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3i
AUM: $14 billion
Starting with £15m capital in 1945, today 3i is a leading international investment manager focusing on private equity and infrastructure. 3i is a leading international investment manager focused on mid-market Private Equity and Infrastructure.
Our core investment markets are northern Europe and North America.
Area of expertise
Mid-market Private Equity
Infrastructure
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54 Capital
An Africa-focused asset manager founded in 2013, investing in and managing proprietary deals across the continent, alongside selected co-investors: family offices, high net-worth individuals, private investment firms and Development Finance Institutions.
We target high growth countries in Africa, with favorable political, governance and economic trends.
Countries where at least one member of our team has very good experience, and where we can rely on a solid network of local partners to help us source the best deals as well as complement our execution and management capabilities.
Companies and sectors benefiting from the spending power of an expanding middle class and urban population, such as fast moving consumer goods, retail, education, pharmaceuticals and healthcare. A competitive advantage versus potential imports is a must.
Areas of Expertise
Consumer goods, retail, education, pharmaceuticals and healthcare
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8 Miles
AUM: $1.1 billion
8 Miles is a private equity firm focused exclusively on making private equity investments in Africa. We invest in consumer-driven businesses and service providers with strong growth prospects. We look to partner with leading entrepreneurs and management teams, and work with them to achieve shared objectives by providing capital and operational expertise.
A core part of our strategy is active ownership – actively participating in transforming businesses in which we invest. We are “hands on” investors in Africa.
At 8 Miles we have a complementary team of principals with significant experience in private equity and direct experience in successfully managing and transforming businesses in Africa.
All our principals have extensive experience in developed and emerging economies, and therefore have a deep insight into the unique opportunities and challenges that Africa presents. We seek to achieve superior capital returns and accelerate the development of African companies by delivering lasting operational improvement.
Area of expertise
Agribusiness
Business and Financial Services
Consumer Goods and Retail
Energy and Utilities
Healthcare and Pharmaceutical
Hospitality and Real Estate
Telecom, Media and Technology
Transport and Logistics
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Aabar Investments
Aabar Investments PJS is a principal investment firm.
The firm invests in companies operating in various sectors, including energy, infrastructure, aviation or aerospace, real estate development, automotive, commodities, and financial services. It prefers to make real estate investments in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
The firm was formerly known as Aabar Petroleum Investments Company PJSC. Aabar Investments PJS was founded in 2005 and is based in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates. It operates as a subsidiary of International Petroleum Investment Company PJSC.
Areas of Expertise
Energy, infrastructure, aviation or aerospace, real estate development, automotive, commodities, and financial services
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Absa Capital Private Equity
AUM : $ 1 billion
Absa Capital Private Equity (Pty) Limited is a specialist team of dedicated private equity investment professionals from diverse fields who focus on creating post-deal value to maximise investment returns.
Absa Capital Private Equity is one of the most prominent private equity fund managers in South Africa.
Areas of Expertise
Mining
Finance
Construction
Industrial
Property, Real estate
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Actis
AUM: US$13 billion
Actis is a leading investor in growth markets across Africa, Asia and Latin America. We deliver consistent, competitive returns, responsibly, through insights gained from trusted relationships, local knowledge and deep sector expertise. Founded in 2004, we have an unparalleled heritage in growth markets, set within a culture of active ownership.
Actis is a global platform offering a multi-asset strategy through the asset classes of private equity, energy and real estate. Our depth of experience, global insight and local understanding make us the partner of choice for investors, management teams, entrepreneurs and governments. We invest with an exclusive focus on intra-growth market investing (our ‘south-south’ approach): sharing knowledge and experience across regions and businesses to help deliver consistent, competitive returns responsibly.
Areas of Focus
Private Equity
Infrastructure
Energy
Real estate
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Adenia Partners
AUM: US$1.1 billion
Adenia partners is a private capital management firm investing in some of Africa’s most promising businesses.
Our team works hard to support the entrepreneurs and management teams of our portfolio companies as they fundamentally develop local economies in Saharan Africa.
Area of expertise
Agribusiness
Manufacturing
Financial services
Information technology
Telecoms
Tourism
Health
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Adlevo Capital
AUM: $1,72 billion
We are a Mauritius-based private equity fund manager founded on the belief that meaningful development in sub-Saharan Africa will be driven by the application of technology to business processes across all sectors.
We make equity and equity-linked investments in rapidly growing private companies in various stages of development. These companies derive their competitive advantage from the development and exploitation of technology or technology-driven processes
Area of expertise
Infrastructure
IT – Technology
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Africa Infrastructure Investment Managers
AUM: $ 2 billion
Originally established in 2000 as a joint venture between the Old Mutual and Macquarie groups, in 2015 AIIM became a wholly owned subsidiary of Old Mutual Alternative Investments – one of the largest alternative investment managers in Africa.
African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM) develops and manages private equity infrastructure funds designed to invest long-term institutional unlisted equity in African infrastructure projects.
AIIM actively manages investments in East, West and Southern Africa and has equity under management of USD2.0 billion with a track record extending across seven African infrastructure funds.
With offices across South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya and Cote d’Ivoire, AIIM has a thorough understanding of the African business environment and extensive experience spanning a range of infrastructure asset classes.
Areas of expertise:
Communications
Energy
Renewable Energy
Roads
Social Infrastructure
Rail
Air Ports
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African Alliance Uganda Limited
African Alliance is an investment banking group operating in Africa. We provide local and on-the-ground investment banking services across the African continent.
Since 1992, African Alliance has built a substantial infrastructure in terms of offices and professional teams throughout the continent to meet the investment banking needs of our clients. These include national governments, municipalities, parastatals, pension funds and large to medium-sized public and private companies.
The African Alliance group has a unique pioneering philosophy aimed at building markets while developing solutions for our clients in a local context using our on-the-ground professionals. We are driven by outcomes and add real value by drawing on our collective skills and experience in:
- Asset management
- Corporate finance
- Stockbroking
- Research
- Private Equity
- Third-party administration
African Alliance’s businesses are licensed, where applicable, by domestic regulators. Our operating activities are conducted with transparency and integrity using various official codes of conduct.
Areas of expertise
We are particularly interested in medium-sized businesses with the following attributes:
- Export and manufacturing businesses requiring expansion capital to grow operations and international markets
- Businesses that supply goods and services to core industries driving economies, but that need acquisition, development or buy-out funding
- Underrated businesses or those operating in out-of-favour industries.
Portfolio companies will need to demonstrate significant upside potential based on strong growth prospects, and display certain criteria, including:
- Undervalued opportunities
- Sound financial structure
- Solid returns
- Capable management teams
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African Capital Alliance (ACA)
AUM: $ 1 billion
African Capital Alliance (ACA) is a leading pan-African investment firm sponsoring funds and managing investments in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Our international structure and strong local expertise, enable us to raise funds from investors across the globe for investment in specific sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa. Since our formation in 1997, we have achieved aggregate capital commitments of over $1billion from investors.
Areas of expertise
Telecommunications
Real estate
Transport
Energy
Oil & Gas
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African Development Corporation
ADC African Development Corporation is a German listed, emerging pan-African banking group. ADC has a strong footprint in Southern Africa via BancABC, a regional commercial banking platform operating in Botswana, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe as well as exposure to West Africa via Union Bank of Nigeria. Parallel to its banking operations, ADC has a private equity portfolio active in growth markets across sub-Saharan Africa.
ADC invests in frontier markets that are at a much earlier stage of economic and financial market development than emerging markets and are often at a turning point, showing strong fundamentals and a high potential for growth.
ADC’s objective is to become one of the largest financial service providers in sub-Saharan Africa within five years. In doing so, ADC aims to provide its shareholders with attractive returns in the form of rising share prices and regular dividend distributions, while at the same time contributing to the development of the countries in which it invests.
Areas of Expertise
Finance
Private Equity
Early stage frontier markets
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