EG Capital is committed to investing in high growth and purpose-led businesses in some of the world’s fastest growing markets
WHAT WE DO
Creating regional champions to grow and endure
EG Capital makes private equity investments in mid-sized businesses in the Food, Health, and Education sectors, initially within the East African region. Our cross-sector approach to investment drives private capital into three high-growth industries which directly impact women and young people.
What we invest in
We typically invest between $5m to $10m in capital, bringing operational and management experience that enables our companies to achieve their ambitious goals. We look for investee companies with the potential to scale to become “regional champions”, with the right intangible assets to grow and endure.
Our local team
Our local team work side-by-side with our portfolio companies, applying their on-the-ground knowledge and experience to build profitable expansion strategies, to strengthen capabilities and to improve performance.
Result
In this way, we are able to secure competitive returns for our investors, whilst delivering long-term impact in health, nutrition, educational outcomes, improving the effectiveness of existing government funding and creating quality local employment opportunities for women and young people.
HOW WE INVEST
Bringing people, capital and ideas together
EG Capital was established in September 2015, to offer institutional investors a dedicated and disciplined private equity investment approach, designed to directly address the challenges outlined in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
With offices in Kenya and Zambia, our growing team has over 100 years of combined experience in regional and international private equity investing and investment management.
We are supported by industry-leading executives, investment committee members, special advisors and operating partners. Our global network of co-investors, business partners and sector specialists add significant value to our investments.
HISTORY
Created to invest in the potential of youth and women in East Africa
DFID, Oxford Policy Management and Open Society Foundation anchored grassroots research with EG Capital into the links between Food, Health and Education sector in Eastern Africa and improving life chances for youth.
2018
EG Capital supports the launch of Project Drawdown that links investing in Education, Food and Health to reducing climate change.
2019
EG Capital fund strategy & evidence-based design wins the UN SDG Partnership Platform award in Kenya, administered by UNDP and the Hilton Foundation.
2020
Waterloo foundation anchors the EG Capital fund proposition as the first LP committed.
OUR CORE VALUES
Backing high growth expansion allows our investee companies to leverage their existing intangible assets and expand further into serving low and middle-income customers in defensive high growth markets.
We will work in close partnership with our portfolio companies, working alongside our investee management to build impactful growth strategies.
We will support our portfolio companies with valuable strategic advice, leveraging our team’s extensive industry and market knowledge. Our extensive regional network, provides our portfolio companies with further access to strategic, financial, technical and commercial expertise and potential partnerships.
Our team and partners are committed to operating against the highest ethical standards; we’re bound by a strict code of conduct that assures confidentiality, and we’re led by a mission to fulfill the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We will work with our portfolio companies to ensure the same high standards.
EG Capital’s shareholding and management structure, which is independent from any bank or industrial group, offers unique protection against conflicts of interest.
What makes working at EG Capital unique is the diverse team dedicated to your growth and delivering outcomes.
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