2022年10月23日

該420萬美元的擔保設施將使ALMA能夠部署600萬美元的債務融資，以支持Trella的運營，這是一個橫跨中東、北非(MENA)和南亞地區的創新型數字貨運市場。ALMA可持續金融(ALMA)和美國國際發展金融公司(DFC)今天宣布在巴基斯坦和埃及啟動一項貸款擔保交易。價值420萬美元的擔保設施將允許ALMA部署600萬美元的債務融資，以支持Trella的運營，這是一個巴基斯坦和埃及的創新型數字貨運市場。ALMA的借款人Trella是巴基斯坦和中東增長最快的數字貨運市場，在2021年促成了超過200萬噸的運輸。Trella的平台連接了整個地區的企業托運人和卡車承運人，提高了高度分散的物流行業的效率。ALMA和DFC對Trella的支持將帶來多方麵的發展影響，包括增加微型、中小型企業(MSMEs)卡車司機的收入，通過更好的路線設計減少物流中的溫室氣體排放，以及提高負載利用率。該交易還被稱為“2X挑戰”投資，它促進了巴基斯坦和中東地區女性在物流行業的就業機會，在這些地區，女性的代表性不足。DFC很高興能夠支持ALMA在新興市場，特別是巴基斯坦和埃及，為不斷增長的創新企業提供資金。DFC認識到，創新和技術將成為物流等部門現代化運營的驅動力。我們期待著這筆交易的經濟和環境影響，”DFC發展信貸辦公室副總裁Jim Polan說。 “Furthermore, this transaction is an example of DFC’s work and operation in Pakistan, which DFC hopes to grow in the coming years.” "With the signing of this facility, we hope to expand economic opportunities for small and medium enterprises, and sustainably improve the environmental impact of logistics operations in Pakistan," said Reed Aeschliman, Mission Director of USAID/Pakistan. “We are very pleased to have the support of DFC to be able to extend more capital to high-growth digital businesses such as Trella,” said Gautam Ivatury, managing partner at ALMA Sustainable Finance. “As debt lenders, we want to extend more financing in lower middle-income countries such as Pakistan and Egypt, and having the DFC guaranty facility allows us to reach more companies in these regions and have broader development impacts.” “Trella’s operations will benefit greatly from the additional debt financing extended by ALMA with the support of the DFC guaranty,” added Omar Hagrass, CEO of Trella. “In an industry like ours, we need new sources of capital to maintain our high-growth trajectory and reach the thousands of truckers across the region who need support to access more shipments, faster payments, and other integral services.” ALMA’s debt financing, backed by the DFC guaranty, will support the expansion of Trella’s platform for MSME truckers in lower-middle-income countries Egypt and Pakistan, where MSMEs provide the bulk of employment but face operational challenges. The project will also benefit from technical assistance provided by both USAID/Pakistan and USAID/Egypt.