Investors in West Africa

Founded in 1948, CDC Group is a Development Finance Institution and is wholly owned by the UK government. CDC's mission is to support the building of businesses throughout Africa and South Asia, to create jobs and to make a lasting difference in the lives of people who live in some of the world's poorest areas.

Investisseurs & Partenaires is a family of impact funds fully-dedicated to the African continent. Created in 2002 by Patrice Hoppenot and directed by Jean-Michel Severino since 2011, I&P is a pioneer in the impact investing sector in Africa. With €75 million under management, I&P has invested in almost 60 small and medium-size companies across 15 countries. I&P brings long-term financing as well as strategic, managerial and technical support to its investees. I&P is the advisor of an impact team, managing a EUR 65 million fund dedicated to access to electricity in Africa. As an impact investor, I&P strives to maximise the economic, social and environmental impacts of its partners and aims to actively contribute to the African development. I&P’s team consists of 30 people based in Paris and in 7 African offices, and in 3 African investment funds.

TLG Capital is an award-winning private investment firm dedicated to empowering frontier market entrepreneurs, with a focus on opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).TLG firmly believes that impact creation is crucial to sustained financial success. They are committed to tackling persistent challenges and better directing resources towards improving the lives for some of the world’s most vulnerable people. Their investments have had a significantly social, environmental and development impact across Sub-Saharan Africa.TLG Africa Limited is a permanent capital investment vehicle focusing on equity opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). TLG Africa invests in sectors underpinned by the ‘rise of the African consumer’, such as: healthcare, finance, consumer goods and real estate. These investments include direct minority/majority stake investments, secondary opportunities and distressed fund restructurings. TLG Africa always seeks board representation, along with other minority protections. Notable investments include WHO pre-approved pharmaceutical plant QCIL (Uganda) and healthcare facilities in West Africa. In recognition for their efforts, their deals have won multiple awards including ‘Landmark Deal of the Decade’ in 2012 and 'Frontier Deal of the Year' in 2014 from Private Equity Africa.

Cauris Management is the first subregional private equity fund management structure created in Francophone West Africa. Operational since 1996, Cauris Management invests in companies with strong potential for growth and profitability. We are based in Lomé and Abidjan, which ensures us a close proximity with the regional private sector.

Accion is a global nonprofit committed to creating a financially inclusive world, with a pioneering legacy in microfinance and fintech impact investing. We catalyze financial service providers to deliver high-quality, affordable solutions at scale for the three billion people who are left out of – or poorly served by – the financial sector. For more than 50 years, Accion has helped tens of millions of people through its work with more than 90 partners in 40 countries.

Speedinvest is a European venture capital fund for tech start-ups. The company collaborates with entrepreneurs in achieving their goal of building great companies. It is involved in early stage investments and specializes in operational support. Speedinvest partners with a global network, that includes operations in Silicon Valley, to become a key investment and development hub for Europe’s start-up community.

Resource Capital Funds is a mining-focused private equity firm that partners with companies to build strong, successful and sustainable businesses that strive to produce superior returns to all stakeholders.

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.

Injaro makes investments in debt, quasi-equity, and equity in small-and medium-sized enterprises along the agricultural value chain in designated countries of West Africa. The agriculture value chain encompasses the full range of activities and participants involved in moving agricultural products from input suppliers to farmers' fields, and ultimately, to consumers' tables.

The Crescent Group ("Crescent") is a leading emerging markets investment management firm primarily focused on the Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions. Crescent believes that wealth in the next ten to twenty years will be created in Asia, both in East Asia and through the Indian Ocean, and so Crescent has located offices in Shanghai, Singapore, Chengdu and Jeddah to give the Company a physical footprint to support its activities across this area. Crescent operates under the Crescent Point, Crescent Special Situations, Crescent Hill, and Crescent HydePark trade names depending on business line and geography.