AfricInvest

Profile

AfricInvest was founded in 1994 and is uniquely positioned as one of the most experienced private equity investors in Africa, AfricInvest has dedicated investment teams focused on Africa, and employs more than 100 professionals based in 11 offices.

AfricInvest raised USD 2.4Bn across 21 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.

Since 1994, AfricInvest has invested in more than 200 companies across more than 35 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.

Kontakt

Name of contact person
Aziz Mebarek
Khaled Ben Jilani
Ann Wyman
Patrick Herrmann
Phone:
+21671189800
Fax:
+21671189850
Offices Abidjan (Ivory Coast); Algiers (Algeria); Cairo (Egypt); Casablanca (Morocco); Dubai (UAE)
Lagos (Nigeria)
Nairobi (Kenya); Paris (France); Port Louis (Mauritius); Tunis (Tunisia)
Investors Key investors include leading Development Finance Institutions (DFIs), family offices and funds of funds, i.e. AFDB, EIB, CDC Group, FMO, IFC, KfW, bpiFrance, SIFEM, bio, Proparco, Finnfund.
Investor Types Privatpersonen / Family Offices
Versicherungen
Öffentliche Hand (Bund, Länder, EU)
Dachfonds / Fund-of-Funds
Unternehmen (Industrie, Dienstleistungen)
Pensionsfonds
Andere Investoren
Portfolio Companies 160
Equity Type Minderheitsbeteiligung
Mehrheitsbeteiligung
Investment Reasons Seed-Finanzierung
Start up-Finanzierung
Expansions- / Wachstumsfinanzierung
Secondary-Transaktionen
Public to Private / PIPE
Turnaround- / Sanierungsfinanzierung
Kleine Buy-outs (< 25 Mio. € Transaktionsvolumen)
Mittelgroße Buy-outs (25-250 Mio. € Transaktionsvolumen)
Industry sector Biotechnologie / Pharma
Chemie / Werkstoffe
Elektrotechnik / Elektronik / Halbleiter
Finanzdienstleistungen
Gastronomie / Hotellerie
Geschäftsdienstleistungen
Handel / E-Commerce
Industrieautomation / -produkte
Internet
Kommunikationstechnologie
Medizin - Healthcare
Medizintechnik
Software / IT
Transportwesen
Sonstige Dienstleistungen
Sonstige Konsumgüter
Geographical Focus Afrika