East Africa Private Equity & Venture Capital Association

the east african private equity and venture capital association (“eavca”) was founded in 2013 to represent the private equity industry in east africa and provide a voice for industry players to raise awareness and engage on regional policy matters. the association will offer training with more localized content, targeting more junior team members, furthermore offering networking opportunities as well as seeking to capture industry data and statistics. the firm was founded by abraaj, actis, afrinvest, catalyst principal partners, centum, fanisi capital and tbl mirror fund. eavca is seeking to bridge the knowledge gap between the public and private sector on the importance of the asset class and the impact the nascent industry can have on growing enterprises and the development of our economies. “eavca will provide authoritative knowledge and information critical to its members and to drive the development of the industry in east africa’s nascent private equity market”