{"id":1818,"date":"2021-03-01T12:56:59","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T11:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.southbgroup.com\/?p=1818"},"modified":"2021-11-24T13:22:54","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T12:22:54","slug":"southbridge-investments-announces-an-innovative-joint-venture-with-charles-kie-as-a-ceo-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southbgroup.com\/fr\/southbridge-investments-announces-an-innovative-joint-venture-with-charles-kie-as-a-ceo-2\/","title":{"rendered":"SouthBridge Investments announces an innovative joint venture with Charles Ki\u00e9 as a CEO."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"x-content-band-1\" class=\"x-content-band vc first-row show-mobile\" style=\"background-color: transparent; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; position:fixed;z-index:999998;top:0;right:0; width: 100%;display:none;\"><div class=\"x-container wpb_row\"><div  class=\"x-column x-sm vc x-1-1\" style=\"text-align:center;\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" class=\"sb-close-modal sb-close-news\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"x-content-band-2\" class=\"x-content-band vc first-row hide-mobile\" style=\"background-color: transparent; padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0; position:fixed;z-index:999999;top:0;right:0;\"><div class=\"x-container wpb_row\"><div  class=\"x-column x-sm vc x-1-6\" style=\"\" ><hr  class=\"x-gap\" style=\"margin: 1px 0 0 0;\"><\/div><div  class=\"x-column x-sm vc x-2-3\" style=\"\" ><hr  class=\"x-gap\" style=\"margin: 1px 0 0 0;\"><\/div><div  class=\"x-column x-sm vc x-1-6\" style=\"\" >\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"team-close-btn sb-close-modal sb-close-news\">\n<li>close<\/li>\n<li>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"x-img x-img-none right\" style=\"width:29px;height:29px;margin: 20px !important;\/* display: inline-block; *\/\" src=\"http:\/\/www.southbgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/close-1.png\">\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"x-content-band-3\" class=\"x-content-band vc\" style=\"background-color: transparent; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;\"><div class=\"x-container wpb_row\"><div  class=\"x-column x-sm vc x-1-6\" style=\"\" ><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><div  class=\"x-column x-sm vc x-2-3\" style=\"\" ><hr  class=\"x-gap\" style=\"margin: 6.25em 0 0 0;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element sb-post-categorie\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\tInsights, News\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element sb-post-title\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h3>SouthBridge Investments announces an innovative joint venture with Charles Ki\u00e9 as a CEO.<\/h3>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element sb-post-date\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h5>mars 1, 2021<\/h5>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<hr  class=\"x-gap\" style=\"margin: 45px 0 0 0;\"><p><b><i>Mauritius, March 1st 2021 \u2013 SouthBridge Investments (SBI) and New African Capital Partners\u00a0 (NACP) are proud to announce the launch of their joint venture: SBNA.\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SBNA will act as a <\/span><b><i>\u201cpermanent capital fund\u201d <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">aiming to attract investors who take a long-term\u00a0 view on Africa. The joint venture intends to directly invest in Africa\u2019s future with long-term\u00a0 capital, focusing on FinTech, the financial sector integration, and micro and meso finance.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Charles Ki\u00e9, CEO and co-founder of New African Capital Partners, will head SBNA. His professional\u00a0 career has included top jobs at Citibank, Banque Atlantique, Ecobank and AFC (Africa Finance\u00a0 Corporation), before co-founding NACP in October 2018 with Paulo Gomes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The financial sector remains critically important to the continent\u2019s development. Long-term\u00a0 capital, modernization, and investor commitment are key to the transformation of one of the\u00a0 world\u2019s most promising banking markets.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With a substantial rate of return, the financial sector is set to attract more flows and generate\u00a0 many more opportunities. In this particular area, SBNA wishes to focus on digitalization, inclusion\u00a0 and sustainable finance. Efficiency and technology are expected to open the banking system to\u00a0 the millions of people who deserve and need it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To fulfill these goals, SBNA brings together African know-how, strong financial, banking and\u00a0 technology skills, experience and knowledge. The joint venture will leverage this outstanding\u00a0 human capital and market knowledge to be a truly pan-African endeavor dedicated to Africa\u2019s\u00a0 growth and integration.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SouthBridge Investments (SBI) is the investment arm of SouthBridge Group. It was incorporated\u00a0 in 2020 and represents a major commitment to invest directly in Africa\u2019s future. SBI will focus\u00a0 particularly on asset management and fund management in the areas of finance, manufacturing\u00a0 and industry, SMEs, with a particular impact on women entrepreneurship, sustainable\u00a0 development and green business.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Senior Partner Dr. Frannie L\u00e9autier heads SouthBridge Investments as its CEO. She has previously\u00a0 held senior leadership roles in prestigious international organizations such as the World Bank,\u00a0 African Development Bank and Trade and Development Bank.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>This joint venture, SBNA, is a milestone for SouthBridge and NACP in their goal of deploying\u00a0 ambitious investment structures dedicated to Africa. <\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<hr  class=\"x-gap\" style=\"margin: 100px 0 0 0;\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #11283d;\">Share this article<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div  class=\"x-column x-sm vc x-1-6\" style=\"\" ><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>close \u00a0 Insights, News SouthBridge Investments announces an innovative joint venture with Charles Ki\u00e9 as a CEO. mars 1, 2021 Mauritius, March 1st 2021 \u2013 SouthBridge Investments (SBI) and New African Capital Partners\u00a0 (NACP) are proud to announce the launch of their joint venture: SBNA.\u00a0 SBNA will act as a \u201cpermanent capital fund\u201d aiming to attract investors who take a &#8230; <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southbgroup.com\/fr\/southbridge-investments-announces-an-innovative-joint-venture-with-charles-kie-as-a-ceo-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">En savoir plus<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":1819,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","rs_blank_template":"","rs_page_bg_color":"","slide_template_v7":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-insights","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southbgroup.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southbgroup.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southbgroup.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southbgroup.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southbgroup.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1818"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.southbgroup.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1840,"href":"https:\/\/www.southbgroup.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1818\/revisions\/1840"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southbgroup.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southbgroup.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southbgroup.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southbgroup.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}