"Overview
Injaro Agricultural
Capital Holdings Ltd. (Injaro) has been established with the aim of
carrying out investment activities for advancing the social objectives
of alleviating poverty and revitalizing distressed regions in West
Africa. Injaro makes investments in debt, quasi-equity, and equity in
small-and medium-sized enterprises along the agricultural value chain in
designated countries of West Africa. The agriculture value chain
encompasses the full range of activities and participants involved in
moving agricultural products from input suppliers to farmers' fields,
and ultimately, to consumers' tables. The countries Injaro is focusing
on are Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Niger
and Sierra Leone.
Injaro is derived from Kilimanjaro which in Swahili means ''Mountain
of Greatness." We believe in the greatness of the African
entrepreneurial spirit and in the ability of African entrepreneurs to
build successful businesses that make a difference in the lives of the
communities in which they operate.
Injaro is a private company formed under the laws of Mauritius and it
is created as part of a merger and restructuring of two existing funds:
* West Africa
Agricultural Investment Fund ("WAAIF"), a Mauritius domiciled fund
created with the objective of investing in companies that produce and
* distribute seeds to smallholder farmers, and
* West Africa
SME Growth Fund ("WASGF"), a Mauritius domiciled fund created with the
investment objective of investing in small and medium sized business in
the region.
Both WAAIF and WASGF were private equity funds promoted and managed
by Injaro Investments Limited ("IIL"). IIL was established in 2009 as an
impact-oriented fund manager primarily focused on opportunities in West
Africa. In addition to providing access to finance, Injaro will
actively provide sound business advice as well as technical assistance
to build managerial and financial capacity within investee companies...."
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