Thursday, 1 May 2025

Verdant IMAP secures USD 18 million in senior secured debt funding for Zeepay

Verdant IMAP has successfully closed a USD 18 million senior secured debt funding for

Zeepay Ghana Limited. The transaction underscores investor confidence in the company’s

growth strategy and financial fundamentals. The funding will be used for working capital,

including float financing.


Verdant IMAP has structured and implemented a new security sharing arrangement to

facilitate future participation by additional senior secured lenders.


The security sharing is pursuant to a security sharing agreement and common terms

agreement, with the new lenders in this USD 18 million raise and existing international

lenders acceding on the same basis. The structure benefits from an external security trustee

and daily measurement of collateral by an external monitoring agent. New financiers going

forward will be granted access to the existing shared collateral pool on a pari-passu basis,

benefitting from the same first-lien pledge and robust enforcement framework. This flexible

structure positions Zeepay to scale its operations with continued access to institutional debt,

supported by a secure and transparent collateral package.


Founder and CEO of Zeepay, Andrew Takyi Appiah said: “I am grateful for the support of the

new investors and ongoing support our existing partners. The new structure, will allow for

simple and transparent onboarding of new investors as required, as we implement our

growth strategy.”


Verdant IMAP acted as financial advisor to the Zeepay and arranger for the financing

package.


About Zeepay:

Founded in 2014, Zeepay continues to dominate in the area of mobile financial services,

providing digital solutions in international remittance and mobile money. The company has

operations in over 25 countries, as well as mobile money licenses in 6 markets. This

affords the users the benefit of an ecosystem of reduce transaction costs and improved


access to financial services for those excluded from the financial system. Overall, Zeepay’s

digital infrastructure enables millions of users to significantly reduce transaction costs for

remittance and mobile money services, thereby directly increasing their incomes, and

providing better access to financial services across the Sub Sahara Africa region.


About Verdant:

Verdant IMAP is a leading investment bank and investment manager operating on a Pan-

African basis and specialising in private capital markets. Verdant IMAP is the manager of the


Verdant Capital Hybrid Fund. The Verdant Capital Hybrid Fund is investing mezzanine

capital into inclusive financial institutions on a pan-African basis. www.verdant-cap.com


Media Enquiries:

Verdant Capital:

Orient Mahonisi,

T: +27 10 140 3700

E: orient.mahonisi@verdant-cap.com

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