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Africa Opportunity Fund Limited

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Africa Opportunity Fund Limited

  • Price (USD)0.675
  • Today's Change0.00 / 0.00%
  • Shares traded214.53k
  • 1 Year change3.85%
  • Beta-1.2358
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About the company

Africa Opportunity Fund Limited is a closed-end investment company. The Company’s investing objective is to achieve capital growth and income through investments in value, arbitrage, and special situations opportunities derived from the continent of Africa. It makes investments in companies or assets with a material portion of their value derived from or located in Africa. These companies are domiciled in Africa or outside Africa or, if listed, listed either on an African stock exchange or a non-African stock exchange. The Company invests in a range of asset classes, including real estate interests, equity, quasi-equity or debt instruments and debt issued by African sovereign states and government entities. It invests in various sectors, such as financial services, utilities, real estate and others. The Company’s investments across geographic locations include Ghana, Zimbabwe, Kenya and South Africa, among others. The Company's investment manager is Africa Opportunity Partners Limited.

  • Revenue in USD (TTM)4.87m
  • Net income in USD4.58m
  • Incorporated2007
  • Employees0.00
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Profile

Management group(s)Africa Opportunity Partners Limited
AIC sectorGlobal Emerging Markets
ISINKYG012921535
Launch date24 Jul 2007
Share typeOrdinary Share
StructureInvestment Trust
Base currencyUSD

Objective

The Company's investment objective is to earn superior returns by investing in businesses that it believes can flourish in Africa and, in doing so, aiding capital formation and the mobilisation of savings with the intention of growing wealth and productivity in Africa's economies.

Managed by

Robert Christopher Knapp, Francis Daniels

Management & contract fees

Management Fee is 0% . Performance fee will be cancelled and CarryCo limited partnership interest in the Limited Partnership will be transferred to the Company for nominal value in the last year of the Return Period, that being 2022.

Peer analysis

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WeCap PLC0.00-1.06m7.33m--7.33m--
Africa Opportunity Fund Limited4.87m4.58m7.74m0.007.74m0.00
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Data as of Dec 11 2025. Currency figures normalised to Africa Opportunity Fund Limited's reporting currency: US Dollar USD

Institutional shareholders

34.43%Per cent of shares held by top holders
HolderShares% Held
Metage Capital Ltd.as of 31 Dec 20241.57m13.65%
Africa Opportunity Partners Ltd.as of 11 Dec 20251.39m12.10%
First Equity Ltd. (Investment Management)as of 14 Jul 2025995.51k8.68%
Data from 30 Jun 2025 - 27 Jan 2026Source: FactSet Research Systems Inc.
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