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AfricInvest

AfricInvest

Overview

AfricInvest is a private equity investment firm that seeks to invest in African small and medium enterprises in the financial services, agribusiness, consumer, retail, education, and healthcare sectors.

Year Founded

1994

Portfolio Companies

27

Investments

AfricInvest investments
CompanyDateStageLead
BFreeApr 2026Growth EquityLead
Nawah ScientificDec 2025Series ACo-investor
M-KOPADec 2025Series FCo-investor
KredeteSep 2025Series ALead
KredeteSep 2025Series ACo-investor

Key People

Ziad Oueslati

Executive Founding Partner

Anis KALLEL

Senior Partner

Ann Wyman

Senior Partner

George Odo

Senior Partner MD For East Africa

Hichem Ghanmi

Senior Partner - MD Of The Western African Countries Operations

Karim Ghedamsi

Senior Partner

Mehdi Gharbi

Senior Partner - Co-Head Of Financial Inclusion Funds

Abiola Ojo-Osagie

Senior Partner Managing Director, Anglophone West Africa

Aziz Mebarek

Partner

Hakim Khelifa

Partner

Julius Tichelaar

Partner, AfricInvest - East Southern Africa

Khaled Benjennet

Partner

Omar Bekkali

Partner

Yassine OUSSAIFI

Partner

Khalil Lakhoua

Senior Partner, Deputy Chief Investment Officer

Mehdi Mahtat

Partner- Investment Director

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Investment Activity

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Firmographic Details

HeadquartersTunis
Year Founded1994

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