IFC to invest Sh309m in mobile phone microlender Branch

Branch lends out Sh400 million a month to its 350,000 customers. FILE PHOO | NMG

Branch, a Facebook-linked mobile phone money lending app, is set to receive an equity investment of Sh309 million from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to fuel its expansion.

IFC, the World Bank’s private financing arm, says the investment will help increase the competitiveness of low-cost lending in the countries where Branch operates including helping the lender increase the tenure of its loans.

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