AfricInvest was founded in 1994 and is part of Integra Group, an investment and financial services company based in Tunisia. Uniquely positioned as one of the most experienced private equity investors on the continent, AfricInvest has dedicated investment teams focused on North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, and employs 66 professionals based in seven offices. AfricInvest manages USD1 billion across 16 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. Having co-founded the African Venture Capital Association (AVCA) as well as the Middle East North Africa Private Equity Association (MENAPEA) and the Euromed Capital Forum, the firm is an active promotor of the private equity industry in the region. Since 1994, AfricInvest has invested in 135 companies across 25 African 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.
MFS Africa is the largest mobile money inter-operability hub in Africa, which connects mobile network operators across the continent through a single API. In addition to mobile remittance services, the MFS Africa API enables merchant payment, bulk payment, bank-to-wallet transfers, and an array of other cross border digital payments services.
Moove is a mobility fintech that provides revenue-based vehicle financing to mobility entrepreneurs, democratizing vehicle ownership across Africa. The company embeds its alternative credit-scoring technology onto ride-hailing, logistics, and last-mile/instant delivery platforms, which allows access to proprietary performance and revenue analytics of mobility entrepreneurs to underwrite loans.
Oze brings African small businesses into the digital era. It is an app that makes it easy for businesses to track sales, expenses, and customer information. The data is analyzed to provide tailored recommendations, reports, and business education. If the entrepreneur needs a little extra support, an Oze Coach is just a click away. As they are using Oze to manage their business and learn how to run it better, we are learning about them. Using this data and machine learning, we can predict their credit risk and provide them with affordable capital from our banking partners. With over 150,000 registered users, Oze is the largest online community of SMEs in West Africa. The most exciting thing is that Oze works; 97% of businesses that have used Oze for at least 9 months are growing or profitable or both!
RFH Healthcare is a collection of healthcare solutions. They specialize in a wide array of medical fields. They provide services through pediatrics and child health, c-arm xray, laparoscopic tower, and a ct scan machine. They also provide outpatient services.
MFS Africa is the largest mobile money inter-operability hub in Africa, which connects mobile network operators across the continent through a single API. In addition to mobile remittance services, the MFS Africa API enables merchant payment, bulk payment, bank-to-wallet transfers, and an array of other cross border digital payments services.
RAYNAL Assurances operates as an insurance company. RAYNAL Assurances underwrites a large range of non-life insurance risks associated to automotive, health, accident, fire, transport, and other multi-risks, addressing a clientele composed of both corporate and retail customers.
Royal Exchange General Insurance Company provides the buying public with general and risk insurance products. Accidental damages, fire, theft, and third-party property damage or physical harm are all covered by their motor insurance. Their engineering insurance protects them from losses to equipment and plants. Onshore and offshore oil assets are protected from physical harm by oil and gas insurance.
PalmPay is a leading Africa-focused fintech platform committed to driving economic empowerment across the continent. Through its secure, user-friendly and inclusive suite of financial services, PalmPay brings top-tier products into the pockets of everyday Nigerians.
Turaco develops simplified insurance and credit solutions through mobile technology to solve the healthcare financing needs. Turaco has simplified insurance products and also provides on-demand health loans, allowing customers to get healthcare at affordable monthly premiums.
Le Wagon is an intensive 9-week coding bootcamp that teaches students to develop web applications from scratch. Their cutting-edge curriculum and teachers give students the skills and tools needed to kick-start their tech career, land a job as software developers, or launch their own start-up. Through coding bootcamps, Le Wagon teaches the skills and entrepreneurial mindset needed to thrive now and in the future. Le Wagon was founded in 2013 and is based in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.
Heetch is a ride-sharing app targeted at late night transportation seekers, offering an alternative to taxis. It was launch in Paris in 2013 led by co-founder Teddy Pellerin and Jacob Matthieu. Today, it has thousands of daily rides in France, Belgium, and Morocco. The company is backed by Cathay Innovation, Total Ventures, and Felix Capital.
InstaDeep is a creator of a platform for making decisions that will guarantee talent retention and offer training. The company's platform provides a variety of AI programs, such as enhanced pattern recognition, insights accelerated by GPUs, self-learning decision-making systems, machine learning, and predictive analytics to optimize decisions. This enables businesses to increase return on investments by enhancing manufacturing, logistics, mobility, and energy efficiency. InstaDeep was established on October 8, 2015 by Zohra Slim and Karim Beguir in London, England.
Ison BPO is the largest independent call centre operator in Africa with presence in 10 Anglophone and Francophone countries as well as a large presence in India. It serves 100 million customers for clients in telecom, public sector and retail and employs 6,000 people, of which 3,400+ are employed in Africa, providing voice and CRM process solutions.
LCR is a family owned business founded in August 1953 by Jean-Jacques Delsuc. The Company employs more than 540 people.Presently, LCR is a leading and reputable transportation company in Côte d’Ivoire with a historical presence. The company is operating an impressive fleet of trucks and other equipment.
KaiOS Technologies powers an emerging global ecosystem of affordable digital products and services. Its mobile operating system, KaiOS, enables a new category of lite phones and other IoT devices that require limited memory while still offering a rich user experience. KaiOS comes with an app store based on HTML5, and through partnerships with developers including Facebook, Google, YouTube, and Twitter, it offers popular services like social media and streaming to millions of users in both developed and emerging markets. The operating system has an optimized user interface for non-touch phones and supports 4G/LTE, Wi-Fi, GPS, and NFC. It works with chipsets from all major manufacturers, and provides developers and carriers with a range of innovative back-end services. Despite its powerful features, KaiOS uses very few technical resources. It can perform using just 512 MB of RAM, or as little as 256 MB with its lite version, allowing Kai’s partners to keep price of their products low. Kai is based in the USA with additional offices in Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, India, France and Brazil.
CFG Bank's value system has been focused on the quality of its human resources, customer culture and excellence, the cult of innovation and commitment.
Promamec is manufactures and distributes medical equipment. Its products include medical and paramedical devices, downstream customized medical equipment, and upstream storable consumables.
Buzzkito Network is disrupting the Avertising Industry by being the first BRAND TECH company in the MENA region. They fuse technology and brand building to make our clients happy. They are a data and psychological driven.
Britam is a diversified financial services group listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange. The group has interests across the Eastern and Southern African regions. The company offers a wide range of financial products and services in Insurance, Asset management, banking, and Property. The product range includes life, health, and general insurance, pensions, unit trusts, investment planning, wealth management, offshore investments, retirement planning, discretionary portfolio management, Property development, and private Equity.
International Community School (ICS-K), formally opened its doors to the public in January 2000 with seven students. ICS-K is now a school with over 1000 students from Pre-school through High School. They pride rich cultural diversity, with their student body consisting of learners of more than 30 different nationalities. Learning atmosphere is important, and ICS provides the perfect environment with their beautiful 20-acre campus outfitted with sizeable classrooms, well-stocked libraries, art rooms, computer labs and comfortable boarding houses amongst many other facilites.
The Azalaï Hotels Group is the first hotel chain in West Africa and a regional leader in the hotel sector. With more than 20 years of experience, a head office based in Mali, Azalaï Hotels has developed a strategy oriented to satisfy the growing needs of its customers by constantly improving the quality of its high-end service through meticulous renovation Of its hotel units and by a rigorous management of its rapidly growing portfolio. From Bamako to Ouagadougou, Cotonou, Bissau, Nouakchott and Abidjan, the success of the Azalaï Hotels Group is enhanced by a warm welcome and high quality service guaranteed by African hospitality. This high-quality service is the result of the work of all the company's employees. The Azalaï Hotels Group generates more than 4000 direct and indirect jobs across the subregion.
Vneuron provides Cloud and On-Premise Technologies for Anti Money Laundering (AML). AML Compliance is Complex. Through our technologies we made it simple and affordable. So far, Reis™ RCS have already screened 10M customers, it monitors and filters $5bn worth of transactions per year, and is used by 10K daily users. Financial Institutions are not only subject to their jurisdiction's regulation, but also to regional and international regulations. Deploying a compliant and effective AML policy usually require FIs to deploy several systems and manage the hassle of integrating them together, in addition to the FI's Information System including legacy ones. Reis™ RCS is the one-stop-shop for AML technologies (https://www.vneuron.com/compliance/). Through its integrated capabilities, Reis™ RCS brings an immediate response to financial institutions aiming to deploy a comprehensive, modern and customizable AML solution. Please find below its major modules, features and capabilities: - Full KYC lifecycle and on-boarding approval automation - PEP/Sanctions Screening with online and batch features with built-in integration to major Compliance content providers - Risk-Based Approach engine and automatic customer risk scoring and classification based on a configurable risk matrix - Real-time payments and remittance transaction screening - AML Transaction monitoring and profiling In addition to these capabilities, Reis™ RCS is provided with an integration workbench which allows it to connect with a widespan of IS generations: Modern and API-based systems to legacy ones (AS400, HP3000, etc.). You can find through this link an excerpt of the system’s API: https://api.appreis.com/
MAS
Venture Round in 2016
MAS manufactures and installs window, door, and facade systems made from aluminium.
The Outsourcia group has been a key player in the customer relationship market since 2003, present in France and Morocco and positioned on high value-added services. With an initial offshore positioning, Outsourcia committed itself in 2011 to a development in the French market through the acquisition of the As-com operator based in Suresnes and then by installing its first onshore site in Evreux. This new positioning has allowed Outsourcia to make its entry in the top 30 French outsourceurs. At the same time, the group opened a Social Media division with the acquisition of Alias Community, a digital agency specializing in Community Management, anticipating a major trend in the sector: customer relationship management on social networks. To date, Outsourcia employs nearly 700 people, including 200 in France and accompanies renowned clients such as: Aquarelle, BrandAlley, Carrefour, Coface, Coyote, France Subscription, Gaz de France, Editions Atlas, M6 Boutique, Manutan, PSA , Seloger, Thomson, Wonderbox ... The Outsourcia group has been certified NF Service "Customer Relationship Center" since 2011 and obtained in Morocco the CGEM Social Responsibility Label in 2009.
Silafrica is a manufacturer and supplier of plastic and packaging solutions for corporates and consumers. Silafrica employs the combination of innovation in plastics product design, investing in manufacturing technology and leveraging operations efficiency to ultimately create plastic and packaging solutions that solve real world problems for customers. Silafrica was founded on 1967 and is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya.
CCA is the largest microfinance institution in Cameroon. The company collects deposits and provides loans to its 420,000 clients representing micro-small-medium enterprises and entrepreneurs (MSMEs) and salaried people. It has a retail network of 42 branches covering the whole country which makes it the larger financial institution in Cameroon in terms of the number of branches and geographic coverage. Further to the AfricInvest investment, the company is being transformed into a universal bank.
One Tech Group is operating in three main areas with a common base of technological content: cabling cable manufacturing for the sectors of energy, telecom, and automotive, mechatronics manufacturing of printed circuit board PCB, electrical and mechanical assembly, connectors and wiring, plastic injection, and ICT services distribution and implementation of ICT services.
Salvador Caetano Auto Africa is in the automotive industry. They are retailers and manufacturers of automobiles and their components. They offer mobility, industrial equipment and workshops, automotive assembly and production, services, buses caetanobus, and aeronautics caetano aeronautic.
The company is one of the leading importers of agro-commodities in Nigeria. It currently imports, markets and distributes rice and fertilizer in the country and is currently ranked amongst the top five players in the industry, with shares of 8% and 10%, respectively, in these segments.
Bridge Group West Africa is a holding company which has a majority equity share in Bride Bank Cote d'Ivoire, an Ivorian universal bank and a minority significant equity stake in a bank in Senegal.
Broron Oil & Gas Limited is an indigenous oil and gas offshore services company which provides offshore support services to International Oil Companies (IOCs), independent and indigenous upstream companies in Nigeria and the Gulf of Guinea. Services provided by the Company include subsea engineering services, diving services, project management, logistics and procurement support services. The Company was incorporated in 2002 and commenced operations in 2007.
Servicom is a Tunisia-based Group that specializes in infrastructure services working in four main fields: telecommunications, construction, air-conditioning and heating, and elevators distribution.
Grupo San José López is a Spanish company based in San Sebastien operating in the road freight transport sector for more than 60 years and controlled by three Spanish families (the Lopez, the Quiroga and the Estensoro families). The group was set up in 2002 from a merger of two of the most reputed Spanish international road carriers that combine more than 120 years of operations in Spain, Europe and Morocco. It operates in Morocco since the eighties and has managed to build a privileged position in the Moroccan market supported by a strong reputation of reliability and seriousness among Moroccan clients, multinational companies based in Morocco and the local authorities. Grupo SJL has developed a unique and widely-recognized expertise in the international road freight transportation of goods between Morocco and Europe especially on the automotive sector where the company serves major global players (i.e. Renault, Leoni, Tyco, Michelin, Faurecia...). The group's business which covers the whole value chain of the transportation and logistics market (commissioning, freight forwarding, road transportation, consolidation and groupage of shipments, pick-up/loading,temporary admission of goods,....) is about creating and operating point-to-point transportation routes for clients.
NMB Bank is dedicated to providing premium financial services to all existing and potential customers. Since 1993, we have offered supreme corporate, retail and investment banking solutions.
The Amimer Energie Group is one of the most dynamic companies in the field of energy equipment. Its mission is to provide an end-to-end service throughout the product lifecycle, from initial needs assessment to implementing a solution that meets customer requirements and current standards. The Amimer Energie Group has more than 700 employees and its products are present throughout the Algerian territory and even in certain countries of the MENA zone. The Amimer Energie Group benefits from positions of Algerian leader around the business lines: Generating sets, Power station.
Established in 2012 in Tunisia, TEJRA specializes in the production and distribution of terracotta construction materials. TEJRA has succeeded in gaining a foothold in the market as "the major player in the manufacture of bricks in Tunisia" and "Industrial recognized for the quality, originality, performance and innovation of earth products Cooked " The expertise and knowledge of terracotta, the good reserves of its quarries have enabled TEJRA to specify upstream its production tools, its raw material and the manufacturing processes to be implemented in order to guarantee, Downstream, the recognized and certified quality of its products. Quality is at the heart of the concerns of the technical production teams and the management teams. It is essential at all stages of the process, from the selection of the clays to the packaging of the products and their deliveries. The main concern of TEJRA is to guarantee the reliability of its products by the tests, controls, the respect of the standards and labels for the certification of its products.
UAP Group is a pan-African financial services group with interests in insurance, investment management, property development and investments, securities brokerage and financial advisory. The history of the Group can be traced back by over 90 years while recent expansion and growth in the East African market have made UAP one of the key players in the financial services sector in the region. Currently, the group has businesses operating in Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan, Rwanda, DRC and Tanzania.
AHL Venture Partners puts entrepreneurs first. They make decisions quickly, invest to participate in subsequent funding rounds, provide ongoing business support, and have accessible teams based on the ground with a deep understanding of the local business environment.
POLYMERES SA is an industrial unit for the extrusion of plastic raw materials for injection, mainly for the electrical, electronic and automotive sectors. It is the only producer of plastic granulates in Tunisia and one of the pioneers of this activity in the Maghreb. POLYMERES SA is in the process of successfully transferring a technology to Africa, long considered the preserve of the West. Its technical team of engineers and senior technicians has been trained for months at a German partner; One of the biggest European compounders. The company POLYMERES SA aims to become a major player in the plastics industry in the Maghreb, offering a product of quality equal to that of the European product, at a lower cost and a proximity to the Maghreb plastrers and European operators who settle in the Maghreb . It capitalizes on the emergence of Tunisia as an important subcontracting platform for OEMs of injected or extruded products.
AfricInvest was founded in 1994 and is part of Integra Group, an investment and financial services company based in Tunisia. Uniquely positioned as one of the most experienced private equity investors on the continent, AfricInvest has dedicated investment teams focused on North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, and employs 66 professionals based in seven offices. AfricInvest manages USD1 billion across 16 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. Having co-founded the African Venture Capital Association (AVCA) as well as the Middle East North Africa Private Equity Association (MENAPEA) and the Euromed Capital Forum, the firm is an active promotor of the private equity industry in the region. Since 1994, AfricInvest has invested in 135 companies across 25 African 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.
Family Bank is a fully-fledged commercial bank since May 2007. The Bank is regulated by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) and is a member of the Kenya Deposit Insurance Corporation. The Bank is growing with over 1.7 million customers and a network of 93 branches countrywide. It was the first Bank in Kenya to introduce paperless banking through smart card technology.
Brookhouse is a co-educational day and boarding school for students aged 2-19, offering an adapted form of the British National Curriculum to Kenyan and international students. The school strives to develop each student's intellectual, emotional, physical and social growth to their full potential.
Regge Hout develop, manufacture, and trade wood products.The Company produces products such as cutlery wood, braid mats, purlins, sheet piling, bridges, decking, scaffolding, and fence posts. Reef Group serves customers throughout the Netherlands.
LaGray Chemical, a pharmaceutical manufacturing company, engages in developing, manufacturing, and marketing branded and generic pharmaceutical active ingredients and finished dosage forms in West Africa.
General Emballage is a supplier of corrugated cardboard in Algeria. The company supplies its clients with double layered cardboard and double-double layered. General Emballage entered the market in back in 2002, since then, had grown enormously. It now employs a workforce of 1000 colleagues spread out on 3 productions facilities ( Akbou, Setif and Oran sites).
MLA is the first independent leasing company created in Algeria in December 2006. It employs about 70 people and is the market leader in terms of annual financing. The company has five branches and is planning to start new businesses such as factoring and fleet management.
Snax, a producer of salty snacks, is the unchallenged leader in the Algerian market with over 50% market share. The company has also developed production and distribution of sweet snacks mainly muffins and sorbet sticks.
As a provider of telecommunications solutions and services, serving operators and service providers in Africa and the Middle East, OMNIACOM has decided to diversify into its activities and expand its portfolio of services to better serve its customers and partners. Among the new services set up, IT, WEB and the universe of Multimedia in general constitute its new battleground. To succeed in this challenge, OMNIACOM has acquired a team of highly qualified engineers with years of experience and "success stories" to meet the most daring challenges.
Sicopa was created in 1985 and is specialized in the production of olives, dried tomatoes, and pepper. The diversified range of products allows Sicopa to control a large distribution market. Sicopa has been approved by American food companies, such as Subway, following several audits.
Saiss Lait
Venture Round in 2007
Saiss Lait is specialises in the production of sterilized milk and other dairy products and is based in Morocco.
Created in 1999, icosnet ® is positioning itself as an operator of Internet access and telecommunications solutions and is today in the market of voice and data convergence for SMEs and large multinational accounts installed in Algeria. With our multidisciplinary team, icosnet has been able to capitalize on an important experience and establish a strong relationship with the various players in the telecommunications sector in Algeria and abroad. Icosnet® is distinguished by its technical and qualitative approach. The company has thus demonstrated its know-how and its mastery, particularly with multi-site companies. In the Algerian market, icosnet ® is a full-fledged operator (ISP, VoIP and Wimax licenses). This positioning allows us to reach a large clientele, to convince customers of significant size and to be able to offer economically more advantageous and more successful connection and communication solutions. There are many reasons for our success; They are primarily human, combining the experience and involvement of our employees and the strong expertise of our partners, they are also strategic since from 2009 all our internet connectivity is routed from London, which has largely Contributed to the reliability of the icosnet® network. Today, several Algerian companies and major international groups based in Algeria have trusted us. Icosnet ® intends to extend its presence in the national territory. Beyond its new growth ambitions, icosnet ® does not lose sight of its values: quality of service, customer satisfaction, anticipation, technological monitoring, and innovation are all objectives that remain and will remain a priority.
Altea Packaging is a flexible packaging converter in the Maghreb and Middle East region. The company specializes in developing, converting and printing of flexible packaging. With nearly 700 employees and five production sites in Egypt, Tunisia and Algeria, and an expertise rivaling the industry's largest international groups, Altea Packaging offers a range of nearby services to all multinational companies across the region and all companies looking for high quality products from a reliable supplier with a proven experience.
Cotugrain produces and markets vegetable seeds in Tunisia. The company also offers forage, legumes, cereals, industrial, and open pollinated seeds. In addition, it provides fertilizers, pesticides, no till and system machinery, agricultural materials, lawn fertilizers, substrates and peat moss, flower seeds and bulbs, and agro-diagnostics and laboratories equipment.
Hydrolsol Fondations is a company specialized in geological surveys and specialized foundations. The main clients of the company are international firms that have won large infrastructure contracts in Tunisia and North Africa. It also provides services for the infrastructures and agriculture ministries, as well as for consulting firms.
AXA Mansard is a member of the AXA Group, the worldwide leader in insurance and asset management with 166,000 employees serving 107 million clients in 64 countries. The group is a conglomerate of independently run businesses, operated according to the laws and regulations of many different countries. Despite being written in upper case, "AXA" is not an acronym, the name was chosen because it is short and can be pronounced easily the same way in every language. AXA is present in geographically diverse markets, with operations concentrated in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. AXA’s is also present in Central and South America, Middle East and in Africa via operations in Cameroon, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Senegal and Algeria. AXA has more than over 20 year’s continuous presence in Africa. In 2016, IFRS revenues amounted to Euro 100.2 billion and IFRS underlying earnings to Euro 5.7 billion. AXA had Euro 1,429 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2016. AXA Mansard was incorporated in 1989 as a private limited liability company and is registered as a composite company with the National Insurance Commission of Nigeria (NAICOM). The Company offers life and non-life insurance products and services to individuals and institutions across Nigeria whilst also offering asset/investment management services, health management services and pension fund administration through its three subsidiaries AXA Mansard Investments Limited, AXA Mansard Health Limited and AXA Mansard Pensions Limited. From 2004 to 2015, AXA Mansard Insurance grew its turnover at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 55%. In 2016, GWP was NGN 20.7 billion, while net income was NGN 10.9 billion, a 10% increase over 2015. The company has progressed from the 97th position out of 109 insurance companies existing in 2003 to one of the top 4 out of 58 insurance companies in 2016. This growth has attracted the attention of analysts from across the world. AXA Mansard Insurance was listed on the Nigeria Stock Exchange in November 2009. In December 2014, AXA Mansard became a member of AXA following AXA’s acquisition of Assur Holdings (AAH), the majority shareholders in the erstwhile company. AXA Mansard Insurance plc is rated B+ by A.M. Best (2016) for Financial Strength. The Company is also certified ISO 9001:2008 compliant by the Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) for quality management systems.
Traveltodo, is the first Tunisian travel agency completely based on the Internet, which aims to fully satisfy the travel needs of Tunisians. The service, accessible from the internet address "www.traveltodo.com", showcases a selection of permanent offers from some 800 providers of local tourism among hotels, restaurants, car rental agencies, and thalassotherapy centers. Traveltodo is a "public" brand of Splendid Tour the Tunisian travel agency (Lic A) approved by the National Tourist Board.
Nouvelair is the leading airline charter company in Africa with flights mainly to EU destinations. It has an average fleet of 15 aircrafts and recently expanded its activities to Egypt through the acquisition of a charter airline company (Coral Blue). The company has the highest certificate for safety and operations and has developed strategic activities such as aircraft assistance, maintenance, and training via dedicated affiliates.
Cogitel
Acquisition in 1998
Cogitel is a manufacturer of flexible packaging in North Africa. It offers printing and light packaging services using materials that inlcude olefin, polyester, paper, and aluminum. The company’s services help in preservation of a wide range of products such as pasta, couscous, rice, cookies, chocolate, milk products, ice cream, yogurt, and detergents.
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