AfDB-EMRC SME Forum Session 3 P Lamontagne
Transcript of AfDB-EMRC SME Forum Session 3 P Lamontagne
Enablis is the benchmark
for sustainable SME
development in Africa today
Lisbon, Portugal, June 6th, 2011
Enablis is a network of
Entrepreneurs
POWER OF THE NETWORK = N²
Africa has world-class
Entrepreneurs
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Today Enablis is a Network of
2,000 Entrepreneurs
Enablis presence in:
South Africa (2004)
Kenya (2007)
Mozambique (2007)
Tanzania (2008)
Ghana (2009)
Rwanda (2010)
Enablis expansion
planned:
Namibia (2011)
Sénégal (2012)
Nigeria (2013)
Uganda (2013)
The Enablis Model: One stop!
Financing
LearningNetworking
Risk Mitigation /
Increased
Opportunity
Risk Mitigation /
Increased Opportunity
Peer to Peer
Venture
Capital
Meso-Financing
Micro-Banking
Enablis is a Learning Platform
E-Circles
Enablis is a Financing Platform
Enablis SME Africa
Impact FundEnablis EA Loan Fund
Launch
2012
Results of 2005 Enablis SA Fund I
• Loan Guarantee Fund.
• Investors: Canada (50%), South Africa (40%), Bank (10%).
• $9.5 Million in approved loans.
• Average loan is $100,000 to an SME with less than $200,000 in turn-over.
• Cash on deposit, 90-day quick claims to the Bank.
• Royalties direct from SME’s, instead of a fee from the Bank.
• Pricing: Prime + 1-3% to the Bank & 6-8% to the Fund.
• 30% + exits already on invested capital.
• IRR of 5.1%.
• NPL’s 2.6%.
Results: Enablis’ Job Creation and
Socio-economic Impact in RSA (2010)
Socio-economic improvement (average
SA household: 4.1 (Stats SA 2001) x total number of jobs created)
Indirect Job Creation (a factor
of 5.5(SABCO multiplier 2009))
Number of Jobs Created (according to Independent Annual Survey sample 2010)
Estimated Number of Jobs Created (average number
of jobs created of 5.3 times total membership (1000))
1,066
5,300
29,150
141,245
Meet Enablis Entrepreneur:
Apollo Segawa, Exotic Banana Products, RSA
Conclusion
• There is great potential to scale micro-financeto the enterprise level as SME lending is profitable;
• We use the same micro-finance principles in our successful SME lending model;
• An investment is required to create deal flow and sustainable SME’s as high as 0.5:1;
• Financing for 10-20% of our entrepreneurs is all that is required;
• SME’s have fantastic job creation capabilities.
CONFIDENTIAL
Enablis Contact Information
Paul Lamontagne
Chief Executive Officer
Enablis Financial Corp. (Pty) Ltd.
WWW.ENABLIS.ORG
THANK YOU!