African Agricultural Capital Fund #3457

Created at

2014-11-27

Last update

2024-09-13

General info

Name

African Agricultural Capital Fund

Country of registration/origin

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Classification

Investment fund

Comment

Managed by Pearl Capital Partners. AACF’s investors are the Rockefeller Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, The Gatsby Charitable Foundation, JP Morgan Chase Social Finance and USAID. The investors have collectively invested US$25 million for the fund plus a technical assistance facility of US$1.5 million from USAID. AACF invests in high growth business in the agricultural value chains in East Africa. AACF has invested in 8 businesses in Uganda, Kenya and Malawi.