African Century is an operating investment company that has developed a portfolio of investments in sub-Saharan Africa, principally in East and Southern Africa.
African Century Group Ltd is a private equity firm specializing in buyouts, consolidation, growth capital, and buy and build strategies. The firm seeks to invest in small and medium sized privately-owned businesses. It invests in sectors like food, agriculture, real estate, and financial services.
The firm focuses on companies based in sub-Saharan Africa, principally in East and Southern Africa. It acquires substantial stakes in businesses with the opportunity for follow-on investment and seeks to create businesses with $100 million plus revenues.
The firm seeks to do co-investment, company specific private placements, and bank debt. African Century Group Ltd is based in Grand Baie, Mauritius with additional offices in Harare, Zimbabwe; Maputo, Mozambique; Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; and London, United Kingdom.
2016 - African Century Foods has entered into a joint venture with Nutreco, a global leader in animal nutrition and aquaculture feed, for the production and sale of tilapia feed in Zambia, and distribution of feed across the region. The joint venture will construct southern Africa’s first dedicated fish feed mill in Zambia, with an initial capacity of 25,000 tonnes per annum of extruded feed.