MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: In 1st Disbursement, Verdant Capital Hybrid Fund Loans $7m to Watu Credit Uganda to Expand Vehicle Financing

Verdant Capital, a Mauritius-based corporate finance firm, recently issued subordinated debt in the amount of USD 7 million to Watu Credit Uganda, an affiliate of Kenya’s Watu Credit, which funds vehicles and mobile phones in six African countries. While Watu also funds smartphones, tuk tuks (three-wheelers) and cars,