Investors in Ethiopia

Development Partners International is a private equity firm. The firm prefers to invest in manufacturing, computer-related, chemicals and materials, medical and life sciences, mining, electronics, services, telecoms, logistics, retail, communications, transportation, beverages, financial institutions, pharmaceuticals and hospitals; telecommunications infrastructure; Healthcare, food service and agribusinesses; Consumer goods; financial services including consumer finance, banking, insurance; education; engineering; and construction sectors. The firm does not invest in start-ups or turnarounds. It seeks to invest in the Pan-Africa region with a focus on the Angola, Algeria, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Rwanda, and Sierra Leone region. The firm invests between $10 million and $120 million in the form of equity per company. Development Partners International was founded in 2007 and is based in London, United Kingdom with an additional office in Lagos, Nigeria.

MTN is a JSE-listed multinational company that offers voice and data, mobile financial, enterprise, and digital services. It serves individuals as well as SME, public sector, and corporate clients. The company’s traditional voice and data offerings include voice bundles, data bundles, bonus on recharge, and low-denomination recharge vouchers. Its mobile money product range includes international remittances, savings, lending, and insurance. MTN’s enterprise services are focused on connectivity, communication, cloud, M2M, and enterprise mobility. Through its investments with Rocket Internet AG in Africa Internet Holdings (AIH) and Middle East Internet Holdings (MEIH), MTN aims to to deliver a range of internet services in African continent and in the Middle East, including e-commerce retailing, market place, taxi, travel, classified, and food delivery services. MTN has launched, as part of its entertainment strategy, a host of products and services, including MTN FrontRow: a video-on-demand offering, and MTN Music+: a music streaming and downloading app which aims to promote African music. MTN was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa. The company has operations in Afghanistan, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Cyprus, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Guinea Republic, Iran, Liberia, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Swaziland, Syria, Uganda, Yemen, and Zambia. It has ISP licenses in Namibia and Kenya and a Value Added Service license in Ethiopia.

Finnfund is a Finnish development finance company that provides long-term risk capital for private projects in developing countries. Apart from co-investing with Finnish companies they can finance ventures that use Finnish technology, cooperate with Finnish partners on a long-term basis or generate major environmental or social benefits.

Helios Investment Partners LLP is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in buyouts of going concerns, recapitalization, mezzanine, growth capital for private enterprises, restructurings joint ventures, startups; either green-field or brownfield; and majority or blocking-minority structured investments in listed entities. It seeks to invest in the telecommunications, media, financial services, power, utilities, travel, leisure, distribution, fast moving consumer goods, logistics, and Agro-allied sectors. The firm prefers to invest in Africa with a focus on Nigeria, South Africa, and Kenya. It seeks to invest between $15 million and $200 million in an individual transaction. The firm prefers to have a board seat in its portfolio companies. Helios Investment Partners LLP was founded in 2004 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

LeapFrog Investments is a private equity firm that specializes in investments in growth-stage and expansion. It does not invest in green-fields or startups. The firm makes investments in financial institutions, distributors for financial products, or enablers of financial services, such as administrators or technology platforms. LeapFrog Investments was founded by Dr. Andrew Kuper Ph.D. in 2007 and is headquartered in Australia.

African Development Bank operates as a multilateral development finance institution in Africa. It offers loans, lines of credit, agency lines, guarantees, risk management products, trade finance program, treasury services, and equity and quasi-equity products; and funding for development projects and programs, as well as technical assistance for studies and capacity-building. The company also provides concessional loans for public and private sectors. African Development Bank was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

Samurai Incubate Inc. is an accelerator and venture capital firm specializing in incubation, seed, startup, and early stage investments. The firm prefers to invest in web, mobile, and software related industry. It usually invests in early-stage startups in the areas of management, marketing, sales, human resources, and finance. The firm seeks to invest across Israel and Japan. It typically invests between $0.05 million for a 15take in the portfolio company. Samurai Incubate Inc. was founded in 2008 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Proparco is devoted to private sector funding in the sustainable development sector. A subsidiary of AFD dedicated to the private sector, Proparco has been working for 40 years to promote sustainable development in economic, social and environmental matters. Proparco participates in the financing and support of companies and financial institutions in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. Its action focuses on the key sectors of development: infrastructures with a focus on renewable energies, agro-industry, financial institutions, health, education ... Its interventions are aimed at strengthening the contribution of private actors the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the international community in 2015. To this end, Proparco finances companies whose activity contributes to the creation of jobs and decent incomes, the supply of essential goods and services, and the fight against climate change.

Incubate Fund is a venture capital firm specializing in seed, startup, and early stage investments. It focuses on media, entertainment, gaming, online commerce, logistics, medical, financial, real estate, and housing sectors. It primarily invests in mobile, social and web services expanding on global scale. It seeks to invest in North America, Japan, and Asia. The firm makes equity investments between $200,000 and $3 million. Incubate Fund was established on May, 2010 and is based in Tokyo, Japan with an additional office in Singapore.

NewSchools Venture Fund is a not-for-profit organization working to close the achievement gap by funding and supporting entrepreneurs who are creating innovative solutions to the problems in public education so that all children have the opportunity to succeed in college and beyond. Since our founding in 1998, NewSchools has invested $180 million in more than 70 nonprofit and for-profit educational organizations working to promote student achievement. Recognizing that neither private charity nor capital markets alone are enough to solve the problem of education inequality, we blend the best of both approaches to ensure an excellent education is available to every child. We actively share what we’ve learned through our investments, bring together educational leaders from across the country, and advocate for smart policies at the federal level.