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Criterion Africa Partners #42638

Created at
2020-07-07
Last update
2024-09-13

2 Parents (Involvements as child)

Name
SIFEM (Swiss Investment Fund for Emerging Markets
Country of registration/origin
Switzerland
Classification
State-/government (owned) company

Relationship
Tertiary investor/lender
Investment type
Shares/Equity
Loan amount
10 000 000
Loan date
2011
Comment
US$ 10 million investment in Africa Sustainable Forestry Fund I https://www.sifem.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/sifem/pdf/en/GEF_ASFF_Case_study_web.pdf
ID
Name
CDC Group plc
Country of registration/origin
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Classification
State-/government (owned) company

Relationship
Tertiary investor/lender
Investment type
Shares/Equity
Loan amount
31 200 000
Loan date
2010-05
Comment
US$ 31.2 million investment in Africa Sustainable Forestry Fund I https://assets.cdcgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/29160837/CDC_AA19.pdf

5 Children (Involvements as parent)

Name
Kilombero Valley Teak Company (KVTC)
Country of registration/origin
Tanzania
Classification
Private company

Relationship
Subsidiary company
Investment type
Shares/Equity
Comment
Majority shareholder
Name
Global-woods AG Kikonda Uganda Limited
Country of registration/origin
Uganda
Classification
Private company

Relationship
Subsidiary company
Investment type
Shares/Equity
Comment
Since 2015, as GEF. In 2017 Criterion was spun off from GEF to manage the Africa Sustainable Forestry Fund.
Name
MTO Group
Country of registration/origin
South Africa
Classification
Private company

Relationship
Subsidiary company
Investment type
Shares/Equity
Comment
Criterion spun off from GEF to manage the investment portfolio of the Africa Sustainable Forestry Fund.
Name
CBG Compagnie des Bois du Gabon
Country of registration/origin
Gabon
Classification
Private company

Relationship
Subsidiary company
Investment type
Shares/Equity
Comment
Spun off from GEF to manage the Africa Sustainable Forestry Fund
Name
Peak Timbers Ltd
Country of registration/origin
Swaziland
Classification
Private company

Relationship
Subsidiary company
Investment type
Shares/Equity