Maris Capital

Maris is a diversified investment holding company focused on responsible, long-term growth in Africa. Its management team has run businesses in difficult operating environments, from Angola to Afghanistan, and says it keeps a presence on the ground.

What Maris offers

• Agriculture and forestry: including a coffee programme run through Equatoria Teak Company.
• Renewable energy: a commercial and industrial solar business in East Africa, of which a majority stake was later sold.
• Services: business services and mobility, including an electric vehicle brand in East Africa.
• Property: real estate holdings within the portfolio.
• Gold: a mining division, named as Mopani Gold on the site.
• Turnaround work: moving proven business models into new markets and improving existing companies that need better management.

Clients

The group operates through five divisions in twelve countries across East and Southern Africa. It says its footprint balances steadier economies with more volatile, commodity-dependent frontier markets.

Key facts

• Offices: London, Nairobi and Maputo
• Countries: twelve, in East and Southern Africa
• Divisions: five
• Funding partner: Proparco, a French development finance institution, backed its expansion