Fund for African Private Sector Assistance (FAPA) Portfolio TABLE as of 31 December 2013

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1 Country Project Name Approval Date Amount (US) Short Objective/Description Franchising 22-Jun-2006 $975,000 Cameroon Gambia River Basin Development (OMVG) East Africa Submarine Cable System (EASSy) East African (EADB) Growth-Oriented Women Entrepreneurs (GOWE) 22-Jun-2006 $800, May-2007 $275, Dec-2007 $1,000,000 Shelter Afrique (SHAF) 27-Dec-2007 $950,000 DRC Advans Congo 4-Feb-2008 $940,000 West African (BOAD) To contribute to the stimulation of economic growth and job creation in the SME sector through the advancement of franchising in Africa. To finance the services of an Advisory Mission to propose to the Authorities of the Gambia River Basin Development Organization (OMVG) a public-private partnership (PPP) option to optimize the implementation of three power projects. Cofinanced with NEPAD IPPF. To structure the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) of the EASSy project for development of an optical fiber submarine cable network for the eastern seaboard. Co-financed with NEPAD IPPF. To strengthen EADB s capacity to contribute to regional integration of EAC Member states and to promote more effectively the development of the private sector, particularly SMEs. 27-Dec-2007 $530,000 To provide integrated support for development of women s enterprises in Cameroon. 4-Feb-2008 $953,000 Rosso Bridge 4-Feb-2008 $1,000,000 PTA Bank 24-Mar-2008 $1,000,000 Liberia Access Bank Liberia (ABL) 5-Nov-2008 $1,000,000 To improve access to housing, develop medium-sized housing development companies, promote economic and social development and create employment in beneficiary countries. To build the capacity of Advans Congo Bank, a newly established micro-finance institution specializing in providing commercial retail banking services to the urbanbased MSME market of the Democratic Republic of Congo. To prepare the Accounting Procedures Manual and assist with software selection, acquisition, implementation, migration and staff training. To finance the feasibility study for a bridge over the Senegal River between Mauritania and Senegal to facilitate regional integration and international trade. Cofinanced with NEPAD IPPF. To implement the new risk management framework and further enhance the PTA Bank s capacity and growth. To build the capacity of Liberia Access Bank, a newly established micro-finance institution specializing in providing financial services to micro and small enterprises in Liberia.

2 Tanzania CRDB 5-Aug-2008 $975,300 Private Sector Federation (PSF) Africa Business Roundtable (ABR) 27-Aug-2008 $1,000, Nov-2008 $500,000 Zambia Zanaco 10-Nov-2008 $980,824 Madagascar Central Africa IT Backbone Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative 8-Dec-2008 $501, Dec-2008 $625,000 Capacity building of CRDB Bank and SME clientele to enhance implementation of joint AfDB-USAID SME Guarantee Facility. To enhance RPSF execution capacity and governance, and support execution of a number of core mandate activities including business information (resource center, magazine, radio programs), MSME competitiveness (BDS centers, mini-exhibitions), special entrepreneurship programs for women and youth, and public-private sector dialogue. To assist the ABR, as a second tier ( association of associations ) private sector representative organization for Africa, to perform a number of core functions that will contribute to strengthening the private sector in Africa. Strengthening of Business Development Services (BDS) providers and SME associations, in collaboration with AMSCO through International Labour Organization (ILO) and International Trade Center (ITC). Finalize the pre-investment studies and prepare the project for implementation (technical and environmental studies, harmonization of national and regional ICT legislation); establish a PPP operation for the implementation, operation and maintenance of the CAB project. Co-financed with NEPAD IPPF. To support implementation of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) for improved governance in Madagascar s extractive industry. Egypt Franchising Sector Support Program 13-Apr-2009 $950,000 To provide technical assistance to the Egyptian Social Fund for Development (SFD) and to various stakeholders in the Franchising Program. Zambia Pulse Financial Services Limited 25-May-2009 $935,000 To enhance capacity of a greenfield microfinance bank that offers fully diversified financial services to MSMEs. Tunisia Tanzania African Training and Management Services Project (ATMS/AMSCO) Zaarat Desalinization Study Access Bank Tanzania (ABT) 29-May-2009 $1,000,000 5-Aug-2009 $962,638 5-Aug-2009 $660,000 To fund phase IV of the ATMS/AMSCO project to enhance management training and capacity building for African MSMEs through provision of experienced managers on a commercial basis to African companies. To perform a feasibility study and create a concession agreement for the operation of a seawater desalinization plant to serve the Gafsa/Gabes region (not the same as the Djerba Desalinization project). To provide management and software training/implementation for an already established Access/LFS model MFI in Tanzania.

3 Nigeria AB Nigeria Microfinance Bank (ABN) 1-Sep-2009 $1,000,000 To establish a Greenfield MFI in Nigeria based on the Access/LFS business model. Congo Banque Congolaise de l Habitat (BCH) 18-Sep-2009 $178,579 To provide training to enhance the quality and range of products offered to develop formal housing markets in Congo. Mauritania Egypt African Trade Insurance (ATI) Mauritania Mining (SNIM) African Carbon Support Program (ACSP) Central African (BDEAC) Rural Income & Economic Enhancement Project (RIEEP) 22-Oct-2009 $1,000, Oct-2009 $989, Nov-2009 $910,000 5-Feb-2010 $1,000,000 5-Feb-2010 $1,000,000 To assist the African Trade Agency to strengthen its corporate government, to implement an appropriate underwriting system, to strengthen the information communication system and to attract private equity. To assist SNIM in strengthening its institutional capacity in the implementation of its environmental management system and its Strategic Environmental and Social Management Plan. To create a carbon trading and CDM preparation team of experts within the Bank s private sector project origination for the benefit of the Bank s clients to take advantage of carbon trading. To make BDEAC a reliable partner in strengthening the regional financial market, promoting long-term financing of infrastructure projects, and advancing regional integration objectives. To enhance value chain development for two select commodities (horticulture and dairy); increase capacity of participating financial institutions (PFIs) to provide longterm credit for agribusiness investments; and develop policy briefs to influence the development of a coherent national private sector-led agribusiness development policy. African Domestic Bond Fund (ADBF) 5-Feb-2010 $985,000 To create a bond fund that will invest in local currency denominated sovereign bonds, including sovereign guaranteed bonds of state owned enterprises in African countries. Cote d Ivoire Mozambique Microcred Ivory Coast (MIC) Investment Fund for Health in Africa (IFHA) Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative 16-Apr-2010 $1,000,000 To assist a Microcred (MFI operator) to create a greenfield MFI in Cote d Ivoire. 1-Jul-2010 $723,000 To help portfolio companies improve their compliance to environmental safeguards and social outreach and to undertake studies on behalf of IFHA to monitor and evaluate its development impact and outreach. 1-Jul-2010 $350,000 To enhance transparency in the extractive industry in Mozambique through communications programs, training and monitoring studies.

4 Equity and Guarantee Fund for Agribusiness in Africa n Development Bank Banque de Kigali Environmental & social management training for FIs Summit Development Group 11-Jan-2011 $800,000 To support the creation of a Pan-African fund of funds for investment and capacity building in agribusiness. 11-Jan-2011 $730,000 To address weaknesses in BRD s operations and systems as recommended in the recently concluded ADB PCR and the National Bank of (BNR). 11-Jan-2011 To address weaknesses in Banque de Kigali s operations and systems to increase $547,200 efficiency and the bank s capacity to manage increasing loan portfolio in terms of value, diversity and complexity. To assist the African Financial Sector (FI/MFIs) to better manage E&S risks thereby $700,800 contributing to the sustainable development of the African region. $1,000,000 To build the SME financing capacity, leadership, culture change, mentoring and development of programs and support structures for SMEs financing among target SDG Fund investee Financial Institutions (FIs). Mauritania Mauritania Leasing $365,000 To strengthen ML s capacity to promote the provision of sustainable & affordable and innovative leasing products in Mauritania. SADC Facility 29-Nov-2011 $1,000,000 To strengthen the operational capabilities of 3 DFIs from Namibia (Development Bank of Namibia), Angola (Banco de Desenvolvimento de Angola) and DRC (Fonds de Promotion d l Industrie) to enable them deliver on their developmental mandates more effectively and efficiently. Tanzania EFC Tanzania 05-Jun-2012 $935,526 Uganda EFC Uganda 05-Jun-2012 $935,464 To support the capacity development and institutional strengthening of a greenfield national microfinance institution in Tanzania. To support the capacity development and institutional strengthening of a greenfield national microfinance institution in Uganda. Ecowas Bank for Industry and Development (EBID) 26-Feb 2013 $950,400 To support the capacity development and institutional strengthening of EBID. East African (EADB) 01/05/2013 $915, 000 To support the capacity development and institutional strengthening of EADB.

5 Credit Analysis and Research Africa (Care Africa) 01/05/2013 $250,000 To facilitate the establishment of SME credit rating agencies in five African countries under the sponsorship, majority ownership and management of Credit Analysis and Research Ltd., India (CARE). Africa SME program 22/07/2013 $3,978,637 To provide Technical Assistance (TA) and capacity building to up to 20 smaller SME focused financial institutions (FIs), operating in Member Countries (RMCs) in all of the five regions of Africa, in particular Low Income Countries and Fragile States. Senegal VoLo 5/08/2013 $ VoLo Africa Trust Information and Credit Bureau Pilot to facilitate financial inclusion and improve the efficiency of MSMEs financing in Senegal and Gambia through the piloting of an innovative technology-based solution for collecting and disseminating credit information on MSMEs to prospective creditors. This will enhance the region s financial structures by improving credit information, thereby ultimately fostering access to lending for local entrepreneurs. Tunisia Banque de financement des petites et moyennes enterprises (BFPME) Skills Development in the Energy Sector 5/08/2013 $ BFPME: Boosting private sector development through small and medium enterprise creation and expansion. 30/09/2013 $800,000 To increase the competitiveness and productivity of public and private companies operating in the energy sector through the provision of employable and skilled human capital. Public Private Partnership (PPP) Port survey 19/12/2013 $ Identification of Bank interventions for Public Private Partnership (PPP) Port projects.