Invest capital | Cenainvest - Venture capital in Central Africa

Cenainvest has 4 main investors:

The Netherlands Development Finance Company providing risk capital in selected countries in Africa.

A international bank who originated in operating mainly in the CEMAC region.

An automous body set up by the European Union.

Organisation financing in Africa.

CENAINVEST FUND I is the first fund of Cenainvest and was raised in 1998. The average ROI after 3 years is 6.4%.

Closing date	:	1998
Amount	:	€5 million
Type of fund	:	Seed Capital
Scope	:	Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Chad, CAR, Gabon, Congo and Sao Tomé
Investors	:	FMO , Afriland First Bank

Our approach towards investments:

Economic merit is the prime consideration
Each investment self–supportive within 3-7 years
A syndicated base with outside institutional partners is welcome
The cost of funding will be determined by the level of risk
Strategic input at board level
To adequately sensitize entrepreneurs to share in the upside potential of the project

After the success of FUND I, €10 million was raised to invest in start-up and development in the Central
African Sub-region.

Closing date	:	2003
Amount	:	€10 million
Type of fund	:	Start-up and Development
Scope	:	Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Chad, CAR, Gabon, Congo and Sao Tomé
Investors	:	FMO , Afriland First Bank , EIB and ROVALUE