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Nedbank Tier II The project consists of a subordinated Tier II qualifying loan or instrument to Nedbank Limited (Nedbank or the Bank), one of the leading South African banking groups. The project aims to facilitate Nedbank''s longer-tenor lending programs for:   - Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) financing that will result in significant ownership transfer to previously-disadvantaged individuals and communities;  - development and mortgage financing for the currently under-served affordable housing segment, and;  - cross-border corporate lending across Africa, including capital intensive projects that support sustainable economic growth.  The project is expected to be the basis for a longer-term partnership between IFC and Nedbank, an institution that has the capacity and motivation to help achieve important development impact in South Africa and across Africa. The project will strengthen the capital base of Nedbank and thereby improve its capacity to expand its activities in underserved market segments and less developed markets such as affordable housing finance and cross-border lending in Africa.  The project will enable the Bank to maintain its momentum in supporting critical BEE initiatives which will contribute to more sustainable distribution of South Africa''s economic growth.  Nedbank''s involvement in projects subject to Equator Principles will promote the application of international standard social and environmental guidelines to projects in South Africa and across the continent.  The project will increase the supply of Tier II financing of longer tenor, thereby supporting South African market development.
AEF NSAPIC (formerly Dominos Pizza) REVISED SUMMARY OF PROJECT INFORMATION (SPI)    Project Name				South Africa-Dominos Pizza    Region					Sub-Saharan Africa    Sector					Food and Agribusiness    Project Number				008292    Projected Board Date			October 30, 1997	    Company Name				New South Africa Pizza Investment 						 	Company(NSAPIC) Limited     Technical Partner and/or Major Shareholder:  The sponsor of the project is NSA Investment Company through Charles Allen and Hendsel Minyard, who currently own 100% of the shares in NSA Pizza Investment Company.  A member of the previously disadvantaged group who is a director in the company will take an equity stake in the business.    Project Cost Including Proposed IFC Investment:  The total project cost is estimated at R18.65 million (US$4.14  million equivalent), and the cost of the expansion is R10.8 million (US$2.4 million equivalent), and IFC proposes to invest R5.4 million (US$1.2 million equivalent) in venture loans.    Location of Project and Description of Site:  Gauteng Province, Republic of South Africa.    Description of Company and Purpose of Project:  The project involves a capital increase for New South Africa Pizza Investment Company (NSAPIC), and an expansion of Dominos Pizza stores in South Africa from the current two to about twenty one additional corporate owned stores and two raw material supply stores or central kitchens.    Environmental Category and Issues:  This is an environmental review category B project.  Environmental and occupational health and safety issues include liquid and solid waste disposal, power and water supply, vehicle maintenance, CFCs, housekeeping and hygiene, general safety training, and fire protection.  The sponsor has submitted a plan addressing the key issues: Power is supplied by the municipal grid, and water supply is also from the municipality.  All liquid and solid waste disposal are in accordance with local authority requirements, and all drainage systems comply with local authorities requirements of the South African Board of Standards 0400-1900.  All employees are trained to ensure that the environment, health and safety guidelines are followed.  All drivers are enrolled in a driver safety class.  The Dominos stores are designed to meet the standards of the company and the local authorities.  The stores will be equipped with fire detection devices, extinguishers, and at least two emergency exits.  The extraction and ventilation systems comply with the South African Board of Standards. All new cooling equipment will be CFC-free. The ERS was sent to PIC April 21, 1997.    Date SPI sent to PIC:		April 23, 1997   Revised:				September 16, 1997    For Additional Information contact:	Corporate Relations Unit -   telephone:	(202) 473-9331   facsimile:	(202)974-4384  Environmental documents for this project are available at http://www.ifc.org and from the World Bank InfoShop (http://www.worldbank.org/html/pic/aboutinfo.html).
CPLF - Karsten Karsten Farms (Pty) Limited (Karsten or the company) is the parent company of the largest table grape exporter in South Africa.  In addition to grapes, Karsten produces dates, apples, melons and citrus on a total of over 1,500 hectares.   The project entails providing a corporate loan to Karsten to introduce energy efficiency measures and use of renewable energy in its farming operations. The proposed project will help Karsten reduce its high energy costs and its carbon emissions footprint. Karsten will pilot the use of solar panels in farm worker housing, which it can replicate on its other farms. This is in line with IFCs stated objective of creating demonstration projects that can showcase successful cleaner production efficiencies for others in the sector.
Growthpoint Properties Limited The proposed IFC investment is a ZAR1.2 billion (US$80 million) equity and convertible debt package to finance the development and acquisition of properties for Growthpoint Healthcare Property Holdings Ltd (GHPH), South Africas first healthcare Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT). Established in 2016, GHPH was founded by Growthpoint Properties Limited (Growthpoint or the Sponsor), South Africas largest REIT. GHPH is an unlisted REIT specialized in building a portfolio of income producing healthcare property assets in South Africa and these include hospitals, clinics, diagnostics centers, laboratories and other healthcare related real estate.  GHPH will build its portfolio through: (a) acquiring existing properties; and (b) developing new properties (new developments will comprise up to 30% of GHPHs target portfolio). GHPH already holds five assets with the aggregate value of ZAR2.5 billion (US$174 million), four of which are hospitals and one a medical chamber  small office suites for doctors. Growthpoint is developing a fifth hospital for GHPH called Pretoria Head and Neck hospital, a specialized hospital focused on the head and neck, spinal and vascular surgery. It is expected to be completed in 2020. Concurrently, GHPH is pursuing a pipeline of additional investment opportunities and expects to grow to ZAR5 billion worth of assets over the next three years. The proposed IFC financing package is to support GHPHs growth plans. The expected project-level outcome is increased availability of high-quality healthcare services through increased access to finance for hospital providers in South Africa. Beyond the Project, IFC anticipates that the investment will increase competitiveness of the private healthcare sector by removing barriers to entry for new operators via the introduction of new asset class.
BioVac - Pfizer The proposed IFC investment seeks to support, the Biologicals and Vaccines Institute of Southern Africa ('BioVac' or the 'Company'), a South African biopharmaceutical company based in Cape Town, to expand its suite of products which includes partnering with Pfizer-BioNTech through a tech transfer agreement for fill and finish manufacturing of vaccines on the continent thus helping reduce Africas over dependence on imported vaccines (the Project). The project helps finance a South African manufacturer of healthcare products. 
Assessment of Project Outcomes: The project outcomes rating is based will be based on the projects support in the production of vaccines. This production responds to the large gap that has arisen due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Stakeholder Effect: Increased Access to Healthcare Products  The global shortage of medical products has led to a worldwide competition of these supplies, making it difficult  particularly in developing countries  to purchase quality drugs and medicines at affordable prices. 
Economy-wide Effect: Direct Jobs Created and Gross Value Added  IFC financing will support only manufacturer capable of full end-to-end of vaccines manufacturing in Africa. The project will help support delivery of healthcare supplies that is likely to result in the creation of new jobs and/or economic linkages to the rest of the economy. To measure progress against this outcome, IFC will track direct jobs created, gross value-added, and taxes in the country of production. 
Assessment of Contribution to Market Creation - Resilience: Currently, healthcare markets in emerging markets face a range of vulnerabilities. With COVID-19, these markets are under significant strain as service providers face exponential growth in treatment requirements and increasingly depleted supplies. To measure progress against this outcome, IFC will track improvements in functioning of supply chains and/or emergence of logistics infrastructure to support healthcare markets.
CLN S-Africa II 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0.0000       Disclaimer:   This SII is prepared and distributed in advance of CLNs Board of Directors consideration of the proposed transaction. This document should not be construed as presuming the outcome of CLNs Board of Directors decision and is not in any way a commitment by CLN.    Project Description:   The IFC proposes to provide an up to EUR50 million loan to support CLN Groups expansion plans in South Africa. CLN is a leading automotive stamping part manufacturer based in   Italy and a repeat IFC client.   It has 7 existing plants in South Africa and is looking to expand its production to serve new vehicles produced by automotive manufactures. It produces and assembles steel and aluminum automotive structural parts and skin panels  . The most significant project-level outcome is (i) increased value addition resulting from greater localization, which will improve customer access to a more reliable supply of good quality automotive components and parts built to the highest standards, (ii) a continuing focus on proactive career development opportunities that provide increased participation of women in more technical roles. Beyond the Project, IFC anticipates that the investment will promote sector integration via value addition in the local economy, introduction of new processes products, and skills upgrading which will contribute to increasing value chain integration.
ABSA AMSA Trade Finance II The proposed Project with Absa Bank Limited (Absa or the Bank) is a) an up to ZAR2bln (equivalent to US$112mln); and b) an up to USD40mln working capital support to eligible suppliers of a large manufacturing company (the Company).       The Project falls under the Global Supply Chain Finance (GSCF) Program, a supply chain finance program launched by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in December 2022. The GSCF supports open account trade in the emerging markets by providing funded or unfunded risk participation in partner banks facilities.  The project is part of a crisis response initiative, through which IFC plays a countercyclical role when the markets experience the turbulence due to the negative economic impacts of the ongoing global food and energy crisis. The proposed project is expected to provide financing to South African suppliers in the face of economic, trade, and supply chain disruptions caused by the ongoing crisis.
Life Healthcare Note on Disclosure: pursuant to paragraph 9 (d) of IFCs Disclosure Policy, the disclosure of the Project Cost of IFCs investment is being delayed because of risk of impacting market conditions. In due course, a revised SPI will be published containing all standard SPI information.    Life Healthcare Group Limited (Life or the Company), the second largest hospital group in South Africa, is: (i) Restructuring its shareholder base through a public listing on the JSE Limited so that: (a) some existing shareholders can exit; and (b) the investment objectives of its shareholders are better aligned with the Company; and (ii) considering expanding its services, capacity and geographic footprint both locally as well as in a number of African countries, Turkey and India (the Project). The project is expected to: (i) Encourage significant investment between emerging markets; (ii) Result in the transference of world class hospital management expertise into new markets; and (iii) Increase access to high quality healthcare in underserved markets in the target countries.
Rubico Project Rubico Holding (Pty) Ltd. (Rubico) has developed component based software that is used as building blocks in the design of large corporate systems including HR, payroll, general ledger accounting, e-commerce, inventory management, etc.  Rubicos technology targets primarily the financial services industry, which, because of its dynamics, mission critical data and diversity of products and methods, is best served by a component-based approach.  The component based technology that Rubico has developed allows customization of software to business needs to be quick and economical and further enhancements effortless.  The company has two streams of revenues: product sales and consulting revenues.  The IFC investment will help Rubico (a) obtain other financing from local and foreign investors, (b) assist the company in accessing the US and West European market, (c) provide assurances to VAR partners and clients that the company will survive and continue to provide products and support in the future, (d) will allow Rubico to develop its international sales channels.    It is anticipated that a successful investment in Rubico will: (i) prove that South Africa can develop world-class technologies, (ii) help in increasing VC interest in South African IT market, (iii) help increase employment opportunities in South Africa  .
Anglo SDG Loan The proposed IFC investment will be a sustainability-linked loan (SLL) of up to US$100 million to Anglo American Capital plc (the Borrower), a wholly owned financing vehicle of Anglo American plc (Anglo American). IFCs loan will support the Anglo American groups education and livelihood activities aimed at delivering the education and livelihood goals under its Sustainable Mining Plan (SMP) in South Africa or, with the prior consent of IFC, any other jurisdiction. The Anglo American SMP, launched in 2018, sets forth a series of ambitious stretch targets and ambitions for 2025 and 2030 across the mining value chain, which are aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This will be Anglo Americans first SLL and the first in South Africas mining sector supporting education and community development.     Anglo American ( https://www.angloamerican.com/ ) is a UK head-quartered global diversified mining company with exploration, mining, and processing operations in 15 countries. The Anglo American group provides many of the essential metals and minerals that are fundamental to the transition to a low carbon economy. The direct anticipated impact of this project is to contribute to improved quality of education and livelihoods for communities close to the Anglo American groups mining operations in South Africa. The project will introduce a sustainability-linked loan focused on community development initiatives, which is a new financing instrument in the South African mining sector, with potential uptake by other companies and investors as they increase the focus on sustainability.
AEF Lesedi Hospital Proprietary Limited SUMMARY OF PROJECT INFORMATION (SPI)     Project Name		South Africa-Lesedi Private Hospital, Gauteng    Region			Sub-Saharan Africa    Sector			Medical Services    Project Number		008293    Projected Board Date	July 1, 1997    Company Name		Lesedi Private Hospital (Proprietary) Limited    Technical Partner and/or Major Shareholders   The sponsors are Kwacha Holdings Limited (90%) and Afrox Limited (10%).  The hospital is managed by Dr. Andre Nel, an MBA graduate and former medical practitioner.    Project cost including proposed IFC investment   Project Cost:		US$556,000 equivalent   IFC Investment:		US$267,000 equivalent (quasi-equity)    Location of project and Description of Site   The projects facilities will be located in Soweto, Gauteng Province.    Description of Company and Purpose of Project   The project involves the addition of a 9-bed ICU facility to Lesedi Private Hospitals (LPH) operations.  LPH comprises 202-beds but still lacks an appropriate and highly demanded ICU facility.  The only other hospital in Soweto with ICU facilities is the government hospital, Baragwanath, which cannot cope.    Project Development Effects   LPH will contribute significantly towards meeting the health care needs of people from previously disadvantaged groups. The creation of an ICU facility at LPH is likely to create career opportunities for medical staff from previously disadvantaged groups and ensure more productive use of local experts, who are precluded from rendering services to previously white-owned hospitals.    Environmental Categories and Issues   This is an environmental review Category B project.  Environmental, health and safety issues associated with this project include medical materials handling, disposal of medical waste, power and water supply, hygiene and implementation of good hospital management practices, CFCs, employee health and safety, training and fire protection.  The Company has a comprehensive manual dealing with medical materials handling and disposal of medical waste.  Contaminated linen are bagged in sealed water-soluble bags before sending to the laundry.  Needles are not recapped and are sent for incineration.  Contaminated dressings and hazardous waste is bagged in sealed red bags and sent to hospital incinerator for disposal.  Fluid waste is absorbed by the municipal sewage system.  The hospital policy is to use Universal Precautions as its infection control system.  This assumes that all patients are potentially infectious and appropriate precautions are taken.  The fire precaution system is regularly serviced.  The hospital will not have a water sprinkler system in the ICU because water damage to ICU equipment could threaten the lives of patients.   The ERS is expected to be available at the Public Information Center on/or about June 2, 1997.    Date SPI Sent to PIC:			April 29, 1997    For additional information contact: Corporate Relations Unit   Tel. (202) 473-7711   Fax. (202) 974-4384     Environmental documents for this project are available at http://www.ifc.org and from the World Bank InfoShop (http://www.worldbank.org/html/pic/aboutinfo.html).
Wizzit Project WIZZIT Payments (Pty) Ltd (Wizzit or the company) is the provider of an electronic transactions platform targeting South Africas under-banked and un-banked.  Its platform makes use of existing GSM infrastructure to facilitate bank account origination and transactions via cell phones.  Wizzit offers these banking services in an alliance with The South African Bank of Athens Limited, through which Wizzit has access to a banking license.  Wizzits technological approach and the resulting low-cost structure make it possible to provide services at a fraction of what similar services would cost using more common banking channels and processes, while the presence and penetration of the GSM network and handsets in South Africa greatly increases reach.  A proposed IFC investment in Wizzit would facilitate the companys expansion and acquisition of additional subscribers. Providing a low-cost channel for the poor and people living in rural areas to participate more actively in the economy by providing access to the countrys financial infrastructure has been shown to have a positive economic impact for both those populations and the countrys economy overall. Wizzit will enable the unbanked to:  - More easily make and receive electronic payments that reduce cash in circulation which in South Africa has been a source of crime, fraud and corruption; - Receive and repay small loans to individuals and micro-enterprises; - Receive interest on savings; - Gradually access and make themselves eligible for more sophisticated financial services and products.
Ascendis Project The project consists of an equity investment of up to US$30 million in Ascendis Health Limited (Ascendis or the Company), a publicly listed South African based pharmaceutical, medical device and consumer brands company. The project will provide the Company with funding to finance the acquisitions of (i) 100% of Remedica, a generic pharmaceutical brands company; and (ii) 100% of Scitec, a leading sports nutrition company that owns one of the top three brands in Europe. The Project is expected to (i) significantly increase access to quality pharmaceutical products in developing countries; (ii) considerably increase patients reached (iii) support UN/NGO organizations health and relief efforts, as Remedica is a supplier to key NGOs such as UNICEF, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Medicins Sans Frontieres, International Red Cross among others; and (iv) help develop the private sector, since the Company''s activities span across the value chain.
Freecom (Pty) Ltd. The project is to establish Freecom, a company that will focus on providing information technology (IT) solutions to the lower/middle income, first-time buyer, end of the PC market. The objective will be to make IT solutions   affordable and   accessible to the larger part of the market that is presently excluded on the basis of price, rapid obsolescence, and difficulty of use. This sector is a cause of global concern as the digital divide  the gap between technologically enabled countries and the developing country have nots  widens, as technology advances.    The company will provide personnel computer solutions, based on refurbished used computers retired from corporates due to incompatibility with the latest software. These refurbished PCs will be bundled with smart software which offers full functionality to the first-time, home or student user, while requiring less computer resources (memory, processor speed), compared to latest windows based software. The bundle provides an affordable solution to first time buyers that will be backed by after sales support and training, not normally available to buyers of used equipment.   Freecom will be based in Cape Town, South Africa, but plans to establish distribution points in all the major centres. Future plans include distribution in neighbouring African countries.    IFC has played an advisory role in helping to structure the project. IFC has also played an important catalytic role in facilitating the participation of other financiers, in this case the IDC, which have been encouraged to invest based on IFC interest in the project. Limited long term financing is available in South Africa for start-up ventures of this type. IFC participation is key to completing the financing structure. IFC participation in the project is motivated by the positive impact the project can make on helping to reduce the digital divide by making appropriate and affordable technology available to sectors of the population which currently do not have access to PCs.