Keith Palmer

CDC Group Plc, a fund of funds, invests in private equity funds which focuses on Africa and Asian countries. It also provides direct investments in developing countries.

Globeleq Ltd. provides energy generation service. It offers services to communities, organizations and the governments sectors. The company was founded by Robert Hart in 2002 and is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda.

Agrica Ltd. develops and operates rice farms in Eastern Africa. It engages in the production of food crops. The firm develops model sustainable agribusinesses in East Africa, where growing internal markets require the introduction of both modern commercial agriculture and smallholder technology to achieve food security. The company was founded in September 2005 by Alan Leland Boyce, Nick Browne and Carter Coleman and is headquartered in St. Peter Port, the United Kingdom.

BII Group Ltd. (BII Group) is a private equity/venture capital, a subsidiary of Government of United Kingdom was founded by James Murray Grant in 1948. The firm is headquartered in London with offices in Bengaluru, Mumbai, Nairobi, Pakistan, Sandton, and Bangladesh.

Norfund was created by the Storting (Norwegian parliament) in 1997. Norfund's head office is located in Oslo with other offices in Costa Rica, South Africa, and Kenya. Norfund provides risk capital to private firms in developing countries through various finance solutions from loan instruments to equity financing. The Norwegian government provides investment capital to Norfund on an annual basis. Norfund is structured as a separate legal entity with limited liability.

Actis LLP (Actis) is a private equity firm founded in 1948 by Sreenivasulu Vudayagiri and Pavel Alexandrovich Cherkashin. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Part of EVE Health Group Ltd., African Energy Resources Ltd. (South Africa) mines and explores for coal and uranium. The company is based in Cape Town, South Africa. Charles Frazer Tabeart has been the CEO of the South African company since 2007. African Energy Resources Ltd. (South Africa was acquired by EVE Health Group Ltd. on July 28, 2005 for $1.26 million.

African Capital Alliance Ltd (African Capital Alliance) is a private equity subsidiary of Capital Alliance Nigeria Ltd founded in 1997 by Dazie Pascal Garbie, Richard Lee “Dick” Kramer and Ernest Shonekan. The firm is headquartered in Ikoyi, Nigeria.

Acumen Fund, Inc (Acumen Fund) is a venture capital firm founded in 2001 by Jacqueline Novogratz. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Root Capital, Inc. provides investment and financial services to small and growing agricultural businesses. Its products include coffee, cocoa, fruits and vegetables and other products. The firm is an agricultural lender that grows rural prosperity in poor, environmentally vulnerable places in Africa and Latin America by lending capital, delivering financial training and strengthening market connections for small and growing agricultural businesses. The company was founded by William F. Foote in 1999 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Catalyst Principal Partners LLC (Catalyst Principal Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2009 by Paul Kavuma. The firm is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya.

Golden Lay Ltd. produces, distributes and sells chicken table eggs. The firm sells eggs from its farm through small-scale traders who buy eggs for onward sale at a small mark-up and thereby earn their livelihood. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Luanshya, Zambia.

Miro Forestry Co. Ltd. engages in the provision of forestry and timber products. It offers sawn timber, charcoal, poles, wood biomass, and veneer. The company was founded by Andrew Collins and Charlie Bosworth in 2010 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Cenpower Generation Co. Ltd. operates as an independent thermal and hydroelectric power producing company. The firm also operates as a special purpose vehicle that develops the Kpone independent power plant. The company was founded by Jimmy Heymann, Kweku Awotwi, Michael Wilson and Samuel Nana Brew-Butler in 2003 and is headquartered in Accra, Ghana.

Shuweihat Asia Power Co. provides water and electricity. It operates power plants, gas turbines, heat recovery steam generators, steam turbine, water-steam cycle, cooling systems, and turbine generators. The company was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates.

Cabeólica SA owns and operates wind farms. The firm develops, finances, constructs, owns and operates four wind farms in Cabo Verde. It produces electricity for the national grid as an independent producer using non-polluting, renewable and naturally abundant wind energy. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Praia, Cape Verde.

CS Dekeloil Siva Ltd. produces palm oil. It presently holds the Ayenouan project. The company was founded on November 7, 2008 and is headquartered in Limassol, Cyprus.

EFTA Ltd. provides equipment loans for small and medium enterprises and farmers. The company was founded by Michiel Timmerman and Clement Kwayu in 2005 and is headquartered in Moshi, Tanzania.

Ceniarth LLC provides investment services. The private company is based in New York, NY.

AgDevCo Ghana Ltd is a Ghanaian company that provides agricultural project development and fund management services. The private company is based in Accra, Ghana. The company was founded in 2012.

Part of Miro Forestry Co. Ltd., Miro Forestry Developments Ltd. is a leading international plywood manufacturing company based in London, UK. Miro's plantations and certain wood processing operations are Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified, complying with the international gold standard of responsible forest management. The British company's mission is to develop and operate high-quality and cost-competitive commercial forestry plantations sustainably to FSC standards while providing environmental, social, and economic benefits to local communities. Miro owns and manages its own FSC certified plantations and harvests logs using modern equipment and systems. The company's principal product is plywood, but it also produces finger-jointed edge glue panels, electricity transmission poles, fence posts, and wood biomass. Founded in 2010, the company provides plywood, edge glued panels, CCA treated poles, and related forest products to partners and clients worldwide.

Part of AgDevCo Ltd., AgDevCo Tanzania Ltd. is a Tanzanian company that provides agribusiness investment services. The company is based in Masaki, Tanzania and was founded in 2012.

Founded in 2011, Africa Agricultural Development Company Mocambique Ltda. The company engages in cattle breeding activities and is based in Maputo, Mozambique. is a subsidiary of AgDevCo Ltd.

Part of ENGIE SA, ENGIE International FM Ltd. is a British company that provides facilities management services. The company is based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK. ENGIE International FM was founded in 2013.

Lightsource BP operates as a solar developer delivering solar and storage projects. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Lion's Head Global Partners LLP operates as a merchant bank for agriculture, health care, education, and financial intermediation sector. Its services include financial structuring, capital raising and asset management. The company was founded by Bimaljit Signh Hundal and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.