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PAN-AFRICAN VENTURE · EST. 2022

Curating
African capital.


We invest in the institutions that shape how Africans eat, watch, listen, and live online. Patient capital, considered conviction, four sectors of contemporary African life.

SECTORS
GASTRONOMY · TECH · MEDIA · ENTERTAINMENT
BASED
JOHANNESBURG · CAPE TOWN
SECTION · 01 · MANIFESTO 01 / 04

What we believe.


The continent is not a market — it is a civilisation. We invest behind the founders building the institutions that will define how it eats, gathers, listens, and connects for the next twenty years.

SECTION · 02 · WHERE WE INVEST 02 / 04

Four pillars.

Connected by a single thesis: build the institutions that will shape culture and commerce across the continent.

01

GASTRONOMY

Food, hospitality, beverage. The future of how Africa eats and gathers.

02

TECH

Software, fintech, infrastructure. The systems that let Africa scale.

03

MEDIA

Publishing, content, distribution. The voice of contemporary Africa.

04

ENTERTAINMENT

Music, sports, culture. The institutions that build identity.

SECTION · 03 · IN PORTFOLIO 03 / 04

Active investments.

Three operating businesses we back publicly, across gastronomy and entertainment. Further holdings sit in discrete partnerships.

GASTRONOMY

Nice Beverage Co.

Beverage · Cape Town · 200% YoY growth

Premium plant-based beverage company crafting authentic African-inspired drinks for the health-conscious consumer. Built credibility through premium on-premise accounts before expanding into retail, with distribution now across Southern Africa.

2023 · ACTIVE
ENTERTAINMENT

Untitled Basement / Artivist

Cultural venue · Braamfontein · 50K+ annual visitors

Cultural infrastructure in Johannesburg’s creative district: bar, lounge, music venue, food destination and art gallery under one roof, and a working platform for emerging African artists, DJs and cultural producers.

2022 · ACTIVE
ENTERTAINMENT

Bench Warmers Sports Bar

Hospitality · Rosebank · 15+ events monthly

Sports entertainment destination delivering world-class viewing experiences and community events, with an owned merchandise line extending the brand beyond the venue.

2021 · ACTIVE
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SECTION · 04 · THE CONTINENT 04 / 04

Why now.

Africa is the youngest, fastest-urbanising continent on earth. The institutions that will shape its next century are being built today.

1.5B
People · 2026
60%
Population under 25
615M+
Mobile subscribers

Sources: UN World Population Prospects (2026 estimate); African Union / World Economic Forum (population under 25); GSMA Mobile Economy Africa 2025 (unique mobile subscribers).

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