One Thousand & One Voices

AUM: $130 million

Backed entirely by industry-leading family offices, 1K1V’s investment strategy blends Africa’s favorable “top-down” macro trends with “bottom-up” opportunities to leverage our family offices’ Intellectual Capital (business know-how), Relational Capital (business relationships) and Patient Financial Capital—or “Three-Dimensional Capital,”—industry-by-industry and geography-by-geography, in every transaction, targeting higher returns, lower risk and greater job creation.

1K1V combines its seasoned investment team, deep portfolio company operational capabilities and diverse local and global networks to source, underwrite and invest in unique and proprietary opportunities. With headquarters in Cape Town, South Africa, and offices in Johannesburg, South Africa, Ebene, Mauritius and Denver, Colorado, USA, 1K1V’s team has an exceptional understanding of the African investment environment and a deep network of contacts on the continent and globally.

Areas of expertise

Consumer/retail

Agribusiness

Logistics/distribution

Manufacturing Industries

Real estate

Infrastructure investments