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Adenia
Adenia Partners is a private markets investment firm committed to responsible investing and a sustainable Africa.
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Founded in 2002, Adenia has successfully raised US $500 million across 4 funds. Adenia has a proven track record of strong and consistent performance with 31 platform investments executed and 17 realized exits.
Based on-the-ground across Africa, Adenia has one of the most highly qualified African private markets investment teams in terms of educational pedigree, longstanding experience as entrepreneurs and investors, and local in-depth knowledge. By creating stronger companies with quality jobs, fostering economic improvement, and elevating companies to meet ESG standards, Adenia is increasing the enterprise value for investors, while benefiting workers, communities, and companies in Africa.
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Clyde & Co
Clyde & Co is a large global law firm with over 2,500 legal professionals working from more than 50 offices across six continents.
www.clydeco.co.tz/@company
We are the largest law firm in the world that operates from only one profit centre. We offer a comprehensive range of legal services and advice to businesses operating at the heart of global trade and commerce. From developed to emerging markets, we aim to support our clients by putting the power of our globally integrated firm at their disposal with a range of seamless and efficient services and the very best, commercially minded, legal advice.
Michael Strain leads our M&A and private equity team for East Africa. From our offices in Kenya and Tanzania, Michael and his team regularly advise private equity funds and large corporates on transactions across the wider region – with a particular focus on Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Uganda.
AfricInvest
Uniquely positioned as one of the most experienced private equity investors on the continent, AfricInvest has dedicated investment teams focused on Africa, and employs more than 90 professionals in eleven offices.
www.africinvest.com@company
AfricInvest has raised USD 2.0bn+ in funds and benefits from strong, long-term support from both local and international investors, including leading development finance institutions in the United States and Europe.
Having co-founded the African Venture Capital Association (AVCA) as well as the Middle East North Africa Private Equity Association (MENAPEA) and the Euromed Capital Forum, the firm is an active promotor of the private equity industry in the region.
Since the beginning, AfricInvest has invested in more than 190 companies across 35 African countries in a variety of high growth sectors and maintains a broad network of high quality executives across Africa, offering extensive expertise in key growth industries, including financial services, agribusiness, consumer/retail, education and healthcare.
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Jersey Finance
Jersey Finance is proud to work with key partners to represent and promote Jersey as a forward-thinking international finance centre. Jersey champions the competitive position of Jersey's finance industry, both locally and internationally, supporting the highest regulatory standards and the most attractive products and services to suit the needs of global investors.
www.jerseyfinance.je/@company
Jersey’s relationship with Africa is broad, deep, and based on shared interests. Over many decades, Jersey has built strong connections with Africa by supporting both inbound and outbound investment for private and institutional investors.
Through sourcing overseas capital securely and efficiently, Jersey can play a vital role in supporting economic growth and job creation in Africa. What's more, Jersey Island offers the right environment to act as an investment gateway for African investors to the UK, European and global markets.
British International Investment
British International Investment (BII) is the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor with a mission to help solve the biggest global development challenges by investing patient, flexible capital to support private sector growth and innovation.
www.bii.co.uk@company
We invest to create more productive, sustainable and inclusive economies in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean, enabling people in those countries to build better lives for themselves and
their communities.
We invest between £1.5 and £2 billion every year in green infrastructure, technology and other sectors that need our capital the most.
We currently partner with over 1,000 businesses in emerging economies, and we have total assets of £7.5 billion. We work with our investee partners to support them to succeed and grow impactful businesses.
Ethos
Ethos is an investment manager with both mezzanine and private equity investment strategies operating across Africa. The firm has a strong track record of generating returns across multiple economic and political cycles, and its mezzanine investment strategy (Ethos Mezzanine Partners) has a strong focus on investing in East Africa and the Horn of Arica.
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Over its 38-year history, the firm built an institutional platform that provided the scale to develop a diversified, multi-fund offering in the alternative investment space. Ethos’ platform now consists of Ethos Mezzanine Partners, Large Equity Funds, a Mid-Market Fund, an Artificial Intelligence Fund and sub-advisory contracts to manage Brait and the Ninety One Africa Private Equity Funds. Ethos’ AUM is $2.0 billion and it currently manages or advises on 31 investments.
Since inception, Ethos Mezzanine Partners has concluded 28 investments and exited 25, and Ethos’ Large Equity Funds have completed 110 investments and exited 98.
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CDH
A top, independent African business law firm based in South Africa and in Kenya through Kieti Law LLP. We are actively cultivating relationships with other law firms around the world. At Cliff Dekker Hoffmeyer (CDH), we believe the right partnership can lead to great things.
www.cliffedekkerhofmeyr.com/en/index.html@company
Zoscales
Established in 2014, Zoscales Partners is an award-winning private equity firm with offices in Nairobi, Addis Ababa and Zurich. The $75m Zoscales Fund I was launched in 2017 and invests with impact in East African SMEs within healthcare, FMCG, materials and others. Zoscales was one of the first and only private equity investors with a full-time presence in East Africa using an “operating partner model” that integrates successful local entrepreneurs into the investment strategy. This ensures an active involvement in portfolio operations and a deep knowledge of the local business environments. Zoscales Fund II will launch in 2022.
www.zoscales.com/@company
Deal Flow Facility
The Deal Flow Facility (DFF) is a non-investing, technical assistance and match making facility, established to address the gap in access to growth capital for emerging Ugandan businesses. Established in 2021 in concert with the Capital Markets Authority of Uganda (CMA) and the European Union, the Deal Flow Facility is hosted and managed by Financial Sector Deepening Uganda and is funded by the European Union.
fsduganda.or.ug/the-deal-flow-facility/@company
The DFF aims to make over 220 Ugandan businesses investment-ready and close over 40 deals (debt / equity) over five years, stimulating private sector growth and contributing to the Uganda’s national development plan. The facility is focused on recruiting established businesses, building their investor readiness (where required), and connecting them to capital pools beyond bank financing. The DFF is sector agnostic and focuses on companies with financing needs of USD 500,000 and above.
Kawisafi Ventures
KawiSafi Ventures is a Kenya-based fund manager focused on inclusive climate investments in Africa. The fund invests in late venture / early growth stage companies across the low-carbon economy in renewable energy, mobility, logistics, cold chain, internet / connectivity, green manufacturing, and recycling. KawiSafi invests in solutions at the nexus of radical affordability and rapid decarbonization transforming lives across the continent and ensuring a just transition.
www.kawisafi.com/@company
DLA Piper Africa, Kenya (IKM Advocates)
DLA Piper Africa, Kenya (IKM Advocates) is a full-service commercial law firm that has been providing legal services in Kenya for the last thirty years. Our people are authorities in their respective fields and are highly sought after for the practical and innovative solutions they bring to the table. IKM offers the services of a multi-disciplinary team with in-depth knowledge of the Kenyan market and its legal, economic, cultural and social specificities. We advise national and international groups and companies, financial investors and institutions, sponsors, public entities and governments on all the legal aspects of their projects both in Kenya and internationally. Our relationship with DLA Piper Africa and DLA Piper provides the geographical spread required by leading companies and positions IKM to help clients wherever they choose to do business, be it at the local, national, regional or international level.
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KPMG
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SBM Bank
SBM Bank Kenya Limited is part of the SBM Group, a leading international banking and financial services provider that strives to meet its mission which is rooted in building deep and lasting relationships with its customers and stakeholders. Established in 1973 and headquartered in Mauritius, SBM Group has a footprint in Mauritius, India, Madagascar and here in Kenya. We have been in Kenya since 2017 and are an emerging bank, aiming to be a catalyst for Kenya’s socio-economic development. We have an evolved corporate purpose: to build A Smarter Tomorrow for our consumers, society, employees, and shareholders.
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Africa Capital Digest
Africa Capital Digest is the leading source of original and curated digital content, comment and opinion for global private capital investors and their advisors who are sourcing, evaluating and executing private equity, infrastructure and venture capital transactions in Africa.
africacapitaldigest.com@company
Whether you are looking for ideas for new deals, leads for people or companies to be potential partners, expert market perspective from leading investors and market practitioners or just need to keep abreast of the most important private capital trends and developments on the continent, Africa Capital Digest provides you with the most focused, in-depth information to help you monitor and assess the private capital investment opportunities Africa offers.
Attend our webcasts and events, listen to our podcast discussions with the continent’s leading investment professionals and read the weekly digest to keep up-to-date on the deal and fundraising activity on the continent.
Visit africacapitaldigest.com or email Allan Cunningham at acunningham@africacapitaldigest.com to find out more.
The Exchange
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Africa Private Equity News
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- Data partner
Asoko Insight
Asoko Insight is Africa’s leading corporate data and engagement platform, providing global investors, multinationals and development institutions the most effective route to discover, shortlist and engage their target universe of African companies.
www.asokoinsight.com@company
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Endeavor
Endeavor is the leading global community of, by and for High-Impact Entrepreneurs- those who dream bigger, scale faster, and pay it forward.
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Driven by our belief that High-Impact Entrepreneurs transform economies, Endeavor is on a mission to build thriving entrepreneurial ecosystems in emerging and underserved markets around the world.
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iDeals Virtual Data Rooms
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