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Summary of Advisory Services Project Information

Project Number

603645

Primary Business Area

Other

Disclosure Date

Sep 29, 2021

Country

Ethiopia

Region

Africa

IFC Approval Date

Sep 10, 2019

Status

Completed

Estimated Total Budget

Estimated Total Budget Pending
(Project budget includes all project-funded activities)

Last Updated Date

Dec 30, 2025

Project Estimated Start Date

Project Estimated Start Date Pending

Project Estimated End Date

Project Estimated End Date Pending

Project Description

SME V Ethiopia will support the Zoscales and Cepheus Funds by providing resources and expertise to build capacity of the Fund manager teams and systems, guide on better deal generation and structuring for the Funds, and focus on investment strategy, team capacity, and pipeline development. The technical assistance for the Funds will also support SME access to the Fund opportunity and portfolio value creation for overall performance. Based on learnings from other SME funds, this will target upgrades to SMEs financial and management systems and enhancing SMEs technical expertise for competitiveness.

Development Results

E&S Risks / Impacts and Mitigation