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OUR FUND

Our investment strategy: Delivering Attractive Risk-adjusted Returns While Making Positive Socioeconomic and Environmental Impact across Africa

The Africa50 Infrastructure Acceleration Fund is designed to make equity and quasi-equity investments into commercially viable infrastructure projects across Africa, targeting opportunities at financial close or advanced stages of the project lifecycle.

OUR FUND

Our investment strategy: Delivering Attractive Risk-adjusted Returns While Making Positive Socioeconomic and Environmental Impact across Africa

The Africa50 Infrastructure Acceleration Fund is designed to make equity and quasi-equity investments into commercially viable infrastructure projects across Africa, targeting opportunities at financial close or advanced stages of the project lifecycle.

Fund Capitalization

The Fund is capitalized with financial commitments received from Africa50 Group and a diverse group of other African and global institutional investors.

This progress underscores growing confidence in our model and our ability to mobilize long-term capital into Africa’s infrastructure ecosystem.

Milestone fundraising achieved in for a First Fund

As of January 2025, we secured $275 million in commitments from a combination of African institutional investors and global investors.
$275M

Rigorous Deal Selection Criteria

Influential stakes for stronger value-add

We target majority or significant minority equity stakes to ensure active involvement in governance, decision-making, strategic and operational direction, and value creation.

Investment Structure

  • Typical transaction size: US$40 million and above per transaction
  • Ability to offer co-investment to the Fund’s LPs and other investors
  • Primary, secondary, or a combination of both

Core Sectors We Target

The Fund targets diversified infrastructure sectors that are essential to Africa’s growth. Co-investment opportunities are available across these verticals, including:

Water & sanitation

Power & energy

Transportation & logistics

Digital & social infrastructure

Core Sectors We Target

The Fund targets diversified infrastructure sectors that are essential to Africa’s growth. Co-investment opportunities are available across these verticals, including:

A Sustainable, ESG-Driven Investment Framework

Our strategy is designed to:

  • Ensure intentionality in how ESG risks that the Fund is exposed to in its investing activities and operations are evaluated and managed
  • Actively pursue potential opportunities for realizing value creation through ESG management and impact delivery
  • Consistently adhere to the Fund’s ESG Management System aimed at integrating and managing ESG considerations throughout the investment, divestment and decision-making processes .
  • Align with global ESG standards and frameworks such as:
    – PRI – Principles of Responsible Investment
    – IFC Performance Standards
    – 2X Challenge (Gender Lens Investing)
    – UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
ESG & sustainability

A Sustainable, ESG-Driven Investment Framework

Our strategy is designed to:

  • Ensure intentionality in how ESG risks that the Fund is exposed to in its investing activities and operations are evaluated and managed
  • Actively pursue potential opportunities for realizing value creation through ESG management and impact delivery
  • Consistently adhere to the Fund’s ESG Management System aimed at integrating and managing ESG considerations throughout the investment, divestment and decision-making processes .
  • Align with global ESG standards and frameworks such as:
    – PRI – Principles of Responsible Investment
    – IFC Performance Standards
    – 2X Challenge (Gender Lens Investing)
    – UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
ESG & sustainability

Blended Risk Portfolio Structure

We adopt a blended risk approach that targets a mix of low, medium, and high risk-return trade-offs in the Fund’s portfolio investments, striking an optimal balance between stable returns and high-growth opportunities.
See our Portfolio

Blended Risk Portfolio Structure

We adopt a blended risk approach that targets a mix of low, medium, and high risk-return trade-offs in the Fund’s portfolio investments, striking an optimal balance between stable returns and high-growth opportunities.
See our Portfolio