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Africa Funds List

Below is a list of OPIC's current funds in Africa. For more information about specific funds, please contact the fund managers directly.

*OPIC support for this fund has been approved by OPIC's Board of Directors. Discussions are ongoing regarding the terms of OPIC's commitment to the fund.

 

 

 

Fund Name Address &
Contact Numbers
Fund size
Countries
or Region
Status Primary
Investment Focus
*Africa Catalyst Fund

Richard Akwei
The Rohatyn Group Management LP
280 Park Avenue, 27th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Tel: 212 984 2926

$300 million
Pan-Africa

Fundraising Investing in a portfolio of mezzanine finance, public and private equity, public debt, convertible bonds, and private loans to provide growth capital to small and mid sized enterprises in Africa.

*Africa Healthcare Fund

Tom Haslett
Seven Seas Capital
26 Baker Bridge Road
Lincoln, MA 01773
tom@sevenseascap.com
617-943-8301

$100 million
Sub-Saharan Africa

Fundraising Loans, equity, or hybrid investments in small and medium sized private healthcare delivery businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Africa Telecommunications, Media and Technology Fund

Richard Essex
East Africa Capital Partners
Loita House, 2nd Floor
Loita Street Nairobi, Kenya
+44 771 424 5275
richard.essex@pobox.com

$100 million
East Africa

Fundraising Equity investments in East African technology, media and telecommunications companies.

*AfricInvest Fund II

Hakim Khelifa
Tuninvest
Immeuble Iris, Les
Berges de Lac, 1053
Tunis, Tunisia
+216 71 862 311
www.tuninvest.com

 

$175 million
North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa

Fundraising

Equity investments in small and medium sized enterprises focusing on various industries including manufacturing, information technology, education, healthcare, tourism, and transportation and distribution.

*Atlantic Coast Regional Fund

Mr. Papa Madiaw Ndiaye, CEO
Advanced Finance and Investment Group
1776 I Street, NW, 9th Floor
Washington, DC 2006
Tel: +1 202 756 4782

$150 million
West and Central Africa

Fundraising Investments in growth equity companies in West and Central Africa, with a core focus in Angola, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal.

*Capital Alliance Property Investment Company

Obi Nwogugu
Capital Alliance Nigeria
8th Floor, C&C Towers
Plot 1684, Sanusi Fafunwa St.
Vicotria Island,Lagos, Nigeria
+234-1-270-6909-10
+234-1-270-6908 Fax
www.aca-web.com

$200 million
West Africa

Fundraising

Multi-product real estate fund investingin residential, commercial, retail, mixed-use and hospitality development projects and companies.

ECP Africa Fund II, PCC

Thomas Gibian
Chief Executive Officer
Emerging Capital Partners
2020 K Street, NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20006
202-331-9051
202-331-8255 Fax
ecpinvestments.com

$523 million
Sub-Saharan Africa

Investing Equity investments in industries including telecommunications, oil & gas, power, transportation, agribusiness, media, financial services and manufacturing.
Ethos Fund V

William Ashmore
Partner
Ethos Private Equity Limited
35 Fricker Road
2196 Illovo, South Africa
27-11-328-7414
27-11-328-7410
ethos.co.za

$750 million
South Africa and other countries in sub-Saharan Africa

Investing Equity investments in various industry including manufacturing, consumer products and services companies.

GEF/Africa Growth Fund

Kitty Bartels DiMartino
GEF/Africa Growth Fund
Global Environment Fund
5471 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 300
Chevy Chase, MD  20815
Direct: (240) 482-8951
Mobile: (202) 341-5116
kdimartino@
globalenvironmentfund.com

$150 million
Pan-Africa

Fundraising

Fund targeting the consumer goods and services sector, including companies engaged in logistics support, distribution and transportation, light manufacturing, and agro-processing.

Helios Sub-Saharan Africa Fund

Tope Lawani
Helios Investment Partners
3rd Floor
70-71 New Bond Street
London W1S 1DE, UK
+44 (-20) -7318-5812
+44 (-20) -7504-8383 Fax

 

$300 million
Pan-Africa

Investing Equity investments invarious industries, including financial services, telecom, manufacturing, infrastructureand other service industries.

InfraCo Sub-Sahara Infrastructure Fund

Gad Cohen

InfraCo Management Services, Ltd.
902 Broadway, Suite 1611
New York, NY 10010
(917) 495-0202

$300 million
Pan-Africa

Fundraising

Fund targeting Greenfield development opportunities within the infrastructure sector, including:  power, water, sewage, and transportation.

*Millennium Global Africa Opportunities Fund

Dianna Raedle
Millennium Asset Management Ltd.
1001 Brickell Bay Dr Ste 2908
Miami, FL 33131
Tel: 1 305-455-3990
www.millenniumglobal.com

$300 million
Anglophone East Africa and Francophone West Africa

Fundraising Investing in a wide range of public and private, debt and equity strategies in Africa, focusing on the natural resources, telecom, energy, infrastructure, financials and manufacturing sectors.
South Africa Work Force Housing Fund

Ursula Powidzki
International Housing Solutions
621 E. Pratt St.
Suite 300
Balitimore, MD 21202
(443) 263-2878
(410) 727-5387 fax
www.housingsolutions.ie

1,120 million ZAR ($240 million equivalent)
South Africa

Fundraising / Investing Equity investments in individual housing developments and in companies that contribute to the development and affordability of residential housing at any point along the value chain, including development and housing finance companies, mortgage banking companies and secondary mortgage market makers.
*Standard Africa Development Fund

Kevin Colglazier, Chief Investment Officer
Standard Asset Management
Cannon Bridge House
25 Dowgate Hill
London EC4R 2SB, UK
Tel: +44 207 815 3803

$300 million
Pan-Africa

Fundraising

Invest in a wide range of public and private debt instruments in Africa.