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Two principals of Mirepa Investment Advisors, Samuel Yeboah and Enyonam Kakane, joined over forty other members of the Early Stage Capital Providers (ESCP) network at the annual convening organized by the Collaborative for Frontier Finance (CFF).  The convening which was held in Dar es Salaam in Tanzania brought together local capital providers (LCPs) primarily from sub-Saharan Africa and Asia.

The 2-day gathering provided peer learning opportunities for participating LCPs.  The program also provide the LCPs the chance to interact with investors including some DFIs, foundations and family offices. The convening also provided the venue for the official announcement of FSD Africa’s Investment’s £8 million investment into the Nyala Venture vehicle, a catalytic facility supporting Local Capital Providers to finance Small and Growing Businesses in sub-Saharan Africa.

This convening was the second in-person meeting organized by the CFF since its inception.  The 2021 convening was held virtually due to covid-19 restrictions. Both Enyonam and Samuel are part of different working groups of the ESCP, with Samuel being a recent member of the network’s steering group, a role he played for 2 years.

Mirepa Investment Advisors (MIA) received approval for its Investment Advisory (IA) License from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Ghana this past month.  The license was issued by the regulator to MIA specifically to carry out the business of managing private equity and venture capital funds.

The IA license is currently the first step in the regulatory process to being authorized to manage a private fund in Ghana.  The next step for MIA is to file for approval from the SEC for the respective funds it wants to manage.  The SEC license and approvals allows MIA to manage locally domiciled funds that source capital from local institutional investors such as the pension funds.

Mirepa Investment Advisors (MIA), this month, got accepted to the FMO Capital Launch program being managed by the Collaborative for Frontier Finance (CFF).  The program selected 10 local capital providers (LCPs), emerging fund management teams raising their maiden fund.

According CFF, the program will support the cohort of fund managers through a year-long program of training, mentoring, investment readiness, and linking to investors. The objective of the program is for fund managers to be in a position to present to a select group of institutional investors with an investment-ready proposition by the end. The initiative is funded by FMO.

Mirepa’s investment team, MIA, is made of a very strong balance of principals and analysts with complimentary experience and skill set including private equity track record, enterprise development and support experience, entrepreneurial success as well as strong operations background.  The team expects this program to help it better articulate its track record and identify mission-aligned investors.

The Mirepa team welcomed Princess Marie Esienam Agbenorto. Esienam is a licensed Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) representative who will be working as an analyst with the Mirepa Investment Advisors team.  In her role, she will be primarily responsible for supporting the finance and back office operations in addition to carrying out the functions of an investment analyst.

Esienam joins the team after obtaining a dual masters degree in International Business and Business Analytics from the Hult International Business School in the UK.  She obtained her undergraduate business degree from the University of Ghana (Legon).

This month, Mirepa Investment Advisors was privileged to have two very accomplished ladies in the enterprise development and financing space join its board. Grace Anim-Yeboah and Ruka Sanusi, both share Mirepa’s mission of driving social economic gains through effective and sustainable enterprise development.

Grace is the Business Banking Director at Absa Ghana and Ruka is the Executive Director of the Ghana Climate Innovation Center. The two collectively have over 45 years experience in the banking, consulting/advisory as well as SME support and financing in Africa.