The BUILD Fund (‘BUILD’), an impact fund created in partnership between Bamboo Capital Partners (‘Bamboo’) and the United Nations Capital Development Fund (‘UNCDF’), has made its inaugural investment, providing a USD$500,000 working capital facility for Mwezi Ltd (‘Mwezi’), a Kenyan distributor of solar products.

• Mwezi is a distributor of solar products which improve the health, wealth, and environmental impact of off-grid communities in Kenya
• The investment will enable Mwezi to expand substantially into the next wave of solar productive products and into neighboring LDCs (least developed countries)