Leapfrog Investments
LeapFrog Investments, established in 2007, is a London-based private equity firm that focuses on growth-stage investments in the financial services and healthcare sectors. It primarily targets emerging markets, including Africa and Asia, with a particular emphasis on countries like Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka. The firm invests in businesses that provide essential financial and healthcare products and services, such as insurance, pensions, savings, credit, mobile payments, and medical products distribution. LeapFrog typically invests between $10 million and $50 million, aiming for both minority and majority stakes, and expects to exit its investments within four to seven years through IPOs, trade sales, or secondary sales.
AFB
Private Equity Round in 2015
afb is a financial services company based in Accra, Ghana, that provides credit solutions to individuals and small businesses across Africa. Founded in 2010, afb operates through four main divisions: cards, loans, mobile, and insurance. The company focuses on harnessing data to understand consumer behavior, enabling it to offer innovative financial products such as mobile money, working capital solutions, and loyalty programs. With a growing customer base of over 300,000 in Kenya, Ghana, and Tanzania, afb has established partnerships with more than 400 retail outlets and has pioneered the provision of unsecured credit via digital channels in collaboration with major mobile network operators.
Resolution Insurance
Acquisition in 2014
Resolution Insurance, established in 2002 in Kenya as Resolution Health East Africa, was the first company registered as a Medical Insurance Provider in the country. It gained recognition as the Medical Insurance Provider of the Year at the Think Business Insurance Awards in 2012. In 2013, Resolution Insurance became licensed as a General Insurer by the Insurance Regulatory Authority, allowing it to offer a range of insurance products, including Personal Accident, Workmen's Compensation, Liability, Medical, and Miscellaneous classes of General Insurance. Medical insurance is the company's core offering, with over 60,000 members, including corporate clients, social groups, families, and individuals benefiting from its services. In addition to medical insurance, Resolution Insurance provides travel, liability, property, and motor insurance, serving clients across Kenya with innovative and comprehensive solutions.
Apollo Investments
Private Equity Round in 2011
Apollo Investments Limited provides general and life insurance solutions for individuals, businesses, and organizations in Kenya. Its products include group life assurance, group last expense assurance, group accident disability assurance, group critical illness assurance, group mortgage assurance, group credit life assurance, group pension plans, individual pension plans, and pension annuity plans.
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