Centum Investment Company Plc
Investment Details
Investor Type
Private Equity
Asset Class Focus
Private Equity, Real Estate, Marketable Securities
Stage Focus
Growth, Late Stage, Buyout
Geographical Focus
Ghana, Kenya, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, South Africa, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Zambia, Uganda, Tanzania, South Sudan, Cameroon, Senegal, Mozambique, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zimbabwe, Malawi
Industries Focus
- Financial Services
- Technology
- Healthcare
- Energy
- Consumer Goods
- Real Estate
- Infrastructure
- Telecommunications
- Media
- Banking
- Insurance
- Automotive
- Retail
- Education
- Food and Beverage
- Manufacturing
- Power Generation
- Transport
- Agribusiness
- Publishing
- Information and Communication Technology
Investment Size:
2,000,000 to 10,000,000 USD
Investor Details Founded: 1967
Centum Investment Company Plc is East Africa's largest listed investment firm, trading on both the Nairobi Securities Exchange and the Uganda Securities Exchange. The company operates as an investment channel, offering investors access to a portfolio of diversified investments across various sectors. Its mission is to create real, tangible wealth by providing the channel through which investors can access and build extraordinary enterprises in Africa. As of March 2025, Centum's total assets were KSh 82.35 billion (approximately US$637 million), with shareholders' equity of KSh 45.8 billion (approximately US$354 million).
The company's investment focus is organized into three key business units: Real Estate, Private Equity, and Marketable Securities. In Real Estate, Centum develops large-scale mixed-use urban nodes, with projects spanning over 11,000 acres in Kenya and Uganda. The Private Equity division, managed by Centum Capital Partners, invests in sectors such as financial services, agribusiness, education, healthcare, and information and communication technology. The Marketable Securities Portfolio comprises investments in securities and fixed income instruments managed by Nabo Capital.
Centum's investment strategy emphasizes generating a minimum return on equity of 20% through value-creating activities, maintaining a cost-to-cash annuity income ratio of 30%, and optimizing its operating model for effective execution of its strategy. The company aims to restructure its portfolio to focus on three key business units: Real Estate (target asset allocation: 45-55%), Private Equity (target asset allocation: 30-40%), and Marketable Securities (target asset allocation: 10-20%).
Requirements
- Minimum enterprise value of $10 million
- EBITDA in excess of $5 million
- Board participation in portfolio companies
- Equity investments of at least $2 million
- Preference for controlling, majority, or significant minority stakes
- Multiple strategic exit routes within the investment horizon
- Preference for investments from Centum's balance sheet
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Portfolio Companies
- Longhorn Publishers
- Greenblade Growers
- Tribus Security Group
- Tier Data
- Isuzu East Africa
- NAS Servair
- Sidian Bank
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