21/02/2022

THE FONDS SOUVERAIN DE DJIBOUTI WELCOMES THE PRIVATE INVESTMENT FUND MERIDIAM

The visit of Meridiam focused on the preliminary study of major public and social infrastructure Projects as envisaged in Vision 2035.

Meridiam is a company specializing in developing, financing, and managing public and social infrastructure projects. Created in 2005, Meridiam invests in the execution of sizeable sustainable infrastructure projects that meet several needs, including digitalization, Renewable Energy, hospitals, schools, roads, ports, and airports. All the investments comply with security, quality, Energy, and environmental impact standards.

By 2021, MERIDIAM had over 100 projects and assets under development, construction, or operation in 26 countries in Europe, North America, and Africa; Meridiam is present in 4 offices on the African continent.

The company manages eighteen billion dollars of assets in equity, or eighty billion dollars of financing deployed, including debt and co-investments of Meridiam’s partners.

Several actors were mobilized around the FSD to welcome this delegation: the minister of Energy in charge of Natural resources (MERN), the Central Bank Governor, the Chairman of GHIH, the General Manager of ODDEG, the President of the Chambre de Commerce and the Chairman of FSD.

The Chief Executive Officer of the FSD, Dr. Slim FERIANI, and Mr. Jean-André Dja GBARSSIN, Chief Investment Officer of the FSD, organized these meetings to identify the investment opportunities that could be the object of a partnership.

As a tool for realizing the Vision 2035 brought by his Excellency the President of the Republic of Djibouti, Mr. ISMAIL OMAR GUELLEH, the FSD’s role is also to attract investors and co-invest with them to strengthen the inclusive character and sustainable development of the economy of Djibouti.

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LE FONDS SOUVERAIN DE DJIBOUTI ACCUEILLE LE FONDS D’INVESTISSEMENT PRIVÉ MERIDIAM | LA NATION