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AfricInvest and Bpifrance launch French African Fund

Milcah Lukhanyu by Milcah Lukhanyu
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AfricInvest and Bpifrance have launched the French African Fund (FFA), the first cross-border investment fund dedicated to the development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in both Africa and France.

The fund will be managed by AfricInvest, a leading pan-African mid-cap-focused private equity firm with almost EUR1bn of funds under management and offices in six African countries as well as in France.

A pool of diverse investors have subscribed to the fund, all with the vision of accelerating the growth of African and French SMEs through development projects across the two continents. These investors include Bpifrance, two French private-sector groups—Société Générale and Orange, and Proparco (the AFD group). In addition, more than 25% of the fund’s subscription comes from African investors, including the Caisse Nationale de Prévoyance Sociale de Côte d’Ivoire (CNPS); the Moroccan insurance company Saham; the Moroccan industrial and financial group Financecom; the Central Bank of Kenya Pension Fund; private investors from Kenya and Nigeria, as well as AfricInvest itself.

The fund’s strategy is to invest in mid-cap companies with significant growth potential, using an entrepreneurial medium- to long-term approach to value creation. In addition to providing financial support, AfricInvest will accompany the French firms in their strategic development in Africa, and conversely, will assist African companies with their expansion into France and the European continent.

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AfricInvest aims to support investee companies—through its experience, financing capabilities, extensive network and the expertise of its teams in France and Africa—in an effort to help them accelerate their growth and access new markets. It will also look to facilitate partnerships with the relevant commercial, financial, industrial and technological partners in each market.

The FFA will invest half of its capital in French SMEs looking towards Africa for growth opportunities. The investments will take the form of equity participation, generally through minority stakes. The other half of the fund’s capital will be invested in African SMEs with strong potential to grow into regional champions.

In addition to financial returns, the fund will focus on the impact of its investments on companies’ governance, transparency, employment creation and respect for social and environments values.

For Benjamin Paternot, Bpifrance’s Fund of Funds Executive Director, “The cornerstone of the strategy for the French African Fund—the first cross border fund between Africa and France—rests in AfricInvest’s ability to help French companies grow in Africa, and at the same time attract African companies to the French market. The quality of AfricInvest’s experience—through its diverse team based in France and across Africa—as the well as the development potential of the African continent, have together attracted the highest quality partners in the private sector both in France and in Africa.”

For Aziz Mebarek, one of AfricInvest’s founding partners, “AfricInvest looks forward to supporting the ambitions of the FFA through its diverse and multidisciplinary team, while bringing French and African entrepreneurs strong support to push their respective projects beyond the boundaries of their countries and continents.”

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