SIFEM - Swiss Investment Fund for Emerging Markets

New investment in Business Partners International East Africa

Business Partners International East Africa is a USD 35m investment vehicle that will provide risk-finance to small enterprises in Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda. The Company will invest USD 50k-1m mainly via self-liquidating quasi-equity instruments and will complement finance with technical assistance in the form of non-interest bearing loans. SIFEM invested USD 4 mio.