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Admaius Capital Partners’ How we approach
commitments ESG and impact
Foreword from our Managing Partner
We believe good quality
healthcare, education
and financial inclusion
are powerful drivers of
social and economic
transformation as well
as powerful forces
of equalisation.
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Our portfolio
Admaius Capital Partners is and economic transformation as well as newly found inclusion is a multiplier and
thrilled to share with you its powerful forces of equalisation. The gaps accelerator of economic growth, through
inaugural integrated ESG and that need to be addressed are significant. offering opportunities for trade and
impact report. Higher education enrolment rates in entrepreneurship. MFS enabled ~$6 billion
Africa are shy of 10% vs. a global average worth of transactions in 2022 alone.
Admaius Capital Partners is thrilled to of 40%. According to the World Bank, the
share with you its inaugural integrated average healthcare spend per capita in Most forecasts agree that Africa’s
ESG and impact report. At the time of Africa is around $128 vs. $4000 in OECD population will reach 2.5 billion by 2050.
issuing this report, Admaius will have just countries. More crucially, penetration of Combined with increasing living standards
begun its first PRI reporting cycle, having financial services of any kind (including and purchasing power, this demographic
been a signatory since inception. As the mobile wallets) in Africa is still below 50% trend will put significant demands on
UN board gears up for its 2023 meeting to vs. a global average of 76%. Addressing already strained natural resources. If the
review achievement of the SDG goals, the the gaps in these essential services will continent is to sustain this increasingly
world economy has been experiencing not only improve lives durably but also growing and prosperous population,
unprecedented and wide-ranging contribute to reducing inequality within we need to start laying the grounds of
economic, social and climate challenges. African countries, as well as between Africa sustainable production and consumption
From once in-a-generation droughts in and rest of the world. from today. Power Brands, our second
Africa, unprecedented wildfires, soaring investment in a leading portfolio of
interest rates, a global cost of food At Admaius, with our decades-long snack and soft drinks brands, takes these
crisis and looming emerging markets investment experience, headquartered in challenges very seriously. That is why,
sovereign debt crisis. Today’s environment Kigali with a presence in five regional hubs together with a fully aligned founder and
is a stark reminder that, where policy in Africa, we are fortunate to be uniquely CEO, we are committing to a road map
makers around the globe are not acting positioned to act on these gaps. We of ambitious targets in terms of water
continue to meet daily with outstanding
preservation, carbon footprint reduction,
fast enough, responsible capital has a businesses lead by outstanding packaging reduction, recycling and
critical role to play in addressing today’s
challenges and ensuring we handover entrepreneurs that are innovating and nutrition initiatives.
working hard to address these gaps in
a liveable and prosperous planet for education, financial services, healthcare, We are truly excited by the opportunity
generations to come.
we have to deploy capital responsibly in
Since inception, Admaius Capital Partners and consumer goods. Nowhere is this our core markets, partnering with leading
more visible than with our first investment
has made a commitment to being an in 2022, MFS Africa. This pan African founders and entrepreneurs to build the
great businesses of tomorrow. We look
impact-aligned investor focusing its digital payments platform operating in forward to working collectively with our
40+ African countries and connecting
actions around creating economic growth,
supporting gender equality, access to nearly 400 million mobile wallets is Investors and Stakeholders to achieve our
impact and sustainability ambitions.
fostering greater financial and digital
healthcare and education, financial inclusion amongst a vast population of
inclusion and responsible consumption
/ production. We believe good quality underserved SMEs and individuals, nearly Marlon Chigwende
on behalf of Admaius Capital Partners
healthcare, education and financial half of which are women. Their customers’
inclusion are powerful drivers of social