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Phatisa presents the African Agriculture Fund (AAF); Africa's foremost private equity fund focused solely on transforming Africa through sustainable food production. By providing equity funding to the agricultural sector, the Fund is able to support private sector companies that enhance and improve food production and distribution...
The AAF is a US Dollar based food fund with a 10-year life, achieved a first closing at US$ 151 million and is targeting a final close of US$ 300 million. |
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The African Agriculture Fund concludes an investment of US$ 24 million in Zambia, May 2012 |
'Affordable housing development is really constrained by lack of housing developers which answer to the requirements such as capital, capacity and available land. There is high demand on risk capital to assist to develop the supply of affordable housing. Shelter Afrique has sponsored the Pan African Housing Fund (PAHF) to help the development of affordable housing...'
The AAF SME Fund first closes at US$ 30 million, Press release, February 2012 (PDF 193 KB)
Phatisa
Phatisa | pa-tee-sa | a Xhosa word for 'assisting' or 'working together'.Our core business Phatisa is a private equity fund manager, servicing a range of sectors in a number of sub-Saharan African countries, with offices in Mauritius, Kenya, Zambia, South Africa and Ghana.
Driving innovative deal solutions together If you or your business are in the agri or food sector and have discussed the possibility of an MBO, as a way of taking control of your future and creating personal wealth, get in contact with our deal team.
African Agriculture Fund
The African Agriculture Fund is Africa’s foremost private equity fund focused solely on food production throughout the continent. This closure represents a milestone for the development of agriculture in Africa, linking local enterprise with international sources of finance.
AAF statement regarding land policy in Africa, November 2011
Sustainable investment - land acquisistion and land use
Our investment criteria - potential portfolio companies
AAF investment submission portal If you or your company has a business venture that meets the strict AAF investment criteria, please complete and submit the one-page AAF Funding Application Form available in either MSWORD or PDF format to aafinvestmentproposal@phatisa.com
Submit information on core business activities, invesment required (US$ equivalent), purpose of funding and contact details. Our Phatisa deal team is looking forward to reading your proposal and will be in contact in the near future.The AAF Technical Assistance Facility (TAF) is a grant based facility, that will support capacity building for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) invested in by the African Agriculture Fund, improve linkages between outgrower, smallholders and the companies invested in by the AAF and enhance rural financing opportunities in areas where AAF invests. www.aaftaf.org
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'Seventy percent of employment in Africa comes from agriculture, so you can argue that in Africa agriculture and economy are synonymous. In effect, you cannot modernise the economy in Africa without starting with agriculture.' Prof Calestous Juma, study author of Africa can feed itself in a generation.
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