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Africa Opportunity Fund Limited

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Africa Opportunity Fund Limited

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  • Price (USD)0.65
  • Today's Change0.00 / 0.00%
  • Shares traded5.00k
  • 1 Year change+26.21%
  • Beta0.1782
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About the company

Africa Opportunity Fund Limited is a closed-end investment company. The Company’s investing objective is to achieve capital growth and income through investments in value, arbitrage, and special situations opportunities derived from the continent of Africa. The Company is focused on investing in securities issued by companies domiciled outside Africa, which conduct business activities within Africa. The Company invests in a range of asset classes, including real estate interests, equity, quasi-equity or debt instruments and debt issued by African sovereign states and government entities. It invests in various sectors, such as financial services, utilities, real estate, consumer finance, and beverages. The Company’s investments across geographic location include Ghana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Tanzania, Kenya and South Africa, among others. The Company's investment manager is Africa Opportunity Partners Limited.

  • Revenue in USD (TTM)0.00
  • Net income in USD-1.72m
  • Incorporated2007
  • Employees0.00
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Profile

Management group(s)Africa Opportunity Partners Limited
AIC sectorGlobal Emerging Markets
ISINKYG012921535
Launch date24 Jul 2007
Share typeOrdinary Share
StructureInvestment Trust
Base currencyUSD

Objective

The Company's investment objective is to earn superior returns by investing in businesses that it believes can flourish in Africa and, in doing so, aiding capital formation and the mobilisation of savings with the intention of growing wealth and productivity in Africa's economies.

Managed by

Robert Christopher Knapp, Francis Daniels

Management & contract fees

Management Fee is 0% . Performance fee will be cancelled and CarryCo limited partnership interest in the Limited Partnership will be transferred to the Company for nominal value in the last year of the Return Period, that being 2022.

Peer analysis

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Africa Opportunity Fund Limited0.00-1.72m7.45m0.00--0.7967-----0.1502-0.15020.000.81590.00-------16.522.53-16.852.55------31.69---0.27270.00------29.90------
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Institutional shareholders

0.02%Per cent of shares held by top holders
HolderShares% Held
Lazard Asset Management Ltd.as of 30 Nov 20222.14k0.02%
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