Ethos Private Equity

Ethos Private Equity, founded in 1984 and based in Illovo, South Africa, is a prominent private equity firm that has played a pioneering role in the South African market. With a focus on long-term investments, Ethos targets medium-to-large businesses across various sectors, including financial services, healthcare, agriculture, food, manufacturing, mining, information technology, telecommunications, electronics, retail, logistics, construction, and transportation. The firm has successfully invested in over 100 companies, leveraging extensive local networks and international reach to achieve consistent outperformance relative to the stock market. Ethos is independently owned and managed, ensuring that the interests of its investment professionals are aligned with those of its stakeholders. The firm is actively investing from its sixth fund, which represents one of the largest pools of third-party capital in Africa.

Bill Ashmore

Partner

Mark Bell

Partner

Garry Boyd

Partner

Ngalaah Chuphi

Partner

Arshad Essa

Partner, Mid Market

Stuart MacKenzie

CEO

Horisane Marivate

Principal, Value Add

James Newman

Partner, Large Equity Funds

Nadine Rechenberg

Partner

Jos Van Zyl

COO, Partner and Board Member

Past deals in Zambia

Kamoso Africa

Private Equity Round in 2017
Kamoso Distribution provides consumer goods and medical supplies. Kamoso is a manufacturer and supplier of consumer goods and healthcare products to retailers in Botswana, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The Company operates from facilities in Botswana and South Africa.

IHS Towers

Private Equity Round in 2011
IHS Towers is an independent owner, operator and developer of shared telecommunications infrastructure, focused on towers, that serves mobile network operators delivering wireless voice and data services in emerging markets. It owns and operates more than 40,000 towers across markets in Africa, the Middle East and Latin America, including Nigeria, Brazil, Colombia, Egypt and South Africa, among others. The company’s geographic footprint encompasses Nigeria, Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, and Latin America, with the majority of revenue generated in Nigeria.
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