Investor

Africa Finance Corporation

Nigeria

AFC is an international organization established by treaty between sovereign states. It was established by twin legal instruments, with all the rights, privileges and immunities conferred upon international entities.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: Africa

Impact: Access to Financial Services

Investor

Levantine & Co

Levantine & Co is a financial services firm with a business strategy that utilizes a sustainable framework built on the IFC Performance Standards. We leverage our extensive knowledge access to capital network of key relationships and unique advisory approach to spearhead our services to ultimately secure sustainable financing and unlockour client s full potential. Levantine & Co secures sustainable financing for companies through an advisory relationship that helps structure and position our clients to meet and surpass the decision making criteria of sustainable investors.The firm provides confidential unconflicted and strategic advisory services to entrepreneurs family offices and SMEs looking to grow or restructure their businesses towards sustainability. Investors appreciate our ability to act swiftly and value our ability to handle the heavy lifting inherent in the services that we offer. This enables our clients to remain focused on the daily demands of running their companies. Ultimately Levantine & Co. seeks to guide its clients through the complex process of raising capital whilst satisfying the decision making criteria of sustainable investors.

Type: Other Capital Channels & Intermediaries

Geography: Africa

Impact: Access to Clean Water and Sanitation

Investor

Skye Bank

Nigeria

Skye Bank Plc. is one of Nigeria's leading retail and commercial banks with over 373 branches and cash centres across Nigeria offering premium financial services with subsidiaries in sierra Leone The Gambia and Guinea.The bank commenced operations in 2006 and has become one of the foremost financial institutions in the Nigerian banking industry playing a pivotal role in the success of many businesses creating wealth and promoting entrepreneurship. Skye Bank has earned a reputation for exceptional customer service. The bank has invested significantly in the acquisition and deployment of Information Technology for enhanced customer experience across its multiple service delivery channels including mobile banking ATMs POS and online platforms.In 2011 Skye Bank won the bid to acquire 100 per cent ownership stake of Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) in Mainstreet Bank Limited a deal which placed the bank as one of the top four banks in Nigeria in terms of customer reach balance sheet size and profitability.Mainstreet Bank's operations has since been fully integrated into Skye Bank's operations in what has been considered as one of the smoothest and hitch free integration processes recorded in the Nigerian Banking industry.

Type: Bank

Geography: Nigeria

Impact: Access to Financial Services