The Westbridge Group of Companies is a Calgary based, Africa focused real estate banking and commodities trading institution. Our Africa Headquarters office is located in Kigali, Rwanda

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Westbridge is a Calgary-based, Canadian owned and operated, real estate lending and commodities trading-focused institution catering to the development needs of specific countries in Africa.

Our parent company; Westbridge Structured Mortgage Credit Corp (“Westbridge Mortgage REIT”) is a specialty Canadian financial institution, focused on real estate, asset management and bank acquisitions. The Company started out as an originator of construction mortgages and bridge loans to developers and property owners in Central and Western Canada. It initially grew out of Riskmont, a mortgage trading and securitization firm, founded in Ottawa in 2002.

Our Africa holding company is headquartered in Kigali, Rwanda within the Kigali International Finance Center (KIFC).

In addition to Rwanda, Westbridge either operates in or is actively expanding into Mauritania, Mali, Senegal, Guinea and Cote- d’Ivoire.

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MCL Leasing in our Mauritania-registered equipment leasing and financing arm. Founded in 2014, its main focus is on partnerships with international mining concerns, and agro-industrial projects requiring earth-moving farm equipment machinery. MCL Leasing enjoys exclusive master dealership status for two major equipment manufacturing concerns for Western Africa.

Westbridge Commodities Trading is our Toronto-based affiliate providing trading and market-making services in key agricultural product groups, metals and minerals, as well as products in fertilizer value chain complex across Africa.

In our real estate banking business, we operate a set of real estate lending and mortgage banking institutions dedicated to originating, trading and securitizing mortgage loans in Eastern Africa. construction finance, in addition to a separate operating entity focused on owning and operating multi-residential and mixed-used assets in select urban markets. Westbridge Bank | Westbridge Capital Markets