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

How We Invest

Influential Stakes for Stronger Value-add

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

Investment Structure

  • Typical transaction size: US$40 million and above per transaction
  • Co-investment: Opportunities available for the Fund’s LPs and other investors
  • Flexible structuring: Primary, secondary, or a combination of both

Sector Focus

The Fund targets diversified infrastructure sectors critical to Africa’s growth, with co-investment opportunities available in the following areas:

  • Power and Energy
  • Transportation and Logistics
  • Water and Sanitation
  • Digital and Social Infrastructure (including healthcare and education)

Sector Focus

The Fund targets diversified infrastructure sectors critical to Africa’s growth, with co-investment opportunities available in the following areas:

  • Power and Energy
  • Transportation and Logistics
  • Water and Sanitation
  • Digital and Social Infrastructure (including healthcare and education)

Sector Focus

The Fund targets diversified infrastructure sectors critical to Africa’s growth, with co-investment opportunities available in the following areas:

  • Power and Energy
  • Transportation and Logistics
  • Water and Sanitation
  • Digital and Social Infrastructure (including healthcare and education)

A Sustainable, ESG-Driven Investment Framework

Our strategy is designed to:
  • Ensure a deliberate and structured approach to identifying, evaluating, and managing ESG risks across the Fund’s investment activities and operations
  • Actively pursue potential opportunities for realizing value creation through ESG management and impact delivery
  • Consistently apply the Fund’s ESG Management System to integrate and manage environmental, social, and governance considerations across all investments, divestment and decision-making processes
  • Align with global ESG standards and frameworks such as:
    • Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI)
    • IFC Performance Standards
    • 2X Challenge (Gender Lens Investing)
    • Paris Climate Agreement
    • UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

A Sustainable, ESG-Driven Investment Framework

Our strategy is designed to:
  • Ensure a deliberate and structured approach to identifying, evaluating, and managing ESG risks across the Fund’s investment activities and operations
  • Actively pursue potential opportunities for realizing value creation through ESG management and impact delivery
  • Consistently apply the Fund’s ESG Management System to integrate and manage environmental, social, and governance considerations across all investments, divestment and decision-making processes
  • Align with global ESG standards and frameworks such as:
    • Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI)
    • IFC Performance Standards
    • 2X Challenge (Gender Lens Investing)
    • Paris Climate Agreement
    • UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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.

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.