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FIM Bank  - Loan First International Merchant Bank (FIMBank or the bank), based in Malta, is a provider of trade related financial services to clients in emerging markets.   FIMBank was established in 1994 and has grown its trade finance operations steadily since inception.  FIMBank plans to continue its global expansion by establish factoring/ forfaiting joint ventures in five select markets  Argentina, Brazil, UAE, China and Russia  over the next 2-3 years (the project).  FIMBank has requested IFC to consider: 
- a subordinated long term convertible loan in an amount up to ten million United States Dollars to be utilized by the bank to expand its operations by establishing joint-venture factoring and forfaiting companies in IFC member countries; and
- a participation by the bank in IFCs global trade facility for an amount up to $5 million.   

Malta is currently a member of IBRD and the IMF but not IFC.   In February 2005, the Government of Malta formally notified IFC of its intention to apply for membership.  The World Bank Corporate Secretariat in charge of membership has responded to the Maltese authorities with all the supporting documents necessary for IFC membership.  IFC will seek Board approval for the project after Malta has become a shareholder of the Corporation.
Mediterrania Capital II The project entails an IFC equity investment of up to Eur 15 million in Mediterrania Capital Partners II (the Fund), a 8-year closed-end generalist private equity fund targeting Eur 120 million in commitments. Mediterrania Capital Partners  (Mediterrania) will be the investment advisor to the Fund, which will take primarily minority positions in SMEs and mid cap companies in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia (the Region). The Fund expects to make approximately 10-12 minority investments in SMEs and mid cap companies in the Region, with estimated ticket sizes ranging from Eur 3-15 million each. (i) Support for SMEs in the Maghreb: all target portfolio companies will be in the SME and mid market segment. IFC experience has shown that small to midcap companies can achieve higher job creation rates than large cap companies.  (ii) Private Sector Development: the fund manager employs a hands-on value added strategy to help portfolio companies improve operational efficiency and competitiveness leading to improved competitiveness and sustainability.  (iii) Economic Development: long-term capital to under-banked sectors with capital needs allows new businesses and markets to develop which lead to increased employment and output.
GTLP FIM Bank The project is to provide FIMBank  (or the Bank), with a trade finance facility of up to $60 million to support the Banks trade finance activities in MENA and Sub-Sahara Africa. 

The Facility will be funded as part of IFCs Global Trade Liquidity Program (GTLP) which was created as part of IFCs extended commitment to support global trade finance in order to increase the reach to some of the enterprises in emerging markets by addressing the liquidity constraint that they are as well as some of the financial institutions are still facing. (i) Channeling liquidity for trade financing in the Africa, and MENA regions which is vital to the survival of SMEs in those regions, thereby preserving jobs at such SMEs and the FIs; (ii) strong demonstration effect by catalyzing other IFIs to support trade finance  a main artery to economic health and recovery, especially in emerging markets.
Amethis MENA Fund II S.C.A. SICAV-RAIF The proposed equity investment is for up to 12.5 million, capped at 20% of total commitments,  in Amethis MENA Fund II (the Fund or Amethis MENA II), a closed-end private equity (PE) fund to be domiciled in Luxembourg. The Fund seeks to make equity investments of between 5-15 million per company in around 15 high growth small and medium enterprises (SME) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The Fund will focus on consumer, healthcare, education, business services, manufacturing and technology sectors Project Outcomes: The main project-level outcome is an increase in access to private equity capital and value creation for SMEs in the MENA region.
Market Creation: The main contribution to market creation is expected to come from increasing the competitiveness of the PE market in MENA.  The success of this Fund Manager can demonstrate the viability of PE in the region.
MPEF III Project Maghreb Private Equity Fund III (MPEF III or The Fund) is a private equity fund formed by Tuninvest-Africinvest (Tuninvest) and managed by Evolia Limited (the Manager) with a target size of 200 million Euros, which will make equity and equity-related investments in small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Libya and, on an opportunistic basis, Egypt. Target sectors will include agribusiness, packaging, consumer products, distribution and retail, financial services, manufacturing, telecom, and transport. The proposed Project is expected to have a high development impact as: (i) the Fund will target SMEs with clear growth prospects that can increase job creation, (ii) the Manager will adopt best practices for transparency and corporate governance of its investee companies, thus fostering knowledge and skills transfer, and (iii) the Manager will employ a hands-on value added strategy to help portfolio companies improve operational efficiency and competitiveness.
Saudi G Hospital The project consists of financing the expansion in the MENA region of Saudi German Hospitals Group (SGH or the Group).  SGH has been a major participant in the health sector in Saudi Arabia since 1988 and currently owns and operates 5 hospitals.  The 300-bed multi-specialty hospital in Sanaa, Yemen which opened in June 2006, and the similarly sized hospital now under construction in Cairo, Egypt, aim to raise the standard of medical care in both countries. The hospitals in Egypt and Yemen will contribute to:  - expanding access to healthcare in countries which are undergoing rapid increases in their levels of demand;  - relieve some of the growing burden currently placed on the public health system and help stimulate the development of private health insurance;  - offering increased employment opportunities to local healthcare professionals, and others in a superior healthcare environment;  - providing a benchmark of service quality that will potentially raise the general standards of healthcare elsewhere in each country; and - facilitating international exchange of best medical and management practice across the group - and with the group's international partners.
Averda Corporate Finance Averda Holdings International Limited (?Averda or the ?Company?) is a leading waste management company based in the United Arab Emirates, servicing public and private sector customers across the GCC region and emerging markets in Africa and Asia, including Morocco, South Africa, Republic of Congo, and India. The investment is expected to (i) increase environmentally-sound waste treatment capacity in the target countries with focus on plastic recycling and help reduce the amount of waste sent to landfills; ii) increase material recovery and help prevent pollution through production of plastic pellets via mechanical recycling of plastics waste, displacing the production of the virgin materials and reducing GHG emissions; iii) contribute to market competitiveness by supporting private investment in the waste sector and demonstrating the role of plastic recycling plants in Oman, South Africa, and Morocco waste management systems.
Trukker Project IFC is considering an equity investment of upto US$ 3 million in TruKKer Holding Limited (TruKKer).   TruKKer is a long-haul e-logistics B2B platform utilizing an Uber for trucks model to develop a marketplace matching cargo owners with long-haul freight needs and truck drivers who are able to service them, both domestically and cross-border.    Through its internally-developed digital platform, TruKKer is disrupting the transportation and logistics market in the Middle East offering a strong value proposition to key stakeholders in the sector including cargo owners, transporters (and drivers) and cargo recipients.    TruKKer optimally matches demand and supply of trucks, providing predictability, reliability, price transparency, and increased utilization of otherwise idle assets in the highly fragmented trucking market. This Project will result in positive outcomes for the relevant parties in the logistics sector in Middle East (cargo owners and truck owners/drivers) and the market at large. 
Benefits for stakeholders include reduced costs and better quality logistics services for customers and increased income and ancillary services for truck drivers. Furthermore, TruKKer is expected to increase competitiveness of the logistics sector through demonstration channels. TruKKer will bring innovation into the logistics market by disrupting traditional incumbents and intermediaries, which will result in increased price transparency and efficiency at market level.
Creative Energy Resources Creative Energy Resources (CER or the company) is a newly formed investment holding company that will acquire, develop, build, own and operate power sector projects (i.e., generation, transmission and distribution), primarily in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, with a secondary focus on opportunities in South Asia and Turkey.  Within the MENA region, the company will primarily focus on investments in the non-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. CER intends to become a leading power company in the MENA region by building a diversified portfolio of greenfield and existing power assets, including renewable energy assets. The project is expected to deliver significant development impact in its markets by:   - helping meet strong electricity demand growth in the regions where it operates; - promoting the mobilization of much needed private investment in the power sector; - contributing to sustainable economic growth and improved living standards by supporting the provision of additional power and by increasing reliability of supply through the projects it acquires or develops; - assisting in the promotion of long-term capital, as opposed to short-term capital, that is not readily available in the MENA region; - supporting deregulation and sector reforms to encourage private investment in the power sector, particularly in the MENA region; and  - helping release public resources for investments in high priority social sectors.
Magrabi Eye Hospitals & Centers The project consists of financing the expansion in Egypt and Yemen of Magrabi Hospitals & Centers (Magrabi or the Group). The company intends to expand its operations by establishing 8 hospitals and 4 centers in different cities in the MENA region. The expansion of Magrabis services in the MENA region will contribute to:   - expanding access to comprehensive ophthalmologic services, which is experiencing high levels of demand and low levels of supply; - relieve some of the growing burden currently placed on the public health system; - offering increased employment opportunities to local healthcare professionals, and other in a superior healthcare environment; - providing a benchmark of service quality that will potentially raise the general standards of ophthalmologic care elsewhere in the region; - expand the supply of qualified nursing professional in Egypt through the Groups recent JV with the British University in Cairo to establish a nursing school; - expanding healthcare human capital in the MENA region by offering summer training programs for lab and medical record specialists, nurses and doctors; and - expanding ophthalmologic care to low-income populations by offering both low-cost services at select hospitals and providing pro bono ophthalmologic services to the extremely low-income populations in rural areas via the Al-Noor foundation.
SES Power Project IFC is considering and equity investment and a loan to Sakr Energy Solution FZCO (SES or the Company), a multiregional power rentals and emergency power solutions provider. SES is a regional provider of power generation solutions to serve temporary and short to medium term energy needs across the MENA region and in Africa, headquartered in Jebel Ali free zone in Dubai. The Company is capable of serving both small short-term clients with power generation needs starting at 50 kVA and large long-term utilities, governments and companies with power requirements of up to 60 MW.   This Company is a provider of power generation solutions to serve temporary and medium-term energy needs across the MENA region and Africa. By investing in the Company, IFC would be supporting the expansion of a business which addresses the power supply-demand imbalance in these difficult emerging countries and give them the time to implement efficient permanent solutions. This Project fits well with IFCs strategic priorities in the MENA region by catalyzing South-South investments and promoting investments in the frontier countries and sectors and improving infrastructure services. 1. The project is expected to alleviate the demand-supply deficit in MENA and Africa and mitigate the negative impact on economic growth.  2. Through investing IFC will help capitalize a player with the technical expertise and risk appetite to invest in frontier countries. 3. SES'' additional capacity is expected to be deployed to also alleviate disaster induced power shortages. 4. The project will help to facilitate economic growth by making available short term capacity to large scale industrial projects, overcoming supply bottle-necks. 5. The deployment of units to remote areas that are not yet connected to the national grid increases rural access to electricity.
AlterMed FCPR AlterMed FCPR (Fonds Commun de Placement à Risques à Compartiments), the Fund, is a 75 million closed-end private equity fund which will make equity and equity-related investments in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) located in North Africa and Turkey. Target industries will include pharmaceuticals, telecom, construction materials, consumer goods, food processing, plastics, mechanical industries, automotive parts, and logistics.  AlterMed is a compartment style fund under French law, with each compartment managed as a separate fund. There are three country compartments (each a separately managed fund under one common legal framework): 

- AlterMed Alternative Private Equity Fund (APEF) with a target size of 30 million to invest in Tunisia and opportunistically in Algeria (up to 15%); 
- AlterMed Maghreb with a target size of 25 million to invest in Morocco with up to 10% in Algeria; and 
- AlterMed Turkey with a target size of 20 million to invest in Turkey. The objective is to provide equity capital to an underserved market segment and thereby assist in the development of 25-35 small and medium sized businesses with high growth potential in the targeted countries. The project:

- Fills the void in the market for private equity capital and expertise for growth SMEs;

- Assists portfolio companies in their growth and development strategies including opening up markets in Europe through business relationships with Viveris network of portfolio companies and financial partners in Europe;

- Adds value to portfolio companies by means of improved corporate governance and international best practices;

- Provides jobs to a growing labor force;

- Builds local institutions and skills;

- Contributes to sustainable economic development by incorporating environmental and social standards.
Shefa CEIC Limited Shefa CEIC Limited (Shefa or the company) is a health sector focused investment holding company targeting the countries of the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA or the Region).  The objective of the company is:   - to create a regional health care network by acquiring stakes in local providers of health care services and ancillary services who will serve the growing demand for affordable, specialized and private healthcare services in the Region; and - to improve the quality of health care services in the Region in accordance with international best practices.    Shefa will be managed by Injazat Capital Limited (Injazat or the Manager). The Fund is expected to have several development impacts:  - Private Sector Development:   Shefa will add value to its investee companies by providing managerial and strategic support to improve their competitiveness and sustainability.  - Support for SMEs:  Shefa is expected to invest in small and medium-sized healthcare providers.  - Dissemination of best practices and know-how in delivery of health services:  Shefa will support the transfer of technology and know how.  - Increased access and standards of quality of health services in the MENA region:   Shefa will support increased access and standards of quality of health services in the Region.
Foursan Capital Partners I Foursan Capital Partners I (the Fund or FCP), is a private equity fund which will make equity and equity-related investments in enterprises located primarily in Jordan and opportunistically in other countries of the Middle East and North Africa (collectively the Region). The Fund will invest with an objective of maximizing long-term capital appreciation and has a committed capital target size of between $100 million and $150 million.  In addition, FCP will have use of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) Facility, a $50 million senior term loan. - Private sector development:   The Fund will add value to its investee companies, by providing managerial and strategic support to improve their competitiveness and sustainability.  - Implementation of best practice for corporate governance in portfolio companies:  The Fund will adopt international best practices for corporate governance and management, as well as transparency, thus fostering knowledge and skill transfer, and encouraging best practices across the industry.  - Growth in employment and labor productivity:    The Fund is expected to invest in growth stage companies that will increase employment at a high growth rate.  - Support for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs):    Some of the Funds investee companies are expected to be SMEs at the time of acquisition.
ESIP Souq Project Souq Group Ltd. (BVI) (Souq, or the Company) is the largest e-commerce site in the Middle East, featuring more than 600,000 products across 21 categories in consumer electronics, fashion (apparel and accessories), personal care, and home improvement. The proposed IFC investment is to support the Company in its plans to expand its expansion in existing and new markets, including emerging markets (the Project). 1.	Job creation: ouq''s expansion plan is expected to generate over 1,700 direct high-skilled jobs in the areas of logistics, IT services, and marketing over the next five years. The indirect job creation impact is also significant through supply chains benefiting local SMEs and suppliers of goods and services. 2.	Supply chain development: The Company''s plans include the development of its logistics and marketplace platform, which would expand the Company''s reach into a wider number of local suppliers. 3.	Benefit to consumers: Souq provides consumers with more choices, lower-priced quality goods convenience.
SGH II Project The project entails the expansion of Saudi German Hospitals Group (SGH or the Group), a leading provider of healthcare services in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.  The Group commenced operations in 1988, with its first hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.  Currently the Group has a regional network of five hospitals, four training and nursing institutes and one medical college located in Saudi Arabia and Yemen.  The Group has developed an ambitious long-term corporate vision:     - to design, finance, construct and operate 30 world-class hospitals and create 50,000 jobs by the year 2015 and    - to be the dominant regional player in the private medical education by establishing 5 medical colleges by the year 2010.      In order to meet these long-term goals, the Group is embarking on a multi-phase expansion plan to enhance its presence in its existing hospitals and move to new markets.  The Groups expansion plan includes:    - a 150 bed hospital in Hail, Saudi Arabia;    - a 300 bed hospital in Cairo, Egypt;    - a 315 bed hospital in Dubai, UAE;    - a chain of thirty specialty clinics in Cairo;    - a 100  150 bed hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; and    - a nursing school in Cairo. This project has the potential for significant developmental impact through:    - Delivery of high quality healthcare services to underserved areas in the target countries: The need for high quality healthcare is acute in Egypt and Ethiopia. SGHs expansion will bring much needed capacity and new services to the MENA and Africa regions.     - Increase availability of high quality private medical universities and training school throughout the MENA region: A key health challenge in the MENA and Africa regions is the shortage of skilled medical personnel, in particular nurses due to a lack of training institutions and migration out of the region. In addition to healthcare services, the Group is focused on medical education, training in nursing and allied sciences.     - Demonstrate best practices throughout the medical community: SGHs focus on quality in both patient care and management will make it a leaderand thus a point of referencein the MENA and Africa regions. The Group is aiming to achieve JCI accreditation by 2009, and plans ultimately to bring all of its hospitals to this standard.      - Increase in Foreign Direct Investments: Such FDIs are extremely important for the countries in increasing the confidence in the local economies and also strengthening south-south cooperation.    - Extend public health and education programs: In addition to providing high quality care, SGH has extensive public health and education programs, which are offered free of charge to the community. Activities include community programs in HIV/AIDS, drug abuse, and maternal and child health.
Abraaj North Africa Fund II The proposed project consists of an equity investment of up to US$20 million in Abraaj North Africa Fund II, L.P. (the Fund). The Fund is a closed-end private equity fund which will make investments in mid-sized private companies in Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia with a target Fund size of US$300 million. (i) Job creation: The Fund's mid cap growth strategy is in full alignment with IFC's development impact goals. (ii)	Access to finance: IFC's investment will support companies in North Africa by providing additional equity to the midcap market in a context of limited long term equity/risk capital. (iii) Private sector development: The Fund will employ hands-on management in portfolio companies, which will lead to improved competitiveness and sustainability thanks to the Fund's structuring and management know-how.
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