Agriculture, forestry and fishing

The company is growing vegetables for the local markets mainly conventional ones. We look forward to venturing into high-value crops like yellow and red pepper through the technology of hydroponics in tunnels or greenhouses. Currently operating in rural areas and provide employment for 4 young people and 6 casuals, part-time.

Greenhill Estates is an agribusiness that specializes in Avocado and sweet potato production for the export market. It is owned 100% by young people, who study Agriculture in different fields from horticulture, biosystems and agricultural economics.
It aims to employ the people of Eswatini in its surrounding areas. Thus providing food for many families and helping to empower them financially.

The core business is retailers, farming and importer of agricultural products. Distributor of cereal and nutritional products and supplements, the transformation of processed primary products to value-added furnished products.

LiquidAfrica is a Sub Saharan Africa focused Corporate Finance and Advisory Firm.

LiquidAfrica offers a variety of Corporate Finance advisory services to established and growing companies in Africa

Capital raising;

• Equity capital raising
• Debt capital raising
• International placement
• Financial Analysis
• Business Planing
• Provision of Information Memoranda, Teasers
• Data-room management
• Transaction structuring
• Assistance in negotiation with potential investors

Imvelo Ventures is a black-owned and black managed VC fund that invests to fast-track the ambitions of South African entrepreneurs.

Offerings; 

• Long term patient capital with no predefined exit horizon
• Business building support
• Access to extensive business networks
• Strictly minority investments
• Board participation by experienced directors
• No fees are charged to the investees
• Strong BEE credentials
• Business competitive strategy and strategic marketing inputs
• Financial, structuring and general business planning advice
• Active, hands-on management support if required

Hivos Impact Ventures is an impact investment management company that operates impact funds aligned with the philosophy of its Foundation; creating impact as well as the essential financial return.

With offices in the Netherlands, Zambia and South Africa, we manage impact funds that hold impact creation as important as financial return.  

We invest in early-stage companies that can scale on finance and impact, and  partner with International NGOs, such as our founder, Hivos Foundation, our South African Shareholder, LifeCo UnLtd., as well as fund shareholders WeltHungerHilfe, Cesvi and Ayuda

AgVentures is Africa’s leading agrifood tech investor. AgVentures invests in privately-owned agrifood companies with the potential to transform the African agrifood sector due to their innovative technology and dynamic entrepreneurship. 

Acorn provides a platform for high-net-worth individuals, institutions and funding partners to participate directly in private equity, which is currently done through an investment holding company, Acorn Agri & Food. Prior to Acorn Agri & Food, the Acorn General Fund One was a limited liability partnership that might be replicated in future investment vehicles.

Entrepreneurs who are considering reaching out to can read the below for an understanding of the aspects we pay close attention to when considering investments.

Qualitative Considerations

• Competent and honest management teams with

4Di Capital is a venture capital fund manager focused on high-growth technology venture opportunities in the Southern and Eastern Africa region.

4Di Capital is an independent venture capital fund manager based in South Africa’s “Silicon Cape”, specialising in high-growth technology venture opportunities, at the seed, early-and growth-funding stages. The fund manager has offices in Cape Town, South Africa and Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. and funds are managed by the GP partnership team of Anton van Vlaanderen, Erik van Vlaanderen, Justin Stanford and Laurie Olivier.

Eos Capital is a Namibian private equity fund manager that is managing two funds and raising funds for one;

1. Allegrow Fund - growth and operational development fund with a Namibia-only mandate. It will invest in Namibian companies which have the potential to grow rapidly and will provide them with the capital and management support needed to unlock their full potential.
2. Namibia Infrastructure Investment and Development Fund - a Namibia-only infrastructure fund with a mission to invest into and develop infrastructure assets, which form a portfolio that provides robust, low volatility and