Investment Philosophy

Leveraging strategic partnerships for Africa’s benefit

1. Growth investing with a focus on development impact

We focus on interventions in areas where investments have a high level of development impact in Africa. We know we can drive a truly beneficial impact that will increase intra-African trade and value addition for exports.

2. Partnership mindset to bring all relevant parties together to develop Africa

FEDA’s investment strategy is focused on partnerships with portfolio companies. We deliver growth and innovation by concentrating on developmental impact, and the transfer of expertise required by entrepreneurs. When it comes to raising intra-African trade, industrialisation and export development to the next level, our philosophy is clear.

We choose partners who:

are focused on the intra-African trade value chain
have developmental impact
and are committed to Africa

Our Unique Value Proposition

Our strategic focus is to add value to portfolio companies through active engagement at board level and by offering support for growth by leveraging Afreximbank’s infrastructure.

We offer investee companies:

a partnership mindset – for like-minded collaboration for the continent
unlocking equity investments to export-oriented businesses, working with like-minded investors across Africa
a differentiated, broad and unique focus to address the equity gap in the export development/manufacturing and intra-African trade value chain
an unwavering commitment to Africa’s Trade Development Agenda, to promote value addition and processing of commodities

Our Unique Value Proposition to Investees

We add value to portfolio companies through active engagement at board level and by offering support for growth by leveraging Afreximbank’s infrastructure.