Oikocredit

Oikocredit is a financial institution established in 1968 and based in the Netherlands. It focuses on empowering individuals and communities by providing funding to the microfinance sector, fair trade organizations, cooperatives, and small to medium enterprises. Oikocredit aims to create sustainable opportunities for people in need, enabling them to improve their own circumstances through access to financial resources.

Rodrigo Villalta Díaz

Director of Investments

Bart Van Eyk

Director of Investments

Thos Gieskes

Managing Director

Mireille Hendriks

Investor Relations

Tom Keleher

Equity Director

Alexander Remy

Equity Investment Officer

Past deals in Uganda

Yellow

Debt Financing in 2023
Yellow Africa is a digital platform that operates an online marketplace for pay-as-you-go solar power devices, primarily targeting households in rural areas of Malawi and Uganda. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Lilongwe, Malawi, with an additional office in Uganda, the company provides solar home systems that offer essential services such as lighting, phone charging, and access to music through radio and MP3. In addition to its solar initiatives, Yellow also supports informal merchants across Africa, enhancing their business capabilities through its platform.

SolarNow

Debt Financing in 2017
SolarNow Services (U) LTD designs, develops, and sells solar systems. It offers household solutions, which include radio torches, flat iron, clippers, lightpacks, floodlight packs, decoders, fridges, solar laptop chargers, and TVs and DVDs: and farming solutions that include solar water pumps; small business solutions, and corporate solutions. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Kampal, Uganda. It has branch locations in Uganda and Kenya. SolarNow Services (U) LTD operates as a subsidiary of SolarNow B.V.