Vital Capital Closes Financing for Luanda Medical Center with U.S. Government's Overseas Private Investment Corporation
September 24, 2014
(OPIC)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Vital Capital Fund is pleased to announce that the Overseas
Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) recently closed a USD $9.8 million loan to
support the Luanda Medical Center, a world class medical clinic designed to
provide high quality healthcare and diagnostic services for the local population
of Angola. The Luanda Medical Center (LMC) will provide same-day ambulatory and
cardiology procedures, as well as advanced diagnostic capabilities such as MRI,
CT, ultra sound and X-Ray.
The OPIC loan is made in conjunction with a USD $ 16.6 million equity investment
by Vital Capital Fund, one of the world’s largest impact investment funds
focused on sub-Saharan markets.
LMC will address pan-African challenges of high costs and inaccessibility to
quality health care by delivering world-class health care, in modern facilities,
at affordable prices for the local population. It will also have an extensive
outreach program to provide access to its medical professionals and capabilities
to rural areas throughout the country. LMC will begin serving patients in the
4th quarter of 2014.
“Vital Capital’s investments in high-impact sectors across the African continent
align excellently with OPIC’s own development finance goals. Their investment in
the Luanda Medical Center will enable middle and lower income families to access
quality healthcare, improving the quality of life of local populations in
Angola. This shows how investing with impact can spur tangible social
improvements while also generating returns for investors and lenders,” said OPIC
President and CEO Elizabeth Littlefield.
US-based CURE Healthcare Management Services (CHMS) will support the operations
of LMC under a long-term professional services agreement.
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