{"id":684,"date":"2020-10-06T13:48:29","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T13:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rdcif.com\/?page_id=684"},"modified":"2020-10-27T12:55:07","modified_gmt":"2020-10-27T12:55:07","slug":"operations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rdcif.com\/en\/operations\/","title":{"rendered":"Operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>1. Choice of projects<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The projects to be financed by the \"RDCIF\" fund will be prioritized on the dual criteria of internal performance and economic rate of return.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 13\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>Applications for funding are supported by the presentation of a file. The decision-making criteria are based on the financial data of the study (amount of the investment, lifespan, valuation of the expected results, exit plan, etc.) but also on the profile of the management team, particularly its expertise and experience.<\/p>\n<h4>2. Operation<\/h4>\n<p>The operation of the fund can be summarized as follows:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=\u00a0\u00bb742&Prime; img_size=\u00a0\u00bblarge\u00a0\u00bb alignment=\u00a0\u00bbcenter\u00a0\u00bb][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 14\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>The fund's activity consists of financial intermediation, which is characterised by financing through equity or quasi-equity contributions. Grand Impex Trading Ltd's sources of funding are personal contributions and funds raised from investors. Investors are remunerated through dividends and capital gains on disposal. Most of these are long-term investments.<\/p>\n<h4>3. Investment strategy<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Sectors of activity :<\/strong> All sectors of activity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Geographical area :<\/strong> Democratic Republic of Congo and others in Africa<\/p>\n<p>Level of maturity: Project and\/or company in creation. But also project\/company in development, recapitalisation, reconversion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Investment Horizon :<\/strong> Short, medium and long term.<\/p>\n<p>Capital ownership: Seeking a majority position overall. However, this may fluctuate depending on the liabilities\/assets of the company and the nature of the solicitation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Investment Size :<\/strong> The fund intends to become directly involved in projects with a minimum funding requirement of 3 million $US.<\/p>\n<p>For smaller financing projects, the fund will work with local financial actors (banks and micro-finance) or resources can be housed on advantageous terms to support small holders in need of financing.<\/p>\n<p>Any project that falls within the fund's investment strategy must be presented with its investment file, which formalizes the study of the project and allows the committee to make a decision. The selection criteria are based on the financial elements (amount of the investment, lifespan, valuation of expected results, exit plan, etc.) but also on the profile of the management team.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 15\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<h4>4. Marketing plan<\/h4>\n<p>The marketing plan to be implemented will aim to make the structure and its activities known. To this end, the communication plan will include the following elements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The creation of an external website that will serve as a public facade;<\/li>\n<li>Systematic communication for all important company events;<\/li>\n<li>Sponsorships and publications in trade journals<\/li>\n<li>Direct marketing by approaching companies, trade associations and participation in fairs and exhibitions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] 1. Choix des projets Les projets a\u0300 financer par le fonds \u00ab RDCIF \u00bb seront prioritairement retenus sur le double crite\u0300re de rendement interne et taux de rendement e\u0301conomique. Les demandes de financement sont soutenues par la pre\u0301sentation d\u2019un dossier. Les crite\u0300res de prise de de\u0301cision sont base\u0301s sur les donne\u0301es financie\u0300res d\u2019e\u0301tude (montant [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":827,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdcif.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/684"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdcif.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdcif.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdcif.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdcif.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=684"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/rdcif.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":867,"href":"https:\/\/rdcif.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/684\/revisions\/867"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdcif.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdcif.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}