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 |
$300 million |
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 |
$100 million |
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 |
$100 million |
Fundraising | Equity investments in East African technology, media and telecommunications companies. |
*AfricInvest Fund II |
Hakim Khelifa
|
$175 million |
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 |
$150 million |
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 |
$200 million |
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 |
$523 million |
Investing | Equity investments in industries including telecommunications, oil & gas, power, transportation, agribusiness, media, financial services and manufacturing. |
| Ethos Fund V | William Ashmore |
$750 million |
Investing | Equity investments in various industry including manufacturing, consumer products and services companies. |
GEF/Africa Growth Fund |
Kitty Bartels DiMartino |
$150 million |
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
|
$300 million |
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. |
$300 million |
Fundraising | Fund targeting Greenfield development opportunities within the infrastructure sector, including: power, water, sewage, and transportation. |
| *Millennium Global Africa Opportunities Fund | Dianna Raedle |
$300 million |
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 |
1,120 million ZAR ($240 million equivalent) |
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 |
$300 million |
Fundraising | Invest in a wide range of public and private debt instruments in Africa. |


