Gozem

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Gozem Pte Ltd (Gozem, “the Sponsor” or “the Group”) is a technology-driven company operating in West and Central Africa, offering a "SuperApp" ecosystem that integrates various services accessible to drivers and customers from ride-hailing, delivery, to vehicle financing and mobile money. Gozem currently operates in Benin, Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of Congo, and Togo. The SuperApp platform allows three types of vehicles to operate, cars, tricycles and motorbikes. Vehicle owners can subscribe to the platform, where Gozem facilitates the connection and interaction between drivers and riders for a commission. As of December 2025, around one million trips were carried out on a monthly basis via the Gozem ride hailing and delivery platform.IFC is considering a debt investment in Gozem’s vehicle financing platform (“Gozem Financing” or “GF”) to support its fleet expansion (the “Project”) in Benin, Cameroon, Republic of Congo and Togo (together the “Target Markets”). GF offers sales solutions with installment payment plans for four types of equipment – phones (used for the SuperApp), motorbikes, tricycles, cars, - as well as providing accessories and services such as helmets, jackets, insurance, and maintenance. Gozem Financing focuses on empowering drivers through access to affordable vehicle financing options via the Drive-to-Buy (DTB) model offered to drivers who wish to own a vehicle and operate on the platform. The DTB contracts typically last between 12 to 52 months, depending on the type of vehicle. GF drivers are expected to work a specified number of hours per day and a minimum number of trips on the platform to generate revenue to cover vehicle installments and related payments. Drivers use the revenue to top up their digital wallet on the SuperApp and GF deducts the daily installments/payments from the digital wallet. Before onboarding a GF driver, Gozem ensures that minimum driving competency is met through a physical driving test and provides protective gear as needed to these drivers.Gozem procures vehicles from local and international vehicle distributors and Original Equipment Manufacturers. Maintenance is carried out by these distributors/suppliers for the duration of the contracts. In cases where such services are not provided by suppliers, such as for motorbikes, Gozem has contracts with vehicle maintenance workshops (1-2 per country). Minor oil changes are performed by Gozem at its own premises. For its day-to-day operations, Gozem operates through offices located in the capitals of the operating countries. These offices also serve as driver training centers and support service hubs. The offices are leased, and no expansion is planned for any of these locations.The proposed IFC investment comprises (i) an IFC A loan of up to €8 million on its own account; (ii) a subordinated loan of up to €8 million from IFC as implementing entity of the IDA21 Private Sector Window (PSW) Blended Finance Facility (BFF) and IFC’s Concessional Capital Window for IDA21 (“CCW-IDA21”); (iii) mobilization of the remaining debt financing need of €5m, collectively (“The Project”). The loan proceeds will be used for GF’s expansion in Target Markets from 2026 to 2028. The target markets are Benin, Cameroon, Togo, and Republic of Congo. The Project follows the IFC Upstream engagement (45714) which invested €1.9m senior corporate loan in Gozem in May 2021 to co-develop its vehicles financing business. The Environmental and Social (E&S) disclosure of the upstream engagement can be found at https://disclosures.ifc.org/project-detail/ESRS/45714/gozem-vehicle-financing-platform.