{"id":42728,"date":"2019-05-27T18:41:14","date_gmt":"2019-05-27T16:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newserver.fyb.de\/dla-piper-advises-fisea-on-investment-in-ab-bank-zambia\/"},"modified":"2019-05-27T18:41:14","modified_gmt":"2019-05-27T16:41:14","slug":"dla-piper-advises-fisea-on-investment-in-ab-bank-zambia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fyb.de\/en\/dla-piper-advises-fisea-on-investment-in-ab-bank-zambia\/","title":{"rendered":"DLA Piper advises FISEA on investment in AB Bank Zambia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Munich \u2014 DLA Piper has advi\u00adsed the French invest\u00adment fund \u201c<strong>The Invest\u00adment and Support Fund for Busi\u00adnesses in Africa<\/strong>\u201d (<strong>FISEA<\/strong>) in the case of an invest\u00adment in the Zambian bank  <strong>AB Bank Zambia<\/strong> Ltd.(ABZ) with a total volume of 25 million Zambian Kwacha (approx. EUR 1.6 million). Further share\u00adhol\u00adders of ABZ are  <strong>Access\u00adHol\u00adding Micro\u00adfi\u00adnance<\/strong> Ltd,  <strong>Inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal Finance Corpo\u00adra\u00adtion<\/strong> (<strong>IFC<\/strong>) and the  <strong>Kredit\u00adan\u00adstalt f\u00fcr Wieder\u00adauf\u00adbau<\/strong> (<strong>KfW<\/strong>). Upon comple\u00adtion of the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion, FISEA will hold a total equity inte\u00adrest of 22.5% in&nbsp;ABZ.<\/p>\n<p>FISEA belongs to the Agence Fran\u00ad\u00e7aise de D\u00e9ve\u00adlo\u00adpe\u00adment (AFD) and is mana\u00adged by its subsi\u00addiary Prop\u00adarco. This specia\u00adli\u00adzes in private sector deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment and invests in compa\u00adnies, banks, micro\u00adfi\u00adnance insti\u00adtu\u00adti\u00adons and invest\u00adment funds opera\u00adting in sub-Saha\u00adran Africa. With an invest\u00adment target of EUR 250 million, FISEA is one of the key compon\u00adents of the French initia\u00adtive to promote growth and employ\u00adment in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>ABZ is the only bank that finan\u00adces SMEs and micro-entre\u00adpre\u00adneurs in Zambia. At the end of 2017, total assets amoun\u00adted to EUR 24 million. ABZ opera\u00adtes through a network of seven bran\u00adches, employs 419 people and has 14,754 borrowers.<\/p>\n<p>The DLA Piper team led by part\u00adner Simon Vogel also included senior asso\u00adciate Michael Rebholz (both Corporate\/Private Equity, Munich).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Munich \u2014 DLA Piper has advi\u00adsed the French invest\u00adment fund \u201cThe Invest\u00adment and Support Fund for Busi\u00adnesses in Africa\u201d (FISEA) in the case of an invest\u00adment in the Zambian bank AB Bank Zambia Ltd.(ABZ) with a total volume of 25 million Zambian Kwacha (approx. EUR 1.6 million). 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