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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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Agriculture should be central to Africa’s development says Thabo Mbeki, AGCO Africa Summit in Berlin, Germany, Janaury 2012
'As all the delegates know, the majority of the peoples of Africa earn their living from agricultural activity, principally in subsistence agricultrure… Thus it is obvious that virtually all the principal challenges our continent faces are intimately related to African agriculture, and, accordingly can only be solved within the context of the positioning of agriculture as a central driver in the process of the renewal and development of African society,' Thabo Mbeki, former South Africa President.
New Partner announcement - Anders Einarsson, January 2012 (PDF 142 KB)
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Africa investor Agribusiness Investment Awards 2011 winners announced, November 2011
Agribusiness Investment Initiative of the Year went to Phatisa for its innovative approach to supporting the development of the agribusiness sector across Africa. Phatisa is being honoured for their establishment of the US$100m-plus African Agriculture Fund (with key development finance institutions), which encompasses a much needed facility for technical assistance and SME-led projects.' |
The African Agriculture Fund (AAF), managed by Phatisa, has concluded an agreement and commenced drawdown to invest US$ 10 million alongside the Finnish Fund for Industrial Cooperation Limited (FINNFUND) and the Company’s Sponsors, in Goldtree a palm oil plantation and milling company, representing a total investment of US$ 20 million.
> press announcement, October 2011 (PDF 129 KB)
> communiqué de presse, Octobre 2011 (PDF 151 KB)QUICK LINKS
Phatisa
Phatisa | pa-tee-sa | a Xhosa word for 'assisting' or 'working together'.Our core business The Phatisa Group is a private equity fund management company, servicing a range of sectors in a number of sub-Saharan African countries, with offices in Mauritius, Kenya, Zambia, South Africa and West Africa in the near future.
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 (AAF) 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
Sustainable investment - land acquisistion and land use
Deal fact sheet - AAF investment criteria
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 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 (AAF), improve linkages between outgrower, smallholders and the companies invested in by the AAF and enhance rural financing opportunities in areas where AAF invests.
AAF Media press kit To register to receive press releases via email or to request a Phatisa press kit please send your contact information, including publication/company contact details to izelleleroux@phatisa.com
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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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