Our Solution-Driven Strategy
Of the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals, groups 3, 5 and 8 bring together the imperatives of health, women’s empowerment and economic growth.
Health system capacity in LMICs must scale to meet the growing demand for healthcare commodities and services that is being driven by economic growth, multilateral funding, foreign direct investment, changing disease burdens and increasing social and political participation in health system reform.
In large part, the answer must be found in private sector capacity growth in locally owned small to midsize enterprises. Multilaterals acted quickly to support African nations to strengthen their pandemic response and healthcare systems. Now African SMEs need capital to foster the continent’s self-sufficiency and build-back-better strategy.
4 Ways we target unmet needs
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We provide market knowledge and relationships to build a viable investment pipeline, to support growth in the investments, and to underpin their “graduation” from our blended financing to market funding or eventual on-sell.
We provide market understanding to match demand with supply of capital.
We provide the organisational and operational understanding and experience to support and mentor investee management in deploying capital, delivering growth and achieving scale.
Ensure ambitions are aligned.
New-generation African entrepreneurs are not looking for an “exit”. Their ambition is to grow their business, making a significant contribution to their market and community, creating jobs and building financial stability for future generations.
Enable collaborative engagement.
Entrepreneurs don’t want to give up control of their business, or to be overly concentrated on reporting on complex financial measurements.
Prioritise growth.
“Small businesses are small businesses because they are small businesses”. But they want help in prioritising growth efforts and in executing strategies for growth.
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Deploy funding structures fit for purpose.
Our target investments need patient partners who understand the need for time to achieve stable growth; a blend of financial instruments that match their position in the growth cycle and that address the significant risks outside their direct control (e.g. working capital, first loss, foreign exchange); and pre- and post-investment support and mentoring.
Our Solution-Driven Strategy
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