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Insight: Portfolio Selection in Developing Markets

Business, Economy, Funding, Investment / Media Team

A new insight article authored by members of our investment team, Moyosore Babalola, Doubra Eghaghe, Oti Ilentamhen, and Yewande Adewusi, explores the strategies the team at Alitheia Capital utilises to identify attractive industries and businesses to invest in and mitigate macro-level risks. The authors note that assets in developing markets present a different risk profile compared to those in developed markets […]

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Building Big Businesses In Africa

Economy / Alitheia

Every June 7th, the African Union (AU) marks the African Border Day: a day set aside to celebrate and highlight the work of the African Union Border Programme (AUBP) in uniting and integrating Africa. At this time, the importance and socioeconomic impact of borders on Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), cannot be overemphasized. Every June

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Alitheia Capital Joins The United Nations Global Compact Initiative

Business, Economy, Investment / Alitheia

Alitheia Capital, a pioneering impact investing firm based in Lagos, Nigeria, has announced that it has joined the United Nations Global Compact — a voluntary leadership network for the development, implementation, and disclosure of responsible business practices. With this announcement, Alitheia Capital formally joins thousands of leading companies globally that are committed to creating a

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Building For The Local Context: The Case Of Mira Mehta Of Tomato Jos

Business, Economy, Investment / Alitheia

You may have heard of the jollof wars – which, for the unaware, is a passionate debate amongst West African countries as to which country’s jollof rice recipe is the best. Fundamental to the tastiness of jollof rice – and, indeed, many other foods consumed across the region – is tomatoes. Nigeria, West Africa’s largest

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Alitheia’s UMunthu II Fund Co-Leads $10.4M Investment Round In Ghanaian Agritech Startup, Complete Farmer

Business, Economy, Funding, Investment / Alitheia

Complete Farmer, an end-to-end digital, agricultural marketplace that connects African farmers and global industries to competitive markets, resources, data, and each other on a single platform, raises $10.4 million in a Pre-Series A funding round of equity and debt. The equity portion of the round was co-led by the Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund (ARAF) and

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