Who We Are

Backed by Patrice Motsepe, African Rainbow Capital Financial Services Holdings Pty Ltd is an investment holding company under African Rainbow Capital Investments (“ARC Investments”), focused on building leading businesses and having a positive impact on the communities in Africa by acquiring significant stakes in businesses and growing them through improved business performance and synergies with affiliated companies. ARC is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “AIL”.

PLC Venture Capital is a Hong Kong based venture capital fund founded by Jeff Emmanuel, who has had over 30 years experience in financial markets. Prior roles include Vice-Chairman of Investment Banking for Citigroup (based in Hong Kong), Head of Equities for UBS Australia (based in Sydney). Jeff Emmanuel also manages EFM Asset Management, a global growth equity asset manager focusing on listed global equities. EFM and PLC are based in Hong Kong.

Ethos Private Equity is an investment manager with private equity and credit strategies in sub-Saharan Africa. Ethos helps businesses grow by being an active investor, using their experience of owning over 100 businesses to maximise value and generate superior returns. Ethos invested in TymeGlobal through their Artificial Intelligence Fund, which focused on investing in businesses that can benefit disproportionately from the application of artificial intelligence.

Apis Partners LLP is an ESGI-native global private equity asset manager that supports growth stage financial services and financial infrastructure businesses by providing them with catalytic growth equity capital. Apis Partners LLP, through its team of close to 30 professionals with deep industry expertise, manages total committed capital from investors (including drawn and invested capital) of ca. US$ 1bn. Financial inclusion is a core tenet of Apis Partners LLP’s approach and investment mandate.

JG Summit Holdings, Inc. (JGS) is a publicly listed company and is one of the largest and more diversified Filipino conglomerates engaged primarily in businesses that serve a growing middle class with rising disposable incomes in the Philippines, Southeast Asia, and Australasia. It is the holding company for a group of companies with substantial business interests in food manufacturing and agro-industrial and commodities; real estate and hotel; air transportation; banking; and petrochemicals. The Company also has core investments in telecommunications and power generation and distribution.

​Tencent is a world-leading internet and technology company headquartered in Shenzhen, China. It offers a wide range of services such as cloud computing, advertising, FinTech, and other enterprise services to support digital transformation and business growth of their customers. It also publishes some of the world’s most popular video games and other high-quality digital content. It is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

​CDC Group is a UK-based impact investor with over 70 years of experience of successfully supporting the sustainable, long-term growth of businesses in Africa and South Asia. CDC helps solve the biggest global development challenges by investing patient, flexible capital to support private sector growth and innovation. It has investments in almost 1,200 businesses in emerging economies with total net assets of £6.8bn and a portfolio of £5.2bn.