The Opportunity
The Fund For Future African Brands (FFAB) aims to build a portfolio of consumer facing enterprises across the food, clothing, renewable energy and affordable housing sectors in Africa by realising the creative and productive power of the continent and its Diaspora.
Established as a fund with a blended finance model FFAB is, through venture capital investment, partnerships, project selection, support services and delivery of technical assistance, committed to a modern, productive, creative, dynamic and influential African culture made by Africans for Africans and the world.
My Role
To date have been providing strategy & operational support including:
Reviewing fund structure & engaging co-investors / sourcing capital
Network building & facilitating founder’s visit to Nairobi to validate model with impact funds / commercial partners & qualify initial pipeline ventures
Exploring addressable market & determining fund’s serviceable obtainable market
Establishing service contracts with commercial firms
Relocating talent from UK to East Africa
Setting up enterprise pipeline qualification process
Results
From early 2025 set to help fund:
Select early-stage startups with potential to scale
Create target-driven models & roadmaps
Establish strategic partnerships between investors, entrepreneurs, their product & creative partners
Deploy seed capital & technical assistance
Increase market access for portfolio companies
Measure social impact & return on investments
Raise follow-on funding for fund plus portfolio