So how can you get involved?

Centum is the largest quoted investment company in East Africa with over 38,000 shareholders and have been listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange since 1967.We are both a provider and manager of funds, and positions ourselves as an investment channel through which other investors are able to access diversified investments and management expertise for a superior return.
Our portfolio is currently valued in excess of US $ 140 million and consists broadly of investments in private equity, listed equity and real estate. The private equity portfolio is the largest asset class, with notable investments in the Financial and beverage sectors.

Our vision is to be Africa’s foremost investment channel, while our mission is to create real and tangible wealth by providing the channel through which investors access and build extraordinary enterprises in Africa.

Actis is a leading private equity investor that invests exclusively in the emerging markets.

With a growing portfolio of investments in Asia, Africa and Latin America; it currently has US$4.8bn funds under management.

As a long-term business partner Actis adopts an approach defined by corporate governance, rigorous environmental and social standards, and decency to all that it does.

Combining the expertise of over 100 investment professionals on the ground in nine countries with a sophisticated back office based in London, Actis is proud to actively and positively grow the value of those companies in which it invests.

Actis closed its pan-emerging markets private equity fund, Actis Emerging Markets 3, at US$2.9bn in November 2008, and its pan-emerging markets infrastructure fund, Actis Infrastructure 2, at US$750m in September 2009.

In September 2010, Actis invested US$58m in supermarket chain, Companhia Sulamericana de Distribuição (‘CSD’).

Citadel Capital (CCAP.CA on the Egyptian Stock Exchange) is the leading private equity firm in the Middle East and Africa. Citadel Capital focuses on building regional platforms in select industries through acquisitions, turnarounds, and greenfields executed via Opportunity-Specific Funds. The firm’s OSFs control 19 Platform Companies with investments worth more than US$ 8.7 billion in 15 countries spanning 15 industries, including mining, cement, transportation, food and energy. Since 2004, Citadel Capital has generated more than US$ 2.2 billion in cash returns to its co-investors and shareholders (on investments of US$ 650 million), more than any other private equity firm in the region. Citadel Capital is the largest private equity firm in Africa by PE assets under management (2006-2011, as ranked by Private Equity International). For more information, please visit www.citadelcapital.com.

MUSA CAPITAL (PTY) LTD ("MUSA") is a boutique investment advisory and private equity firm with 16 years experience operating throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. Musa’s first fund launched in 1995 with Kingdom Holdings (HRH Prince Al-Waleed of Saudi Arabia) as its funding partner, returning in excess of a 25% return over its 10 year life. Other advisory and fund management clients and partners have included Bell Atlantic and OPIC of the United States, along with IDC and Standard Bank of South Africa. Musa had its first closing (R575 MM) of its second fund, the Musa-Kubu Fund (MKF), of R1.2 billion in 2008. The MKF is sector focused, with 9 investments in the financial services, energy and natural resources, property, consumer goods, telecommunications and agri-processing sectors throughout sub-Saharan Africa. MUSA has a staff complement of 18 employees with its main office in Johannesburg, South Africa with satellite offices in New York and Buenos Aires.

For more information visit:

www.musacapital.com

Webber Wentzel is an African law firm with a leading Private Equity practice across the African continent.  We act for general partners, limited partners, management teams and portfolio companies advising them on all aspects of private equity fund formation and transactional matters . We have developed and refined many of the fund structures and transactional techniques which have become market accepted best practice in our markets in Africa and are consistently involved in the highest profile deals. Depending on the nature of the fund or transaction, our industry knowledge and experience in sectors such as infrastructure, mining, energy, telecoms, financial services, real estate and agriculture can help steer clients through the opportunities and challenges of investing on the continent. 
Our extensive network, our experience on the ground and our proven track record mean that we can help you achieve your investment objectives in Africa.
 
For  more information visit www.webberwentzel.com

ALN is a fast-growing internationally recognized network of independent, full service corporate and commercial law firms spread across 11 African countries. Our timely, insightful commercial legal advisory services cover local laws, regulations, and business practice in each of our 11 strategic jurisdictions.

Our member firms offer seamless legal and business advice on complex cross-border and domestic transactions in Kenya (Anjarwalla & Khanna), Botswana (Collins Newman & Co), Burundi (A&JN Mabushi), Ethiopia (Teshome Gabre-Mariam Bokan), Mauritius (BLC Chambers), Mozambique (Fernanda Lopes Associados), Rwanda (Kamanzi Ntaganira & Associates), Tanzania (ADEPT Chambers), Uganda (MMAKS) and Zambia (Musa Dudhia & Co).  ALN also has affiliated offices in Dubai, UAE (Anjarwalla Collins & Haidermota) and Lisbon, Portugal (Fernanda Lopes Associados). Our member firms are considered premier firms in their jurisdictions. With the addition of Webber Wentzel in South Africa, ALN now has 520 lawyers on the ground in 11 countries and 13 cities in Africa.

Development Partners International LLP is an investment advisory company founded in 2007 to make private equity investments in  Africa, with a particular focus on businesses addressing an emerging middle class. DPI is based in London.

DPI is now a leading private equity Adviser in Africa and aims to become a best-of-breed African asset manager. The founding partners, Miles Morland, Chairman and Runa Alam, Chief Executive Officer, as well as the other partners and team, have significant breadth and range of experience in African investments and strong track records. DPI is the Adviser to African Development Partners I, LLC and ADP I L.P. (together, “ADP I” or the “Fund”), a €270.4 million pan-African private equity fund.

www.dpi-llp.com

Emerging Capital Partners (ECP) is the first private equity firm to raise more than US$1.8 billion for growth capital investing in Africa.  Founded in 2000, ECP was one of the first firms dedicated to Africa which, today, translates into investments in more than 50 African companies through seven funds. Today, ECP has more people on the ground than any other firm: more than 70% of its investment professionals, who hail from 12 African countries, operate from 6 local offices.  ECP was recently named ‘Best Private Equity House in Africa’ for a second consecutive year by EMEAfinance.

ECP is committed to environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles and in 2010 pledged to operate under the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).  ECP’s investments are the most diversified of any African PE firm with impact capital in over 40 African countries. Sectors include financial services, telecommunications, natural resources, agriculture and infrastructure.

www.ecpinvestments.com

Livingstone & Company is a London-based business intelligence firm providing in-depth reporting on business, political and economic issues to major industrial companies and financial institutions. Created in 2008 with a focus on Africa and the Middle East, we now have deep roots in Eastern and Western Europe, Central, East and South Asia, and Latin America.

Our clients are major multinational corporations in the mining, telecoms and energy sectors, leading hedge funds and private equity companies, several global investment banks, and a number of large investment funds.

Our inquiries are undertaken by our global network of research associates. Based on this capacity we offer a range of different products to meet varying needs – from immediate ‘profiles’ of individuals, to highly detailed reports which assist our clients in their strategic decision making.

Trident Fund Services, a division of the Trident Trust Group, is a leader in the administration of Africa targeted funds.  Funds we currently service through a broad spectrum of back-office services are invested in countries in the Maghreb and West and Southern Africa regions.

With offices in Europe, Asia, the Caribbean and North America, we offer fund managers a financially sound and independent third party service that meets investor and regulator standards.  At present more than 300 funds rely on our three decades of financial services sector experience for administrative support.

Please visit our website: www.tridentfundservices.com for more information on our services, technology platform, unique pricing model and fund administration domiciles.

Rajan Rosick, Head of Business Development in our Mauritius office and a conference panellist, will be available during the conference to answer attendees’ questions about our Africa funds services.

www.tridentfundservices.com

Karine Seguin: kseguin@tridenttrust.com
Brenda M. Mauro: bmauro@tridenttrust.com

+44-20-7935-1503
+1-212-840-8280

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institution focused exclusively on the private sector. We help developing countries achieve sustainable growth by financing investment, providing advisory services to businesses and governments, and mobilizing capital in the international financial markets. In fiscal 2011, amid economic uncertainty across the globe, we helped our clients create jobs, strengthen environmental performance, and contribute to their local communities—all while driving our investments to an all-time high of nearly $19 billion. For more information, visit www.ifc.org.

AVCA is a not-for-profit entity founded to promote, develop and stimulate private equity and venture capital in Africa. AVCA is committed to promoting high ethical standards of business conduct and professional competence in the private equity and venture capital industries.

AVCA's activities include:

- Advocacy
- Networking
- Research
- Training