC

The Off-Grid Energy Access Fund (OGEF), a debt fund of the Facility for Energy Inclusion (FEI), recently lent USD 4 million to Bboxx, a UK-based solar energy installation and financing firm that is active in Africa and Asia. The loan proceeds are slated to help Bboxx meet its agreement with