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Amethis MENA Fund II
British International Investment plc
Amethis is an investment fund manager dedicated to Africa. It brings growth capital to promising midcap champions in a diversity of sectors throughout the African continent.
Amethis MENA Fund II invests in small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in North Africa (primarily Morocco and Egypt). This is the second fund under Amethis? SME strategy. The firm also manages a pan-African mid-large cap fund, which we committed to in 2019.
BMCE Bank of Africa
British International Investment plc
BMCE is a pan-African bank serving over 20 countries on the continent.
BMCE Bank of Africa
British International Investment plc
BMCE is a pan-African bank serving over 20 countries on the continent.
African Development Partners II
British International Investment plc
The Africa Development Partners II Fund is a pan-African fund which focuses on high-growth companies targeting Africa’s rising consumer class.
EuroMena III
British International Investment plc
The EuroMena III fund is pursuing a similar strategy to its predecessors, looking to acquire majority or minority stakes in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Levant, North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa to support local and regional expansion.
Maghreb Private Equity Fund IV
British International Investment plc
AfricInvest launched the Maghreb Private Equity Fund IV (MPEF IV) in 2017, a North African small and mid-cap fund looking to invest in Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco and Algeria. The fund will invest growth equity in a range of sectors focusing on themes of access to regional markets, deregulation and growing urban populations.
SPE Capital Africa Industrialisation Fund
British International Investment plc
This fund focusses mainly on industrialisation in North Africa. The fund will target manufacturing and sectors with strong industrialisation links such as logistics and healthcare, and will predominantly invest in Tunisia, Morocco and Egypt.
Amethis Fund II S.C.A SICAR
British International Investment plc
Amethis II will provide growth capital to support companies to become national and regional market-leaders, primarily across francophone Africa and East Africa. In helping these businesses improve their processes, institutionalise and expand regionally, Amethis II will continue to prove the case to other investors for investing in medium sized businesses in Africa.
Mediterrania Capital III LP
British International Investment plc
Mediterrania Capital Partners III is the third fund raised by Mediterrania Capital Partners. This generalist fund targets investments in North Africa (Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, and Egypt) with a smaller exposure to Francophone West and Central Africa (Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Senegal).
Helios Investors IV
British International Investment plc
Helios has one of the strongest track records in African private equity across its three predecessor funds, having invested over $3 billion and created over 9,000 new jobs in diverse sectors ranging from financial services to education and telecommunications.
Vantage Mezzanine IV Pan African Sub-Fund
British International Investment plc
Vantage Mezzanine IV Pan African Sub-Fund is managed by Vantage Capital, an experienced mezzanine platform in Africa. The fund offers growth capital in the form of private debt financing to mid-market companies. In doing so, it helps tackle a significant funding gap in markets where the supply of credit from banks is limited.
Amethis MENA Fund II
British International Investment plc
Amethis MENA Fund II invests in small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in North Africa (primarily Morocco and Egypt). This is the second fund under Amethis’ SME strategy. The firm also manages a pan-African mid-large cap fund, which we committed to in 2019.
Mediterrania Capital IV (MCP IV)
British International Investment plc
Mediterrania Capital IV is a generalist fund focused on investing across the mid-cap segment in North Africa and Francophone West and Central Africa.
Middle East and North Africa Regional Humanitarian Response.
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
This project will provide support to the MENA region to respond to crises in order to: Save lives and prevent suffering via humanitarian support, including to international partners. Facilitate the enabling environment of the humanitarian response in country, through close engagement with national authorities and humanitarian partners, and advocacy towards effective coordination. Maximise impact, promote UK leadership and strengthen bilateral relations with partner Governments.
SFC - GCRF QR funding
DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY & INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY
Formula GCRF funding to the Scottish Funding Council to support Scottish higher education institutes (HEIs) to carry out ODA-eligible activities in line with their three-year institutional strategies. ODA research grants do not represent the full economic cost of research and therefore additional funding is provided to Scottish HEIs in proportion to their Research Excellence Grant (REG). In FY19/20 funding was allocated to 18 Scottish higher education institutes to support existing ODA grant funding and small projects. GCRF has now supported more than 800 projects at Scottish institutions, involving over 80 developing country partners.
UUKi Delivery Support
DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY & INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY
These are delivery cost for shared learning workshops/training and best practice (for current and future applicants) on ODA assurance, eligibility, reporting and partnership working through either the NF and GCRF
Ad-hoc GCRF activity on BEIS Finance system
DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY & INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY
Increased contributions towards a range of research projects jointly funded with DFID, and funding for the Devolved Administrations for disbursement to universities within the devolved regions to fund the full economic cost of GCRF ODA research.
DfE NI - GCRF QR funding
DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY & INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY
Grant to Department for the Economy, Northern Ireland to enable Northern Irish higher education institutes to carry out pre-agreed ODA-eligible activities in line with their institutional strategies. For Queen’s University Belfast in FY2019/20 this included: workshops in Cambodia, Vietnam, South Africa, and Uganda about health and education; 11 pilot projects spanning 16 eligible countries (Angola, Burundi, China, Colombia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Kosovo, Malaysia, Nigeria, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam and Zimbabwe); and additional support to GCRF and NF-funded activities. For Ulster University in FY2019/20 funding supported six pump-priming projects on: LMIC maternal, neonatal and child health; PTSD in Rwanda; Decision-Making in Policy Making in Africa and Central Asia; and hearing impairment and dementia in China.
HEFCW - GCRF QR funding
DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY & INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY
Additional GCRF funding to the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales to support Welsh higher education institutes (HEIs) to carry out ODA-eligible activities in line with their institutional strategies. ODA research grants do not represent the full economic cost of research and therefore additional funding is provided to Welsh HEIs in line with their research council grant income. In FY19/20 funding was allocated to Aberystwyth University, Bangor University, Cardiff University and Swansea University. In FY19/20, the funding was used to fund: the full economic cost of existing ODA eligible activities (e.g. already funded by GCRF); small ODA-eligible projects; fellowships to ODA-eligible researchers; and to increase collaboration and impact. 53 ODA-eligible countries have been reported as benefiting from the funded work, with Brazil and India the most frequently mentioned. By region, the largest number of projects were based in the LDC’s (Least Developed Countries) in Asia, South America, and East Africa, with only a few projects in the middle-income countries such as Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Georgia.
OODA GCRF and Newton Consolidation Accounts University of Exeter
DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY & INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY
The GNCAs represent an additional allocation from BEIS designed to reinvest in excellent UKRI Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) and Newton Fund programmes and enable them to maximise development impact. This involves instances where funding can be utilized to 9 original grant objectives affected by the ODA review, or opportunities for new follow-on, knowledge exchange or impact activities. In either case, the funding is targeted to support research along the route to achieving economic or social impact in countries on the OECD DAC list.