Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, the Chairman of Dangote Group, has partnered with some billionaire investors in the United States to provide $500 million in funding specifically for developing Africa.
Bloomberg said that on Wednesday, a team from Carlyle Group Inc. said they received funding from Aliko Dangote and a prominent U.S. private equity firm to establish the Alterra Capital Fund, which was created specifically to assist African investments.
The private equity firm has set its goal of raising $500 million in the coming months, even though they had a total of $140 million at the start of the fundraising.
In the meeting with Bloomberg, Genevieve Sangundi said that the partners of this new contract are the co-founders of Carlyle, namely David Rubenstein and Bill Conway.
However, Sangundi said Alterra intends to disburse the funds across different sectors, including healthcare, technology, telecommunications, logistics, and consumer retail.
She said,
- This is an excellent time to put money to work in Africa, as many current macro themes provide attractive potential investment opportunities.
- For example, the power challenges across Africa provide opportunities to invest in private distributed power solutions, while technology continues to drive Africa’s digital transformation rapidly.
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