Jacana Partners is a pan-African private equity firm focused on early-stage and growth investments in small and medium enterprises across various sectors, including financial services, healthcare, technology, and agriculture. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Accra, Ghana, with an office in Nairobi, Kenya, the firm invests primarily in companies based in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in countries like Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ghana, Liberia, Ethiopia, and Sierra Leone. Jacana Partners seeks to support entrepreneurs by providing growth capital and advisory services, targeting investment sizes between $0.2 million and $5 million per portfolio company. The firm emphasizes sustainable financial and social returns, recognizing the crucial role of entrepreneurs in job creation and economic development in Africa.
Process & Plant sales (Gh) Limited is an efficient service providing organisation with well over 10 years experience behind us. Within this period, we have and continue to deliver customer value through strong partnerships.
Reltex Tarpaulins
Venture Round in 2012
Reltex Tarpaulins manufactures and markets woven and laminated plastic sheets, used for emergency shelter and settlement by many of the world’s major international relief agencies such as UNICEF and the Red Cross.
Horizons Office Ltd. is a provider of serviced offices. Horizons Offices are in prime commercial districts in Nairobi and offer flexibility in terms of space and lease period at very competitive rates.
Hurlingham Eyecare Services provides ophthalmic consultation and eye treatment services. Founded by three African doctors, the clinic is the first eye care provider in East Africa to offer the complete package of services from consultations, provision of glasses or lenses, through to eye surgeries and other medical eye treatments
Vipingo Stone Mining Limited produces machine cut coral stones for the construction industry. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Kilifi, Kenya.
Subuiga General Merchants
Venture Round in 2010
Subuiga General Merchants operates as a distributor of building products, such as sand, ballast, cement and timber to road contractors.
Diagnostic Centre Ltd. provides medical diagnostic services to patients in Ghana and West Africa. It offers magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography, X-ray, mammography, ultrasound, and bone densitometry services. The company was incorporated in 2007 and is based in Accra, Ghana.
Sweden Ghana Medical Centre covers the full range of cancer specialties and utilizes state-of-the art equipment and the treatment techniques to provide quality radiation treatment.
Sunripe Food Processing Company Limited produces cocoa drinks, fruit juices, and water. Its fruit juices include pineapple, mango, and orange drinks. The company was incorporated in 1994 and is based in Accra, Ghana.
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.
Adehyeman Savings and Loans provides micro-finance services through the mobilisation of savings from retailers, households and small business enterprises and the provision of credit to micro and small business owners.
Emerald Properties Limited develops luxury home properties in Ghana. It offers residential apartment blocks for sale to buyers. Emerald Properties Limited was formerly known as Elnental Properties Limited and changed its name to Emerald Properties Limited in June 2013. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Accra, Ghana.
Rising Data Solutions operates as business process outsourcing company that provides data transcription and call centre services to offshore companies.
Premier Milling Corp.
Venture Round in 2006
Premier Milling Corp. produces high-quality wheat flour. Premier Milling flour is highly nutritious, rich in taste and high in protein, making it a popular choice for bakers.
MTG is a marine cargo business that provides cargo barging services. MTG offers discharging and loading of cargo off-shore and port maintenance services.
The Softtribe operates as a software solutions provider. SOFTtribe designs and implements computerized business application systems that provide practical and cost-efficient business solutions to organizations operating in the private and public sectors in Ghana and throughout West Africa.
Ningo Salt Ltd.
Venture Round in 2003
Ningo Salt Ltd. manufactures and markets table salt. The salt is produced through the solar evaporation of sea water employing factional crystallisation, which is then refined to be sold as table salt, fine salt, crystal salt, centrifuge salt and industrial salt. Ningo sells the raw salt it manufactures to corporate clients.
Isopanel Limited manufactures insulated panels, polystyrene insulations, and roofing sheets. It offers expanded polystyrene blocks/insulated panels for various applications, such as cold rooms /mobile refrigerated containers, cold store warehouses, portable accommodations, factory buildings, mobile homes, clean rooms, hospital units, clinical units, offices and schools, partition walls, processing facilities, agriculture buildings, and high rise buildings. The company also provides roofing sheets, fishing floats, and vegetable and fresh fruit boxes. In addition, it offers cold storage insulation services, as well as engages in cutting corporate names and signage from polystyrene. Isopanel Limited was founded in 2002 and is based in Tema, Ghana.
Busy Internet Limited is an internet service provider based in Accra, Ghana, established in 2001. The company offers a variety of services, including broadband internet connectivity, Wi-Fi hotspots, data storage and hosting, as well as digital copying and printing services. In addition to these, Busy provides ready-to-use office spaces equipped with high-speed internet, voicemail, phone lines, air conditioning, and furniture for rent. The company also features conferencing facilities, which include meeting rooms, catering services, and equipment for video conferencing, alongside operating an internet café. As of February 2018, Busy Internet Limited functions as a subsidiary of AI Technologies.