Our portfolio
Our portfolio
We always aim to establish a good balance between risktaking, geographical spread and variation in investment instruments, such as equity, funds and loans.
We invest directly in companies and indirect through financial institutions and funds, to increase the proportion of small and medium-sized enterprises and to promote entrepreneurship.
The portfolio's total contracted amount at the close of 2021 was 5.864 billion SEK, divided between 61 investments.
Portfolio per region 2021
Africa 50,4%
Asia 25,0%
Eastern Europe 3,6%
Latin America 0%
Other 21%
Portfolio per sector 2021
Financial inclusion
53,8%
Energy & Climate 37,6%
Health 8,2%
Other 0,4%
Portfolio per instrument 2021
Funds 47,5%
Loans 40,5%
Equity 12,0%
Our portfolio companies
Our portfolio companies
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Examples of investments
Examples of investments and financial support
Since 1979 we have invested in more than 230 companies in the poorest countries in the world. Here are some recent examples.
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Swedfund's investment in the 1990s facilitated mobile telephony in Namibia
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Investment in a medical clinic in Liberia which has survived both war and Ebola
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Lending to small and medium sized enterprises in East Africa creates more jobs
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Zimbabwe's banking sector is strengthened
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With the goal of being a role model for other women
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Focus on gender equality and ensuring a good working environment
Our Arena
Our Arena
Swedfund's investments have a wide geographical spread. Our focus in on the world's least developed countries, which primarily means sub-Saharan Africa. We also invest in low- and middle-income countries and post-conflict countries - and in exceptional cases in upper-middle-income countries.
This map shows Swedfund's investments at the end of 2021.
