Sahel Capital

Sahel Capital is a private equity firm established in 2010 and headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria, with an additional office in Port Louis, Mauritius. The firm specializes in emerging growth and growth capital investments, focusing primarily on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the agriculture, agribusiness, manufacturing, and consumer goods sectors. Sahel Capital targets companies with proven management teams that have demonstrated expertise in their respective industries. The firm typically invests between $0.5 million and $5 million, utilizing quasi-equity instruments such as structured royalties and convertible notes, alongside traditional equity and debt financing. Sahel Capital prefers to hold board membership in its portfolio companies to provide operational oversight and risk management. With a focus on West Africa, particularly across Nigeria, the firm aims for a ten-year investment horizon, allowing for three additional one-year extensions for potential exits. In addition to its investment activities, Sahel Capital offers management consulting, market research, and financial advisory services to enhance the growth and success of its portfolio companies.

Deji Adebusoye

Partner

Olumide Lawson

Partner

15 past transactions

Agriarche

Debt Financing in 2025
AGRIARCHE LIMITED is an agriculture technology company focused on enhancing the efficiency of the agricultural sector through digital solutions. It aims to empower farmers and other stakeholders in the agricultural ecosystem by providing tools for data-driven decision-making. The company specializes in digitizing commodity trading and payments, thereby transforming grains into cash for farmers. AGRIARCHE LIMITED is committed to bringing transparency to the agriculture supply chain by offering logistics tracking from start to finish, and providing clear transaction and credit history. By connecting aggregators, the company simplifies the flow of food, information, and payments within the agriculture sector.

Oyster Agribusiness

Venture Round in 2024
Oyster Agribusiness key operation is production and processing of agricultural products for the domestic and international markets.

Winich Farms

Debt Financing in 2024
At Winich Farms we are a technology-driven and agri-startup connecting farmers with access to finance, premium markets and passionate about ensuring global food security and democratising agricultural participation. We drive digital participation by crowdfunding through our online platforms, these we use to engage farmers with quality inputs, agricultural expertise, process automation, and machinery, with the promise of decent returns to our subscribers and the farmers at the end of each farming cycle. In addition to this, utilizing our agro e-retail platform (web and app), we connect vicinity farmers with market (households) directly at farm gate price thereby reducing the activities of middlemen, making agro produce more affordable and easily accessible. One farmer at a time, our big vision is to build an Africa that feeds the world and itself. How do we plan to achieve this? Empower African Farmers by lowering barriers to accessing Capital and financial services, data driven best practices and technology to improve yield as well as access to local and global markets for their produce with established offtaker relationships like Flour Mills of Nigeria, Dangote Foods, Labana Rice, Big Bull Rice etc Backed by Orange Corners we are on a mission to create a prosperous and economically resilient Africa powered by Agriculture.

Persea Oils and Orchards

Debt Financing in 2024
Persea Oils and Orchards is deeply dedicated to organic and sustainable farming practices fostering agricultural growth.

Kuapa Kokoo

Debt Financing in 2024
Kuapa Kokoo is a licensed cocoa buying company based in Kumasi, Ghana, dedicated to aggregating cocoa from its farmer union. The organization, whose name translates to "excellent cocoa farmer," was established to empower farmers by organizing them into a cooperative for more effective marketing of their cocoa. Kuapa Kokoo focuses on producing, marketing, and supplying cocoa while adhering to environmentally sustainable practices and implementing healthcare measures for its members. This approach not only enhances the livelihoods of its farmers but also promotes responsible farming practices within the cocoa industry.

Acier

Debt Financing in 2024
Acier Nigeria Limited is an agro-allied firm that works across the agribusiness value chain, covering buying, aggregation, processing, export, and sale of agricultural products and food components.

Complete Farmer

Debt Financing in 2023
Complete Farmer is an end-to-end digital agriculture platform that provides industries with an easy way to cheaply source for quality farm produce and individuals anywhere in the world with a convenient way to own a farm by eliminating middlemen and farm produce aggregators.

Rogathe Dairy Farm Products

Debt Financing in 2023
Rogathe Dairy Farm Products processes and distributes 3,500 liters of raw milk each day, obtained directly from smallholder dairy farmers, fortified with vitamins and minerals, and provided to the most vulnerable populations affected by malnutrition diseases: school-age children and hospital patients.

Sourcing & Produce

Debt Financing in 2023
Sourcing and Produce is a distributor of agricultural commodities, specializing in products sourced from Africa for both local and international markets. The company offers a diverse range of commodities, including ginger, cashew nuts, orange peels, hibiscus flower, chili pepper, sesame seeds, groundnuts, and desiccated fruits. By combining modern strategies with local insights, Sourcing and Produce aims to create sustainable sourcing solutions that cater to the needs of clients seeking specialty and niche commodities.

Ladgroup

Private Equity Round in 2019
Ladgroup focuses on processing shea nuts and other agricultural products to create cosmetics, skin care, and food items. The company produces organic shea butter and processes various commodities, including soya beans, sesame seeds, and cocoa. By offering these products, Ladgroup supports its clients in meeting the demands of their consumers in the industrial sector.

Crest Agro Products

Private Equity Round in 2017
Crest Agro Products Limited is a producer of food-grade cassava starch, catering to industrial users in Nigeria and the West Africa sub-region. Founded in 2013 and based in Lokoja, Nigeria, the company operates a nucleus farm dedicated to cultivating cassava tubers and a processing plant for producing high-quality cassava starch. Crest Agro Products serves key sectors, including food processing, pharmaceuticals, and textiles, and aims to contribute to the transformation of agriculture in Nigeria through commercial farming and industrial processing. The company is establishing an integrated cassava farm and starch processing facility on 13,000 hectares of land in Kogi State.

Dayntee Farms

Private Equity Round in 2016
Dayntee Farms Limited, established in 2011 and headquartered in Ilorin, Nigeria, operates as a comprehensive poultry business. The company specializes in the production of eggs and chickens, including breeding a variety of poultry. Its integrated operations encompass a breeder farm, hatchery, and layer production, allowing it to supply a range of poultry products such as table eggs, day-old chicks, and point-of-lay birds. By managing these processes in-house, Dayntee Farms aims to provide customers with fresh poultry products at competitive prices throughout Nigeria.

Diamond Pearls Agro Allied

Private Equity Round in 2015
Diamond Pearls Agro Allied is an edible oil processing company that focuses on producing vegetable oil for both industrial and domestic use. The company specializes in processing palm olein and crude palm kernel oil, offering refined bulk palm kernel oil and refined palm olein primarily to customers in northern Nigeria. Through its operations, Diamond Pearls Agro Allied aims to meet the growing demand for edible oil in the region.

L&Z Integrated Farms

Private Equity Round in 2015
L & Z Integrated Farms Nigeria Limited is based in Kano, Nigeria, and specializes in the production of high-quality dairy and poultry products. The company's offerings include fresh milk, a variety of flavored yogurts, ice creams, butter, frozen chicken, and both packaged and table eggs. L & Z Integrated Farms is dedicated to ensuring that its products are readily available to customers at affordable prices, thereby contributing to the local food supply and meeting consumer demand for quality dairy and poultry items.
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