FSD Africa Investments
fsdafrica.org Direct + LP
FSD Africa Investments (FSDAi) is the investment arm of FSD Africa, a UK-backed development agency. It provides early-stage, risk-bearing, catalytic and patient capital to innovative commercial organisations to stimulate capital flows in support of green economic growth in Africa.
FSD Africa Investments is an investor headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, founded in 2017. It invests both directly in companies and in funds as a limited partner, from pre-seed to Series B, in financial systems, green economy, renewable energy and climate adaptation. £309 million under management and 21 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“We invest to build Africa’s economic resilience by strengthening its financial systems”
— FSD Africa Investments, own website
- Layer
- Direct + LP
- Type
- Other
- Invests in
- Africa, SSA, Pan-African, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, East Africa, West Africa, Southern Africa, Zambia
- Sectors
- financial systems, green economy, renewable energy, climate adaptation, carbon markets, small and growing businesses, women's empowerment, insurance
- Founded
- 2017
- Assets under management
- £309 million
- Portfolio
- 21 companies
Team, as FSD Africa Investments publishes it
- Anne-Marie Chidzero Chief Investment Officer, Investments
- Stephen Macharia Principal
- Zanele Moloi Principal, Legal
- Nes Ruwo Principal, Private Capital Mobilisation
- Amos Gachuiri Principal, Financial Infrastructure
- Zee de Gersigny Principal, Early-stage ventures
- Rodney Carew Head, Portfolio Performance
- Beatrice Mubia Senior Manager, Investments
- May Yego Manager, Investments
- Joyce Waihiga Manager, Communications, FSDAi
Names and roles exactly as listed on fsdafrica.org. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page FSD Africa Investments publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://fsdafrica.org/fsdai-investments/name, is_investor, layer, type, invests_in_geographies, sectors, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page, description, founded, aum, portfolio_count, status
- https://fsdafrica.org/about-us/who-we-are/hq_country, hq_city
- https://fsdafrica.org/behind-the-investment-africas-first-dedicated-inclusive-insurance-venture-fund/stage_min, stage_max
- https://fsdafrica.org/about-us/our-team/people
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Record 7238 · added 2026-09-05 · link last verified 2026-09-06 · confidence high
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