Emerging Capital Partners ECP Africa Fund I LLC

ECP is a private equity group dedicated to investing in ...

Overview

ECP is a private equity group dedicated to investing in Africa. They are a pan African private equity firm that has raised over US$2 billion for investment across the African continent including the Francophone regions. ECP have put investors capital to work in over 40 countries in all major regions of the continent directly supporting over 50000 jobs. They are a Pan African private equity firm that has raised over $2 billion for investment across the African continent. They have put our investors capital to work in over 40 countries on the continent directly supporting over 50000 jobs. Today our firm has over 15 years of experience investing in Africa. They have made over 60 investments and completed over 30 exits. They have completed deals across a wide variety of sectors including consumer businesses telecommunications financial services natural resources agriculture and utilities and they have a strong portfolio of remaining transactions. With 70% of their employees living and working in seven countries throughout Africa their investment team has a deep reach into African markets. This enables us to gain insight into the regions local economies and ultimately select companies that will deliver returns. They invest in companies that operate in business environments characterized by limited competition or in sectors in which Africa has a comparative advantage or an unmet need. This strategy maintains diversification within ECP s investment portfolio and provides their investors with risk adjusted returns that are generally uncorrelated to the US and other global markets.