ARCH Emerging Markets Partners

Giyani Metals is a producer of sustainable, low-carbon, high-purity battery-grade manganese for electric vehicles and energy storage systems. The company operates primarily through the Botswana Battery Metals Project, focusing on exploration, evaluation and development of battery-grade manganese assets in Botswana, with a demonstration plant under construction in South Africa. It also manages other corporate entities and is developing manganese oxide assets in the Kanye Basin, a portfolio targeting high-quality oxide assets.

Founded in 2011, CrossBoundary is a frontier market investment advisory firm based in New York. It specializes in providing services such as capital raising, strategic advisory, due diligence, and market assessment to clients including governments, development finance institutions, private equity firms, corporations, and research institutions.

Sun King is a solar energy company that designs, manufactures, distributes, and finances solar home energy products for households and small businesses in Africa and Asia. The company produces solar home systems, inverter systems, solar lamps, LED lights, portable solar chargers, and portable lanterns to provide reliable energy to communities without dependable power. It offers pay-as-you-go financing to reduce up-front costs and enable flexible installments. Sun King sells through an international distribution network to expand the off-grid market and make affordable solar energy accessible.

The Sun Exchange (Pty) Ltd. is a solar leasing platform based in Cape Town, South Africa, that facilitates peer-to-peer ownership of solar equipment. Founded in 2015, the company allows individuals from anywhere in the world to purchase solar cells and lease them to various end-users such as hospitals, factories, and schools in sunny emerging markets. By leveraging blockchain technology, the platform ensures transparency and efficiency in the leasing process. Solar cell owners can earn income from the electricity generated, while lessees benefit from access to affordable clean energy, thus reducing their electricity costs and carbon emissions. The Sun Exchange aims to drive sustainable energy development and expand the environmental, social, and economic advantages of solar power.

Sun King is a solar energy company that designs, manufactures, distributes, and finances solar home energy products for households and small businesses in Africa and Asia. The company produces solar home systems, inverter systems, solar lamps, LED lights, portable solar chargers, and portable lanterns to provide reliable energy to communities without dependable power. It offers pay-as-you-go financing to reduce up-front costs and enable flexible installments. Sun King sells through an international distribution network to expand the off-grid market and make affordable solar energy accessible.

The Sun Exchange (Pty) Ltd. is a solar leasing platform based in Cape Town, South Africa, that facilitates peer-to-peer ownership of solar equipment. Founded in 2015, the company allows individuals from anywhere in the world to purchase solar cells and lease them to various end-users such as hospitals, factories, and schools in sunny emerging markets. By leveraging blockchain technology, the platform ensures transparency and efficiency in the leasing process. Solar cell owners can earn income from the electricity generated, while lessees benefit from access to affordable clean energy, thus reducing their electricity costs and carbon emissions. The Sun Exchange aims to drive sustainable energy development and expand the environmental, social, and economic advantages of solar power.