Two African banking heavyweights launch investment platform for the continent

New African Capital Partners’ (NACP) first investment target is a large, regional banking group, co-founder Charles Kie tells Euromoney in his first interview since the launch.

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Charles Kie, NACP

Charles Kie, formerly of Ecobank, and co-founder Paulo Gomes, formerly of the World Bank, on Wednesday announced their launch of pan-African investment platform NACP.

Its aim is to help grow small and medium-sized enterprises across Africa, as well as larger financial institutions, with funding sourced largely from investors based on the continent.

NACP’s first investment target is a “large” banking group already present in several countries across western and central Africa, Kie tells Euromoney. The potential acquisition of a majority stake in that group, whose identity Kie would not disclose, would likely cost NACP several hundred million dollars, he says.

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