Banro Closes $175M Debt Financing and Provides Twangiza & Namoya Updates

Banro Corporation

announces the closing of its US$175 million debt financing detailed in its press release dated February 24, 2012. This debt offering by the Company of 175,000 units consisted of US$175,000,000 aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes with an interest rate of 10% and a maturity date of March 1, 2017 and 8,400,000 warrants to purchase an aggregate of 8,400,000 common shares of the Company, representing dilution of 3.8% on a fully - diluted basis. Each such unit consisted of US$1,000 principal amount of Notes and 48 Warrants, with each Warrant entitling the holder to purchase one common share of the Company at a price of US$6.65 for a period of five years.