THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING GROUP
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Who is our customer
Moments Change Trading Proprietary Limited is a newly established holding company, which will acquire 100% of the shares in IMM GSM SA. Over the last 6 years, the IMM group of companies has developed into a fully accredited private higher education distance learning institution offering a range of marketing and business management qualifications, including post- and under-graduate degrees, diplomas and certificates, with a presence across SA and in Zimbabwe, an e-learning content developer/service provider and three Student Support Centres (SSCs). The courses IMM offers are mainly based on self-study, although IMM provides some support (for example, student-teacher contact) through the SSCs. The group currently employs about 40 people on a full time basis and contracts up to 50 part-time lecturers, markers, faculty advisors and other temporary staff.
What is our funding objective?
The sector for long-distance tertiary education is highly fragmented with many small operators. This leads to an opportunity to consolidate and develop a market leading brand with a sound reputation and industry accepted qualifications. With the right platform, tertiary education provides an investment opportunity to consolidate across companies in order to leverage scale benefits, particularly through technology sharing, cross selling and quality assurance infrastructure. As an established and well recognized brand within the industry with a history of full accreditation with the Department of Education and Council for Higher Education, IMM represents an attractive stand-alone investment. But given its substantial base and solid infrastructure it could be well used as the base for such a platform from which to add strategic bolt-on acquisitions.
Why do we fund this investment?
The project has strong development impact due to its strong projected IRR and its impact on market development and, of course, on the final consumers. The project will conribute to affordabable educational sector accessibility for lower-income individuals. IMM attracts a lower positioned demographic than public universities. It attracts a working adult who may not have had previous tertiary education but through work has identified the need to add this qualification and skill in order to progress his career enabling him to climb up the social ladder and expedite the access into the middle class.
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| Date | Total FMO financing |
|---|---|
| 3/27/2021 | ZAR 28.86 MLN |
- Website customer/investment
- http://www.imm.co.za
- Region
- Africa
- Country
- South Africa
- Sector
- Infrastructure, Manufacturing and Services
- Effective date
- 4/2/2013
- End date
- 3/27/2021
- Total FMO financing
- ZAR 10.17 MLN
- Funding
- FMO NV
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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) - C