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Sweden Ghana Medical Centre in Accra officially inaugurated

Sweden Ghana Medical Centre in Accra officially inaugurated

On Wednesday June 27 the Sweden Ghana Medical Centre (SGMC) was officially opened. Ghanaian Vice President John Mahama Dramani, GMI’s CEO Thomas Pollare and Chairman Henry Broni-Amponsah made speeches to the media and a large number of invited guests.

Swedfund invests in Kenyan insurance company

UAP Holdings Limited (UAP), an insurance company with operations in Kenya, Uganda, and South Sudan, has received capital to finance expansion in the region, including Rwanda. Swedfund will contribute US$ 10 million to finance this growth.

Vattenfall buys Swedfund’s share of Vattenfall Biomass Liberia AB

Vattenfall has decided to buy Swedfund’s share of their jointly owned company Vattenfall Biomass Liberia AB, in which Swedfund is a minority shareholder. Vattenfall Biomass Liberia AB is a shareholder of Buchanan Renewables Fuel, Liberia. This means that Swedfund will exit its committment in Liberia.

Turkish dairy buys Swedmilk property and equipment – plan to restart production in six months

One of the largest Turkish dairy companies Sütaş has, through a wholly owned Macedonian subsidiary, concluded an agreement with NLB Tutunska Banka AD Skopje to purchase the mortgaged property and equipment of Swedmilk. The new owner plans to restart Swedmilk’s production of milk within six months and in addition thereto intends to start cheese production at the dairy.

Addax Bioenergy wins ‘African Renewables Deal of the Year’

Swedfunds investee company, Addax Bioenergy, has been awarded ’African Renewables Deal of the Year 2011’ by Project Finance Magazine. The awards, which started 13 years ago, are for innovation, deal repeatability, best practice, problem solving, risk mitigation, value for money and speed of delivery in the financing of infrastructure projects, large or small.

Swedfund Appoints Anders Craft Acting Managing Director

Anders Craft has been appointed Acting Managing Director at Swedfund International AB. Anders joined Swedfund in 2004 from 3i Nordic plc and for the past two years has been director of Swedfund’s investment operations and investment portfolio. Anders brings to the role both a strong institutional knowledge of Swedfund as well as long experience in international investment.