Miro Forestry Developments Limited

Miro Forestry's personnel working outside

In brief

Miro Forestry Developments Limited is a forestry company with two subsidiaries in Ghana and Sierra Leone. Miro is a vertically integrated, sustainable forestry and timber products business focused on fast-growing, high-yield plantation timber to produce sawn timber, utility poles and plywood for local and international markets. Miro has demonstrated competence in land preparation, planting, forestry management and species selection, successfully planting ca. 20,000 hectares. Finnfund has invested in Miro since 2014. The new funding is deployed to increase Miro’s downstream processing capacity, particularly plywood.

Main development impact

Climate change mitigation and landscape restoration. Significant increase in plywood production, replacing imports. Support local economies through rural job creation, local purchases, salaries to local staff, taxes to local governments and benefit-sharing agreements with local communities.

Investment details

Name: Miro Forestry Developments Limited
Project number: 80000092
Region: Africa
Country: Ghana, Sierra Leone
Sector: Forestry
Signing date (month/year): October 2022
Currency: USD
Finnfund's financing (commitment): 6,000,000
Instrument: Equity
Size of the project financing: USD 36,000,000
Share of Finnfund's financing (%): 17 %
Status: Active

Please note, that in principle, this information is given at the time of signature according to Finnfund's disclosure policy. However, in the case of investment funds, the share of Finnfund’s financing (%) is disclosed after the fund’s final closing, and information on the portfolio companies financed by the fund is updated at least once a year.

Other investments

Name Country Signing date (month/year) Currency Finnfund's financing (commitment) Instrument
Miro Forestry Developments Limited Ghana, Sierra Leone February 2020 USD 8,000,000 Equity
Miro Forestry Developments Limited Ghana, Sierra Leone 2015
Miro Forestry Developments Limited Ghana, Sierra Leone 2014
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Key facts

Name:

Miro Forestry Developments Limited

Sector:

Forestry

Region:

Africa

Country:

Ghana, Sierra Leone

Currency:

USD

Finnfund's financing (commitment):

6,000,000

Signing date (month/year):

October 2022

Last update:

December 2022