YALELO LIMITED
Status: Completed investmentWhy disclosure?
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Who is our customer
Yalelo is an aquaculture organization that sustainably produces, distributes, and markets fish mostly in Zambia. Yalelo’s mission is to produce an abundant supply of affordable protein for the African continent. Yalelo has retail outlets throughout Zambia, distribution centres in Lusaka and Kitwe, corporate offices in Lusaka, and an aquaculture production facility in Siavonga.
What is our funding objective?
The objective is to support Yalelo’s Covid-19 response strategy.
Why do we fund this investment?
As part of FMO’s Covid-19 Response Package, the Emergency Grant Facility supports FMO’s customers to adapt or scale their business models to provide vital goods and services to help employees, workers, and communities cope with the pandemic, and to support customers’ business continuity efforts.
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- Region
- Africa
- Country
- Zambia
- Sector
- Agribusiness, Food & Water
- Effective date
- 9/17/2020
- End date
- 12/19/2022
- Total FMO financing
- EUR 0.10 MLN
- Funding
- Building Prospects
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Risk categorization on environmental and social impacts, A = high risk, B+ = medium high risk, B = medium risk, C = low risk
Environmental & Social Category
(A, B+, B or C) - B+