Chief Investment Officer at AgDevCo, providing debt and equity to African agri SMEs.
London, UK
Joined April 2012
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🔎 Read and watch the interview with @chrisagdevco @AgDevCo on blended finance and why now is the time to double down. donorplatform.org/post/blend…
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AgDevCo is pleased to announce a €5.5 million mezzanine debt investment in the Afrique Phyto Plus (A2P) group, an agro-inputs trading, and manufacturing business with operations in Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Burkina Faso and wider West Africa. Press release: bit.ly/3HTs3xF
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AgDevCo is pleased to announce a multi-million-dollar mezzanine debt investment in Victory Farms, a rapidly growing aquaculture company in Kenya. Read the full press release here: bit.ly/3wrDS4Y
#impinv #agribusiness #Kenya
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AgDevCo has released infographics on worker rights and expectations, suitable for any African workplace. They are available free of charge in multiple languages (Swahili, Twi, Chichewa, French, English and Portuguese). Download here: bit.ly/2TowNEJ
#SDG08 #JobQuality
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AgDevCo is pleased to announce a $3million follow-on mezzanine debt investment into Uzima Chicken Limited, a poultry company operating in Rwanda and Uganda. Read the full press release here: bit.ly/2Q59IVI
#impinv #africa #agribusiness
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A case study of @AgDevCo's investments in #Malawi🇲🇼demonstrate how investments in challenging environments can provide social & economic benefits and motivates the case for public funding to be used to offset pioneering costs.
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Missed our latest Agri-business Breakthrough Webinar? Catchup and watch the recording: bit.ly/3orGI60
Featuring presentations and discussion with Daniel Hulls (@AgDevCo), Brian Milder (@AceliAfrica), @LouiseFox_econ & CASA's Mat Hague
#agribusiness #impactinvesting
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AgDevCo is part of the solution to addressing climate change in Africa. Our new climate change strategy commits us to working towards net zero emissions across our investment portfolio within the next decade. Read the statement here: bit.ly/2LW9gr7
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AgDevCo invested over $40m with 8 African agribusinesses last year and we plan to do more in 2021. If your company is looking for long-term, flexible capital in the range USD2-10m, then please get in touch, [email protected]. See eligibility criteria: agdevco.com
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Must-read for anyone interested in African agribusiness. Great insights from AgDevCo's Chris Isaac (@chrisagdevco)
Agribusiness in Africa: Investor reveals which areas hold the most potential. 🌱 Read our interview with Chris Isaac, chief investment officer at AgDevCo: howwemadeitinafrica.com/agri… @AgDevCo @chrisagdevco
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We are pleased to announce an investment into PPTL in Tanzania, a leading producer of grain storage bags for smallholder farmers. Read the press release here: bit.ly/3bTsZ1t
#Tanzania #agribusiness #impinv
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NEW RESEARCH PAPER considers the devastating impact of #COVID19 on the private sector in #Africa and argues that #DFIs are uniquely placed to provide financial support to businesses and lead the eventual recovery.
👉edfi.eu/news/dfis-positioned…
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A great example of how #PatientCapital can help build a high impact agribusiness. We first invested in @jacomaestates in 2014. Proud to see the company go from strength to strength #InvestInAfrica
Great news: @CDCGroup will be investing £2bn in Africa over the next 2 yrs.
Its great partnership with @DFID_UK and @AgDevCo is nurturing competitive exporters like Tropha Estates in #Malawi, which grows high value macadamia nuts, chilli & paprika for export. #InvestInAfrica
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Count-down to #InvestinAfrica Summit. AgDevCo investment no. 5 / 5:
ECA employs 96 people and buys from more than 8,000 smallholder farmers in a remote area of central Mozambique, producing high quality fortified maize flour. bit.ly/35VugC5
#InvestinMozambique #UKAid
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Count-down to #InvestinAfrica Summit. AgDevCo investment no. 2 / 5:
Saise is creating a domestic seed potato industry in Zambia, replacing expensive and low-quality imports. Its seed potatoes now reach over 6,000 local farmers. bit.ly/2FRRVJf
#InvestinZambia #UKAid
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5 days👉🏽UK-Africa Investment Summit. Growth depends on nurturing competitive exporters. #UKaid is investing in companies like Tropha Estates which grows high value macadamia nuts, chilli & paprika for export. This is raising tax revenues, creating jobs & and improving lives.
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“Agri-processing could drive a manufacturing revolution in Africa. But to ignite that revolution, there’s a need for patient capital.”
- AgDevCo's CIO, Chris Isaac at the UK-Africa Investment Summit event on manufacturing
#InvestinAfrica #UKAfricaManufacturing
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Our director, Tom Cairnes, pleased to join this session to promote Babator, potentially Ghana's largest irrigated food production and processing hub youtu.be/gX-epFQxyFI
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Join us for our next event on Transforming Agriculture and Agribusiness in Sub-Saharan Africa on Oct. 2. Jonathan Innes - @bookertate & Chris Isaac - @AgDevCo will discuss the opportunities for transformation in one of the main economic sectors in Africa.
bit.ly/2oCWuBJ
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AgDevCo has expanded into Cote d’Ivoire - it's second new geography since June - with a US$9.85M investment in DekelOil, an agribusiness leader in the West African palm oil and cashew sectors.
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