Raising Capital for an African Company, Fund or Project?

There are multiple ways in which we can help you raise capital including through promotion on the African Investments Dashboard, the Africa Business Opportunities Dashboard, meeting Africa’s investors at AFSIC – Investing in Africa, publication of your deal in a Deal Book, Quickfire Pitching and though various Digital promotions. This page contains everything you need to know. Read on and follow the instructions.

Step 1: Decide which of our Platforms is best for you.

We run two platforms which can assist you raise capital. Both are free to use, and investors can connect with you directly. The African Investments Dashboard is suited for more advanced investment opportunities ready to be presented to global investors. You may have prepared information documents perhaps including a powerpoint presentation, teasers etc, while the Africa Business Opportunities Dashboard is suited for any investment opportunity.

Step 2: Not Ready to Add your Investment Opportunity? Need more information? Contact Us.

Send us a message using the form below. We’ll tailor our advice and guide you in the best direction.

Step 3: Meet Africa’s Investors

Join us at AFSIC – Investing in Africa, perhaps Africa’s most important investment event. We have multiple ways in which we can connect you with the investors. This includes:

Getting your Investment Opportunity into the AFSIC Deal Book

We want to make your capital raise as smooth as possible. To assist you meet investors attending AFSIC we send a Preliminary AFSIC Deal Book containing investment opportunities to all attendees one month prior to AFSIC. A Final AFSIC Deal Book is distributed one week prior to the event. The Final AFSIC Deal Book is also profiled on the AFSIC Event and Meeting App. Each delegate attending AFSIC can add up to 3 investment opportunities into the AFSIC Deal Book. The entire process of submitting a deal for inclusion in the AFSIC Deal Book, and approving your entry takes place on the African Investments Dashboard.

Pitching your Capital Raising at AFSIC

Our popular Quickfire Pitch Sessions comprise 5 minute slots with 3 minute presentation time and 2 minute question time and run strictly to schedule.

Action 1:
If you are not already a speaker, please make a Speaker Submission. The earlier you do this the better as our slots fill up quickly. Note on your Speaker Submission that you are raising capital, and that you would like a Quickfire Pitching slot. If you are already a speaker you have already provided us with the required information, so please email our Speaker Team on speakers@afsic.net requesting a Quickfire Pitching slot.

Action 2:
When the Event and Meeting App goes LIVE 4 weeks before AFSIC, share your pitch time plus a brief intro with target investors.

Actions to promote your Capital Raising digitally

You can provide us with logos, short videos and links to your online articles that we can post or share on our platforms and you can use the Meeting and Event App to reach investors attending AFSIC

• Send us a 3-minute video presentation of your investment opportunity and we will post to our AFSIC YouTube channel and our Event and Meeting App
• Tag us in your capital raising-related posts and we will reshare on our AFSIC LinkedIn and Twitter accounts
• Send your corporate logo to investments@africaninvestments.co and we’ll add to our list of highlighted Investment Opportunities on our website and include you in marketing mails.
• Use your Profile section on the Meeting and Event App to promote your organisation and capital raising

Actions During AFSIC

• Use the AFSIC Event and Meeting App to book as many meetings with investors as possible. Make sure to swap cell numbers as often in the heat of the event it is difficult to coordinate meeting locations.
• Review the AFSIC Agenda and attend sessions that are relevant to your business sector or your country of operations. After the session meet the speakers/participants who may be of use to you.
• Attend the multiple Meet The Investor sessions we hold within AFSIC. These are free flowing networking sessions, allowing you to meet many African investors in a short period of time.

Conclusion

Our team has been raising capital successfully for African businesses for 4 decades. We have built up perhaps Africa’s largest investor network. We have developed a range of award winning digital platforms designed to assist businesses operating in Africa to raise capital or generate new sources of business revenue. Our matching of capital raising opportunities to investors takes place on these platforms. So if you are serious about Raising Capital you should register on one or both of the Africa Business Opportunities Dashboard or the African Investments Dashboard.