Manocap is a private equity firm based in Freetown, Sierra Leone, specializing in investments in small- to mid-cap enterprises across various sectors in West Africa. The firm focuses on expansions, startups, management buyouts, and pre-IPO opportunities, primarily investing between $0.5 million and $5 million in debt and equity. Manocap targets industries such as agribusiness, agro-processing, sustainable fisheries, services, tourism, transportation, healthcare, sanitation, construction, light manufacturing, and financial services, while explicitly avoiding the mining sector. Since its establishment in 2006, Manocap has recognized the potential and challenges within frontier markets and aims to grow its portfolio while also advising development finance institutions and other organizations on investment strategies in the region.
Splash Mobile Money offers Splash, a mobile payment system that allows users to send money to other mobile users using their phones. Users can register with an agent, load money into their Splash account, and then send that money to another mobile phone user, using just text messages. Clients using Airtel, Africell, and Comium networks can be registered on the Splash system for free. Users of these networks can receive money through Splash¬ and the electronic money or "SplashCash" received can be converted to real cash with a Splash agent. Splash Mobile Money was founded in 2007 by Sheka Forna and is based in Sierra Leone.
Sierra Fishing Company Ltd. processes and supplies seafood. It offers snappers, sea-breams, and smoked products. The company sells and exports products through a fleet of trawlers and reefer vessels to Sierra Leone, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, the Ivory Coast, and Liberia. Sierra Fishing Company Ltd. is based in Freetown, Sierra Leone.