The Esilanke Wind Project intends to use the Great Rift Valley wind resource to generate wind power at a site located in Kajiado County approximately 35 km Southwest of Nairobi.
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, East Africa
- Countries:
- Kenya
- 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.
- Infrastructure
- Investment type
We provide capital in three broad ways: direct equity, debt, and intermediated equity (principally through investment funds).
- Intermediated investment
- Fund:
- DI Frontier Fund 2
- Fund Manager:
- Frontier Investment Management
- 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 2016
- Domicile
This is the investee company’s place of incorporation; or a fund’s jurisdiction.
- Kenya