Their Core Philosophy
rivate equity investment in the “missing middle” is still relatively new in East Africa, and the Fund is expanding the spectrum of capital in the region by focusing on and specialising in financing businesses in this niche.

The following points outline their approach

The Fund will look to exit from its investments within 3-5 years. For the duration of its investment, the Fund will actively engage with portfolio companies by:
Taking equity stakes and thereby making a commitment to shareholders to share the same risks in executing their business plans
Offering support at all levels (shareholder, board and management) and providing crucial and strategic information, knowledge and strategy
Providing the resources needed for critical pre- and post- investment support, over and above the standard portfolio management via the Business Advisory Support Facility.

Their fund:

Fanisi makes equity investments of between US$0.5 million to US$3 million, per transaction, in:
Growth capital for businesses
Buyouts from going concerns
Start ups and early stage businesses
Established businesses with high growth potential.

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Their Core Philosophy:
The key to capital gains lies in strategic equity investments in growing regional businesses and replacement capital investments that provide partial or full exits for existing shareholders seeking liquidity .

The following four points outline their approach:
1)High growth and profitability prospects
2)Compelling expansion, acquisition and regionalisation opportunities
3)Strong cash flow characteristics or potential
4)Financial restructuring or recapitalisation requirements

Their Investment team ( click here to see)

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Their fund:
Catalyst Fund I is a USD100 million Eastern Africa focused private equity fund that invests in emerging and mid-sized companies with strong growth and profitability prospects in alignment with experienced management teams.
Investment criteria:
USD5 million to USD15 million for strategic minority or control transactions
Expansion and replacement capital, re-capitalisations and pre-IPO investments
4 to 6 year investment horizon, with exits via trade and financial buyers, capital markets and self-redeeming instruments
Target 20% to 25% USD cumulative net returns

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Core Philosophy

TLG believes that the most compelling and robust opportunities in frontier markets lie in companies requiring less than $15m for capital growth ,typically transactions that evade the radar of mainstream funds. On average TLG  invests $4 to $6m per transaction.

TLG strategy can be summarized by these two points:

• Growth capital in the “missing middle space” – Domestic sub-Saharan African businesses without collateral have limited access to funding from banks. Micro-finance organisations are too small to facilitate their needs. TLG operates in this vacant middle space, where transactions of less than $15m are the norm
• Transmigration of technology to sub-Saharan Africa – Particularly from India, a market that has thrived despite being beset by similar issues in terms of governance, infrastructure, bureaucracy and income

The investment team ( information no found on site)

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They provide primarily growth and expansion capital, and target investments of between $20m and $50m.
Their portfolio ( Click to see more)
The investment team ( Click to see more).

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ACA was founded in 1997 with a mission to build Africa’s premier private equity investment firm by mobilizing capital, technology and management resources from local and international sources to unlock Africa’s private sector potential.

Their investment strategy( click to read).

Their funds (click to read).

Their portfolio includes,Etranzact global ,Cornerstone Insurance  ,G Telecom   ,linkserve  ( click to read more ).

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Adlevo Capital was established to capitalize on the growing demand for infrastructure and services in sub-Saharan Africa. They focus on technology-enabled opportunities, which benefit from increased buying power of consumers. They believe that the application of technology to the provision of infrastructure and services is an essential determinant of sustainable social development outcomes and will generate compelling returns for investors.
Adlevo Capital make their investment decisions based on these here factors:
Strong management team
Large market opportunity
Consumer driven growth
Positive impact on WIRED attributes

Adlevo Capital Africa LLC

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In the same period, the firm has generated US$ 2.2 billion in cash returns to investors, more than any other private equity firm in the MENA region.

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The Fund will normally invest at least 80% of its total assets in securities of issuers from Frontier Market countries (whether directly or through ADRs or GDRs). The Fund, using a low cost “passive” or “indexing” investment approach, will seek to replicate, before fees and expenses, the performance of the Frontier Index.

The Index tracks the performance of companies from countries that are defined as the “Frontier Market, that trade on the London Stock Exchange (“LSE”), New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), American Stock Exchange (“AMEX”) and Nasdaq Stock Market (“NASDAQ”)

The index construction include[but not limited to]: Ghana,Kenya,Egypt,Malawi,Mauritius,Morocco,Nigeria,Tunisia,Zimbabwe,