Zephyr Management is a venture capital and private equity firm focused on middle-market and growth investments, including venture, growth equity, buyouts, and turnaround opportunities. It provides capital to small and medium enterprises across sectors such as financial services, business services, manufacturing, education, logistics, agriculture and food, packaging, telecommunications, distribution, environmental and facilities services, travel and publishing, healthcare, and consumer products. The firm typically takes both majority and minority stakes in companies with revenues roughly $30 million to $300 million and EBITDA between $2 million and $50 million, investing from about $0.2 million up to $75 million per deal. It targets opportunities in emerging markets and globally, with offices in New York, Bangalore, Nairobi, London, Mexico City, and the Cayman Islands.

Proparco is a Paris-based organization established in 1977 that specializes in providing private sector funding for sustainable development initiatives. It focuses on financing and supporting companies and financial institutions across Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. Proparco targets key development sectors, including infrastructure—especially renewable energy—agriculture, financial institutions, health, and education. The organization aims to enhance the role of private entities in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) established by the international community in 2015. By financing projects that create jobs, provide essential goods and services, and combat climate change, Proparco contributes to sustainable economic growth and development. Its financing solutions include loans, guarantees, equity, and quasi-equity options tailored to the needs of the private sector.

One Thousand & One Voices is a Cape Town-based private equity firm founded in 2013, focused on buyout and growth equity opportunities in Africa and North America. It partners with long-term investors, including leading families and family offices, and aims to create value through patient, relationship-driven capital that supports portfolio companies across Sub-Saharan markets to achieve growth and transformative exits.

Established in 1990, Norsad Finance is a development finance company that provides long-term funding for start-up/greenfield and expansion investments in Africa. It offers debt financing through various instruments, including senior debt, subordinated debt, income participation loans, convertible loans, and equity finance structures. The company also engages in co-financing with other institutions.

The World Bank Group is an international organization that provides financial and technical assistance to low- and middle-income countries. Established in 1944, it consists of five institutions and has over 10,000 employees across more than 120 offices worldwide. The group offers low-interest loans, grants, and interest-free credits to support development projects in areas such as education, health, infrastructure, and environmental management. It also provides analytical and advisory services, guarantees and risk management products, and invests in businesses and governments. The World Bank Group's mission is to reduce poverty and support development by promoting sustainable growth and shared prosperity in developing countries.

Public Investment Corporation is a government-owned investment management company based in Pretoria, South Africa, focused on managing investments for the public sector. It serves pension funds and other nationally critical funds, including the Government Employees Pension Fund and various social security, development, and guardian funds. The firm uses a mix of internal and external fund managers to deploy capital and is governed by a board of directors. While owned by the government, it operates in a manner comparable with private-sector asset managers and is one of the largest investment managers in Africa.

Canopy Growth is a diversified cannabis and cannabinoid product company that develops and sells medical and recreational cannabis and hemp products. It offers a broad range of consumer formats, including dried flower, oil, softgel capsules, infused beverages, edibles, topicals, and vaporizer devices in partnership with Storz & Bickel. The company owns and markets several brands such as Doja, LivRelief, Ace Valley, and Deep Space, and operates through segments covering Canada cannabis, international markets cannabis, and hardware through Storz & Bickel. Canopy Growth focuses on leveraging consumer insights and product innovation to expand access to cannabis and cannabinoid-based products in regulated markets.

Stellantis Ventures invests in early and later-stage startups developing cutting-edge technologies for the automotive and mobility sectors, focusing on sustainability.

Established in 2016, Value Capital Partners is an investment company that acquires minority stakes in publicly traded firms, becoming an engaged shareholder to maximize returns for all stakeholders. The company aims to address the inefficiencies arising from fragmented ownership and absentee shareholders by providing considered, forceful ownership.

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.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is committed to providing assistance to the world's poorest and most vulnerable populations. This agency reflects a longstanding American tradition of humanitarian support, which aligns with both U.S. foreign policy interests and the values of compassion and human dignity. USAID aims to foster sustainable development and improve living conditions in struggling communities globally. Its mission signifies a collective American responsibility to aid those in need, promoting a vision where such assistance is no longer required. Through various programs and initiatives, USAID seeks to create lasting impacts that enhance the quality of life and empower individuals to build better futures.

The Supreme Cannabis Company is a Canadian enterprise that cultivates, processes, and distributes medical and recreational cannabis. Its product range serves recreational, medical, and wellness markets, and it markets through brands such as BlissCo, Truverra, 7ACRES, Sugarleaf, and Hiway.

Allan Gray Limited is a privately owned investment management company based in Cape Town, South Africa, with additional offices in Johannesburg. Founded in 1974, the firm focuses on generating long-term wealth for its clients, which include individuals, retirement funds, insurers, trusts, companies, and foundations. Allan Gray manages separate client-focused portfolios in equity, fixed income, and balanced investments, as well as mutual funds. The firm's investment strategy emphasizes value stocks and employs fundamental analysis with a bottom-up stock picking approach. In addition to public equity and fixed income markets, Allan Gray also invests in derivatives, commodities, and property, utilizing in-house research to inform its decisions. The firm benchmarks its portfolio performance against several global indices, ensuring a comprehensive evaluation of its investment outcomes.

The Coca-Cola Company is a prominent beverage company that focuses on the marketing, manufacturing, and sale of a diverse range of beverages. Its product portfolio includes sparkling soft drinks, water, sports drinks, juices, dairy products, plant-based beverages, and tea and coffee. In addition to finished beverages, the company supplies beverage concentrates, syrups, flavoring ingredients, sweeteners, and fountain syrups, as well as powders for purified water products. The Coca-Cola Company's commitment to providing refreshing and well-packaged drinks is central to its operations, catering to a broad consumer base.

ORBCOMM is a provider of Internet of Things and machine-to-machine solutions for asset tracking, monitoring, and control across transportation, logistics, heavy equipment, industrial fixed assets, oil and gas, and maritime sectors. The company offers a comprehensive suite of hardware, connectivity, device management, and analytics, leveraging its own low Earth orbit satellite constellation, ground infrastructure, and cellular networks to enable remote visibility and control of assets such as trailers, trucks, railcars, containers, generators, and maritime vessels. It provides fleet management, in-cab and remote monitoring, and specialized services for cold chain and dry transport under brands like ReeferTrak, GenTrak, GlobalTrak, and CargoWatch, along with AIS data services for vessel tracking and maritime safety. ORBCOMM markets its solutions directly to original equipment manufacturers, government customers, and end-users, and also through partners, including channel partners and resellers, and it collaborates with third-party satellite providers for additional service options and with Inmarsat for expanded bandwidth. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Rochelle Park, New Jersey, the company aims to deliver visibility and operational efficiency across global assets.

Paragon Diamonds operates as a diamond production and distribution company focused on producing high-value diamonds and supporting sales activities across the value chain, from manufacturing to wholesale and retail distribution.

Founded in 1845, Old Mutual is a multinational financial services group headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa. It offers a wide range of products including life insurance, asset management, banking, property and casualty insurance services to retail and corporate customers across Africa, Europe, the Americas, and Asia.

Founded in 2007 by pioneers of African investment, Development Partners International is a leading Pan-African private equity firm with over US$1.1bn under management across two funds. With a team boasting over 100 years of aggregate African investment experience, DPI has invested in 19 portfolio companies operating across 27 countries.