Our investment
Description of the investment.
Description of the investment.
Following Globeleq's acquisition in 2015, we increased our commitments by $245m to support growth. Our direct investment has been essential to closing the power infrastructure gap in Africa. The current strategy focuses on increasing Globeleq's renewables footprint, and our new commitments contribute to achieving this target.
Impact information
Applies to investments made from 2019 onwards. The tabs in this section define what we expect to achieve through the investment, assessing the potential impact of the investment against six dimensions of impact. You can find more details on our methodology of assessing impact here.
Applies to investments made from 2019 onwards. The tabs in this section define what we expect to achieve through the investment, assessing the potential impact of the investment against six dimensions of impact. You can find more details on our methodology of assessing impact here.
What?
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How?
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Who?
| Stakeholder | Geography | Characteristics |
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| Consumers |
Africa |
Urban/peri-urban households |
| Planet |
Global |
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| Employees |
Africa |
How much?
| Scale | Depth/Duration |
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Globeleq has 1,456 megwatts of operating assets, including 521 megawatts in renewables (wind and solar), and an additional 722 megawatts in construction. In 2021, Globeleq's operating assets generated 7,141 gigawatt hours of electricity, reaching over 9 million consumers and indirectly supporting an estimated 236,515 jobs and 500 direct employees. Almost 99 per cent of its employees come from African countries, and 25 per cent of permanent employees (30 per cent in senior management) are women. |
Globeleq's portfolio assets provide critical baseload affordable and cleaner energy in sub-Saharan African countries, making a significant contribution to the SDGs through its operations' economic, social, and environmental impact. This power production is mostly in areas with a higher degree of need for access to power by consumers and businesses. The company also produces more power from renewable sources; the renewable energy generated by Globeleq in 2021 helped avoid 940,420 tons of CO2 equivalent. |
Contribution/additionality
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Our investment in Globeleq has been essential to closing the power infrastructure gap in Africa caused by a lack of bankable projects. The combination of patient capital from a development finance institution and Globeleq’s technical and development capabilities has played a critical role in demonstrating the viability of the independent power producer model, adding strategic power supply, and attracting further capital inflows in the power sector of Africa. |
Risk
Unexpected Impact Risk
Execution Risk
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Impact score
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Impact score (at point of investment)
The Impact Score is a tool to help us manage our performance against our strategic impact objectives. It is designed to incentivise investments that support our productive, sustainable, and inclusive objectives. You can find out more here. The Impact Score is published for investments made from 2022 onwards. The Impact Scores are calculated at the point of investment. We publish the Impact Scores of new investments annually, once the information has been externally assured by an independent third party. |
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Environmental and social information
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Environmental and social summary
A high-level description of the environmental and social aspects of the investment. This may include a summary of key environmental and social risks identified during environmental and social due diligence (ESDD); key elements of an environmental and social action plan (ESAP); or ways in which we plan to support the investee improve environmental and social standards, such as through their environmental and social management system (ESMS); as well as any other priority areas agreed with the investee.
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Environmental and social risk
A risk category rating, which indicates the level of environmental and social risk associated with an investment. For an explanation of the categorisations used, see here. We consistently provide an environmental and social risk category for all investments screened from 2023 onwards.
Environmental and social summary
The company has an ESAP for all portfolio assets and a well-functioning ESG Committee that oversees ESG matters as part of Board-level governance.
Environmental and social risk
High
Reporting and Complaints Mechanism
The Reporting and Complaints Mechanism allows anyone outside BII to report alleged breaches of the business integrity or environmental and social provisions of BII’s Policy on Responsible Investing. This includes breaches made by BII, a BII investee, or a portfolio company of a fund in which BII has invested. The Reporting and Complaints Mechanism Rules are available here. Reports and complaints can be submitted by email to reportsandcomplaints@bii.co.uk or by mail. See more details on our Reporting and Complaints Mechanism here.
For any other general enquiries contact us at enquiries@bii.co.uk
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Key facts
- First published
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When the investment was first published on the website database.
- March 2024
- Last updated
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When the last quarterly update of the website database occurred.
- December 2024
- Project number
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An identifier number shared by investments in the same project.
- D193
- Status
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The current status of the investment (green flag for active and red flag for exited).
- Active
- Region
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The geographical region where the country is located. We currently invest in Africa, South Asia, South East Asia and the Caribbean. In 2023, BII’s investment mandate was extended allowing it to invest in regional funds linked to Ukraine, with the majority of activity expected to begin post-war. Investments outside these regions were made prior to 2012 under previous investment mandates.
- Central Africa, East Africa, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa
- Country
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The countries where the investment delivers impact. Where impact is delivered in multiple countries, this is indicated.
- Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Kenya, Mozambique, Southern Africa, Tanzania
- Sector
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We prioritise those sectors that facilitate development and need our capital the most. Our priority sectors contribute towards many of the Sustainable Development Goals. They range from investing in the power infrastructure that will provide people with better access to electricity, to investing in financial institutions that direct capital to the individuals and businesses that need it the most.
- Infrastructure
- Sub sector:
- Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers
- Investment type :
- Equity
- Start date :
- December 2023
- Amount :
- $8.33m
- Currency of investment :
- EUR,USD
- Domicile
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The company or investment fund’s place of incorporation.
- Guernsey
We provide capital in the following ways: directly – through direct equity, direct debt, guarantees and other non-intermediated financial instruments; and indirectly – principally through investment funds.
For direct investments and fund investments, this is the date BII committed capital to the investments. This is typically the date on which legal agreements are signed by all parties.
For the portfolio companies of our fund investments, this is the date (either the month or the quarter) on which the fund committed capital to the portfolio company.
For direct equity investments, this is the date at which British International Investment exited the investment.
For debt investments, this is the date at which the final debt repayment was made.
For funds, this is the date at which the fund was terminated.
For underlying fund investments, this is the date at which the fund manager exited the investment.
The total amount committed, per financial instrument, per investment, on the date BII becomes subject to a binding legal obligation to provide funding or assume a contingent liability. This information is provided in US dollars.
For direct investments, this is the amount that BII has committed to the business or project. For fund investments, this is the amount BII has committed to the fund.
The currency in which the investment was made.
- Climate finance
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Indicates whether the investment is climate finance qualified or partially climate finance qualified and the type of climate finance (adaptation, mitigation or both). We define climate finance using the multilateral development bank (MDB) and the International Development Finance Club (IDFC) Common Principles climate finance methodology. See Common Principles for Climate Mitigation Finance Tracking and Common Principles for Climate Change Adaptation Finance Tracking. We provide the climate finance qualification and type for commitments from 2020 onwards, which is when we launched our Climate Change Strategy.
- Fully qualified
- Climate finance type:
- Mitigation
- Energy type
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Renewable energy types include energy sources with very low lifecycle emissions such as solar, wind and tidal or those meeting a certain criteria such as hydro power, biomass or geothermal. For fossil fuel energy types, this includes coal, oil and gas. Mixed energy types for direct investments supports a combination of fossil fuel and renewable assets. For Funds labelled as mixed these investments may contain a combination of fossil fuel, renewables, and/or non-energy assets but not necessarily all three.
- Renewable
- First published
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Investment 01 | $29.24m | Central Africa, East Africa, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa | Infrastructure | December 2017 | Active |
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