Bamboo charts next stage of impact-led growth with its first CEO
Bamboo Capital Partners is announcing today that it has appointed leading impact investing and asset management executive David Grimaud as its new Chief Executive Officer. David joins Bamboo at a crucial time as the firm looks to broaden and deepen its positive and sustainable impact in emerging and frontier markets. Previously he was CEO of […]
Strengthening the Front Lines in the Fight Against Climate Change: A Call for Investment in Coastal Communities’ Resilience
ABC Fund has financed 28 organisations supporting nearly 600,000 smallholder farmers since 2019
The Agri-Business Capital Fund (‘ABC Fund’) has published its third annual Impact Report. Since its launch in 2019, the ABC Fund has cumulatively disbursed a total of EUR€43m to 28 organizations in 11 countries in Africa and Latin America. Over the course of 2022, the ABC Fund financed 7 new organizations including 4 agri-SMEs and […]
Launch of the Solar Energy and Clean Cooking Fund – FESEC (Fonds d’Energie Solaire et de la Cuisson) in Burundi
On March 2023, the Ministry of Hydraulics, Energy and Mines (MINHEM) of the Republic of Burundi launched the Solar Energy Project in Rural Communities also called SOLEIL-NYAKIRIZA financed by the World Bank, with the aim of increasing the rate of access to electricity and to efficient and clean cooking solutions. One of the components of […]
ABC Fund announces investments totalling EUR 4.21 million into four agribusinesses and one microfinance institution in sub-Saharan Africa
The ABC Fund has deployed EUR 4.21 million to agribusinesses in Benin, Mali and Uganda as well as a microfinance institution in Nigeria. These investments aim at improving the incomes and livelihoods of smallholder farmers with a focus on women and young people. Africa Négoce Industries is a raw cashew nut processor based in Benin. […]
Bamboo Capital Partners named in ImpactAssets 50 for 12 consecutive years
Bamboo Capital Partners has been named in the 2023 edition of the ImpactAssets 50 list (‘IA 50’) for the twelfth consecutive year. Bamboo was also named as an Emeritus Impact Manager by ImpactAssets. The IA 50 Emeritus Impact Manager list recognizes impact fund managers who have achieved consistent recognition on the IA 50.
Bamboo Capital Partners joins the Smallholder Safety Net Upscaling Programme (SSNUP)
Bamboo Capital Partners has joined the Smallholder Safety Net Upscaling Programme (SSNUP) as an impact investor. The Smallholder Safety Net Upscaling Programme (SSNUP) aims to increase the productivity and resilience of smallholder farmers in Africa, Latin America and Asia by co-funding technical assistance projects that support agricultural value chain market actors who are investees or […]
The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) invests CHF15M ($16M) into the BUILD Fund
The investment is being made by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) part of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). The funding includes CHF9 million specifically allocated to support projects in Zambia and Zimbabwe through UNCDF, as well as CHF5 million directly invested into the global BUILD Fund. CHF1 million is […]
Bamboo Capital Partners exits Banco W in Colombia
Bamboo Capital Partners announces that Fundación WWB Colombia will directly and indirectly acquire, from DWM Panama, WWB ISIS Fund and Bamboo, a stake of approximately 14% of the subscribed and outstanding shares of Banco W. Banco W, created in 2011, promotes financial and social inclusion through microfinance and other financial products and services in Colombia. […]
The BUILD Fund, together with Rabo Foundation, invests over USD$0.5m in Rwandan coffee company GMAC
Bamboo Capital Partners today reports that in December 2022 the BUILD Fund, a partnership between Bamboo and the United Nations Capital Development Fund, invested over USD$510k in Green Mountain Arabica Coffee (GMAC) Limited together with the Rabo Foundation. GMAC was established in 2012, as a producer and exporter of green coffee, that is unroasted coffee […]
