This investment was made under a previous strategy. We disclose information on all our current investments, but narrative information on our pre-2012 investments, when we introduced a new strategy, may be limited.
Key facts
- Status:
- Active
- Region :
Since 2012, we’ve only invested in Africa and South Asia. Investments outside these regions are from our pre-2012 portfolio.
- Africa
- Sector :
We have seven priority sectors. However, we continue to invest outside these sectors, largely in the most challenging regions, as new investment supporting any sector helps to underpin the private sector, and create jobs and livelihoods for people. For funds, the sectors listed here are those the fund has invested in so far.
- Food and agriculture
- Investment type :
We provide capital in three broad ways: direct equity, debt, and intermediated equity (principally through investment funds).
- Intermediated investment
- Fund manager:
- SilverStreet Capital LLP
- Start date :
For direct investments, this is the date CDC committed capital to the business or project.
For funds, this is the date that CDC committed capital to the fund.
For underlying fund investments, this is the date that the fund invested capital into the business.e
- May 2011
- Amount :
For direct investments, this is the total amount that CDC has committed to the business or project (it may be a combination of equity and debt).
For funds, this is the total amount that CDC has committed to the fund.
- $20m
- Domicile :
This is the investee company’s place of incorporation; or a fund’s jurisdiction.
- Luxembourg
Investments made by this fund
- Active
- Exited
| Investment name | Country | Region | Sector | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crookes Brothers Limited A regional farming business specialising in the production of sugar, fruit and grains in South Africa, Mozambique, Zambia and Swaziland. | South Africa | Africa, Southern Africa | Food and agriculture | November 2012 | Active |
| Silverlands Tanzania Limited Silverlands Tanzania is an agribusiness that produces high quality poultry feed and day-old chicks. | Tanzania | Africa, East Africa | Food and agriculture | February 2013 | Active |
| Foresythe Farm (Silverslands Ranching Limited) Foresythe Farm runs a breeding herd of circa 5,400 cattle in Zambia. | Zambia | Africa, East Africa | Food and agriculture | March 2013 | Active |
| Serenje District Farms Project Copper in an investment in farming land in North-West Namibia. | Zambia | Africa, East Africa | Food and agriculture | March 2013 | Active |
| Kakushi Farms Kakushi Farms is located in the Mkushi District in Zambia’s Central Province and comprises two grains farms (Kakushi North and Kakushi South). | Zambia | Africa, East Africa | Food and agriculture | March 2015 | Active |
| Ndolela Africa Plantations Ndolela is a grain farm located near Madaba in the Ruvuma region of Tanzania. It focuses on the production of malting barley in the winger and soya beans and seed maize in the summer. It currently has 115 hectares of irrigation in place, with plans to expand to 1700 hectares, making it one of the largest irrigated row cropping operations in Tanzania. | Tanzania | Africa, East Africa | Food and agriculture | June 2015 | Active |
| Silverlands Vineyards Silverlands Vineyards (Pty) Limited concists of three adjacent farms at Aussenkehr on the Orange River in Namibia. The region is one of the best areas for growing table grapes, primarily because of when the harvest takes place (between early November and end December). | Namibia | Africa, Southern Africa | Food and agriculture | June 2015 | Active |
| Quinta da Bela Vista Limitada Quinta da Bela Vista farm, to the south west of Maputo in Mozambique, covers over 600 hectares of land, on which 300 hectares will be turned over to producing bananas. | Mozambique | Africa, East Africa | Food and agriculture | June 2016 | Active |
