EAIF - Fund Structure

EAIF was initiated by the Private Infrastructure Development Group (“PIDG”), whose founding members are the UK Government’s Department for International Development (“DFID”), the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs (“DGIS”), the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (“SECO”) and the Swedish International Development Corporation Agency (“SIDA”).  These PIDG members provide equity to EAIF through the PIDG Trust.

 

Senior and subordinated debt is provided by commercial lenders and Development Finance Institutions (“DFIs”).

 

The current structure is as follows:

 

Equity (provided by the PIDG group)

PIDG Trust


Subordinated debt (provided by DFIs)

Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij Voor Ontwikkelingslanden N.V. (FMO)

Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)

Deutsche Investitions – Und Entwicklungsgessellschaft mbH (DEG)


Senior debt (provided by private sector lenders)

Barclays Bank Plc

Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau (KfW), Germany

Standard Bank of South Africa Ltd (SBSA)

International Finance Corporation (IFC)

African Development Bank (AfDB)

Oesterreichische Entwicklungsbank AG (OeEB)

US$ 150 million

US$ 150 million


US$ 85.0 million

US$ 40.0 million

US$ 25.0 million

US$ 20.0 million


US$ 365 million

US$ 100.0 million

US$ 95.0 million

US$ 87.5 million

US$ 36.25 million

US$ 31.25 million

US$ 15.0 million

Total Fund Capital

US$ 600 million