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East Rift Development Finance Corporation
East Rift Development Finance Corporation is a regional development finance institution focused on livestock, aquaculture and agricultural processing in East Africa. IGUAKO began co-financing alongside East Rift in 2025 when the Nairobi representative desk opened. Two animal-health distribution projects in Kenya and Tanzania are financed jointly, with East Rift providing US$15 million of long-dated senior debt.
The relationship
East Rift takes the tenor and the local currency risk that commercial capital will not. IGUAKO structures the transaction and provides the working-capital facility through the Commercial Finance division, and the sponsors keep the equity. The combination gives the projects a capital structure that survives a bad season. East Rift's welfare and environmental standards are checked against the group's Animal and Biological Welfare in Investment policy at each drawdown.
Services to IGUAKO and its clients
- Long-dated senior co-financing in East Africa
- Local-currency lending alongside IGUAKO working-capital facilities
- Environmental and welfare due diligence shared with IGUAKO
- Project preparation and technical assistance funding
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