CardinalStone Capital Advisers

Arnergy is a provider of sustainable energy services focused on delivering clean and reliable energy solutions for businesses and homes. The company aims to address energy reliability issues in emerging markets by offering scalable, affordable energy systems designed to overcome challenges such as grid unreliability and intermittency. Through its products, services, and systems, Arnergy enhances business operations and improves economic outcomes for its clients, ensuring access to dependable energy resources.

AfyA Care is a healthcare asset investment company focused on making healthcare accessible and affordable. It specializes in investing in a range of healthcare assets, including hospitals, health insurance, and health technology companies. The company aims to build vertically integrated healthcare institutions that cater to various urban market segments by creating and aggregating hospital capacity and demand. AfyA Care offers integrated services that encompass hospital care, health insurance, and health technology, ultimately enabling patients to achieve physical, emotional, social, and spiritual well-being for a more complete and harmonious life.

With a team of over 170 professionals and clients in seven countries, Appzone is Africa’s leading FinTech disruptor and provider of home-grown software solutions for the continent’s Financial Services industry. Founded in 2008, we process over $2 billion in transactions annually serving 18 commercial banks and over 450 microfinance institutions across the continent. Our platforms issue 1.5 million cards and disburse over $300 million in loans monthly, while also managing $200 million in deposits, 10 million accounts and 100,000 transactions daily. We are audacious builders with a mission to completely automate financial services in Africa. Our offerings automate Banking operations, interconnect financial institutions, and provide end-users with access to a broad range of banking and payment services. We are working with the most talented individuals on the continent to create the de facto operating system for digital financial services in Africa. AppZone started off primarily developing custom software for leading commercial Banks in Nigeria. More than a decade later, we have accumulated a remarkable asset-base of intellectual property and built out significant Fintech infrastructure. We are licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria as a Payment Solution Service Provider (PSSP) and have built the first and only EMV compliant card management system in sub-Saharan Africa, while also launching the continent’s first self-service platform for instant debit card issuance. Appzone’s other feats include building and launching a number of global firsts from Africa such as: Cloud-based core banking and digital channel software Global mandate platform for direct debit Decentralised Interbank transaction processing on blockchain We are regarded as Africa’s number 1 FinTech infrastructure provider and have won several awards including: PCI DSS, CEBIH Award, MWOT Innovators Award, Frost and Sullivan Award and the NAMB Award.

I-Fitness Centre is a prominent health and wellness company recognized as a leading and rapidly expanding fitness chain. It operates a network of gyms that provide a variety of fitness and nutrition programs, including aerobics, yoga, spinning, and core cardio. In addition to its physical locations, I-Fitness Centre also offers online platforms that enhance access to wellness services. The company aims to support individuals in achieving their health and fitness goals by providing a comprehensive range of gym products and tailored programs designed to meet diverse needs.

Quality Foods Africa Group is a prominent manufacturer and distributor of nutritious food and beverage products in Africa. The company operates a multi-brand quick service restaurant model that aims to provide fast and healthy dining options. It features a diverse portfolio, including both internationally recognized brands and its own local favorites, ensuring a global dining experience while prioritizing hygiene and customer service. Through its commitment to quality and nutrition, Quality Foods Africa serves a wide range of customers across the continent.

Kobo360 is a tech-enabled digital logistics platform that aggregates end-to-end haulage operations to help cargo owners, truck owners, and drivers, and cargo recipients to achieve an efficient supply chain framework. Through an all-in-one robust logistics ecosystem, Kobo uses big data and technology to reduce logistics frictions, empowering rural farmers to earn more by reducing farm wastages and helping manufacturers of all sizes to find new markets. Kobo enables unprecedented efficiency and cost reduction in the supply chain, providing 360-visibility while delivering products of all sizes safely, on time and in full. The Kobo mission is to build the Global Logistics Operating System that will power trade and commerce across Africa and Emerging Markets. The company is also preparing to enter the agro-trading space by creating a marketplace that links farmers with buyers all over the world. The marketplace will effectively eliminate the high cost of middlemen for smallholder farmers and significantly improve profits. Ife Oyedele ll and Obi Ozor founded it in 2017 and is headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria.

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.

DataGuard is a document management company established to provide secure, efficient and cost-effective solutions.

Stoneworks Industries Ltd. manufactures granite aggregates for home construction, infrastructures, government, and commercial and private developers.

ARCO Marine & Oilfield Services provides offshore and inshore marine logistics services to oil and gas firms. Arco Marine owns and operates a fleet of 15 multipurpose vessels, 7 of which are engaged on crew change and security patrol contracts with ExxonMobil, Total and Chevron.