North Africa Holding Company

North Africa Holding Company is a principal investment firm specializing in growth stage investments. The firm invests in private equity ventures, pre-IPO stages, post-IPO stages, listed securities, leveraged buyouts, greenfield, early stage, privatizations, and late stage. It seeks to invest in banking services, energy, financial services, insurance, logistics, healthcare, multimedia, telecommunications, media, industry, pharmaceutical, oil gas, mining, and real estate sectors. The firm primarily invests in North Africa with a focus on Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, and Libya. It invests up to $15 million in its portfolio companies and co-invests for larger investments. The firm exits its investments through a strategic management buyout or an IPO. It acquires controlling stakes or minority stakes with significant shareholding in its portfolio companies and seeks to take a board seat. The firm invests for a period of two to three years and holds the investments for five to seven years and up to ten years in special cases. North Africa Holding Company was founded in September 2006 and is based in Dasman, Kuwait. It operates as a subsidiary of KIPCO Asset Management Company.