• Private sector development is dependent on access to capital.
• Borrowing and saving money reduces vulnerability of households.
• Large number of enterprises and individuals lack access to basic financial services, such as banks accounts, insurance and credit.
• Financial institutions need capital to develop products and increase market outreach.
• Banks are dependent on debt in order to extend loans to their customers, especially longer tenure local currency debt.
• Capital investments are also necessary to build infrastructure to expand service offering to unbanked.
Profile
• High financial returns and strong development effects.
• Focus on SME’s and unbanked.
• Mainly local owned with promising growth potential.
Institutions
Instruments
• Banks.
• Micro finance companies.
• Non- deposit taking and other financial institutions.
• Equity
• Debt (USD and local currency)
• Mezzanine
FI Portfolio per Region
19%
15%
22%
44%
Africa
Asia
Central America
Global
FI Portfolio per Instrument
9% Debt
42%
Equity
49%
Mezzanine debt
FI Jobs per Region
Customers:
52.9 millions
Jobs (Direct):
130 183
Female Jobs:
38%
Taxes:
NOK 1,942,219,630
62%
12%
26%
Africa
Central
America
Asia & Pacific
1 000 000
500 000
Taxes NOK '000
-
Africa
Taxes NOK '000 946 405
Asia
583 159
Central
America
410 222
SUMMARY
HIGHLIGHTS
Committed NOK 627 million to 12 investments
NORFINANCE
(“NF”)
• Investment company targeting
African financial institutions with equity investments.
• Main rationale to mobilize private Norwegian capital for investment in the Financial institution sector in Africa.
• Investors:Norfund,KLP,
Perestroika AS; Skagen Kon-
Tiki Verdipapirfond ; Solbakken
AS.
• First close USD 136.5 million.
PROXIMITY DESIGNS
• First investment in Myanmar.
• PD provides crop loans to small and rural farmers.
• The organization boasts the most extensive rural network, covering
80% of rural population.
• Loan will provide more access to finance to rural farmers.
• Convert from a NGO to a commercial company.
Fully Invest
NorFinance
• Invest available capital and possibly raise additional capital.
Scale up NMI
• Scale up Norwegian Micro Finance Initiative (”NMI”) and possibly obtain more Nordic investors.
Scalable banking models
• Invest in scalable banking models with innovative distribution channels like agency business models and mobile money transfers.
• Examples of Brac Bank, Bangladesh and Equity Bank, East
Africa.
Innovative business models
• Invest in innovative business models outside traditional banking sector addressing needs of SME’s and unbanked
Company Background
Was founded in May 1964 as a Development Finance
Bank and converted to a commercial bank in 2000 and listed on the Uganda Security Exchange on 2004.
Is Uganda’s 5 th largest bank, with 34 branches countrywide.
We are an investor since 2004 and have increased our shareholding in 2012 from 10% to 27.5% . This investment has now been transferred to NorFinance.
We have also provided debt capital
The bank has transformed several private enterprises in
Uganda through provision of funding for projects using products like Term Loans, Home Loans, Commercial
Mortgages and Leasing.
In 2013 we initiated a strategic alignment of shareholders with the introduction of Rabobank as a new shareholder.
Shareholding Structure
27.5%
Other
30%
27.5%
Performance
– Total Assets
15%
Unit: Shs million
Company Background Shareholding Structure
Started as an NGO food project in 1994 and a
Microfinance operator in 2001.
Norfund has been invested since 2007.
Is among one of the top 4 MFIs in Cambodia and is moving towards being the leading, sustainable microfinance provider, helping clients to succeed in their businesses.
Employs 1872 people, of which 541 are female.
We have provided equity funding, loans in both local currency and in US dollar and an emergency liquidity credit line, when there was political turmoil.
Strategic plan initiated to transform to a fully fledged
SME/ Micro finance banking group.
17.49%
19.87%
19.73%
19.75%
23.16%
Local
SH
Strong shareholder group who have been consistently supportive to HKL’s growth.
Performance - Loan portfolio
Unit: USD million
250
200
150
100
50
0
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 1H
2014
As of June 2014, loan portfolio stood at USD 194 million with PAR>30 of only 0,04%.