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Advancing African economies and building future generations of business leaders.

Open Capital is a management consulting and financial advisory firm that drives growth, enables investment, and builds markets across Africa...

Innovation Spotlight

VentureBuilder is pioneering a new model to support & scale African-owned & managed SHS distributors.

Talent to Transform Africa (TTA)

VentureBuilder is pioneering a new model to support & scale African-owned & managed SHS distributors.

Our team brings deep experience from hundreds of engagements across Africa, supporting a range of clients from local SMEs, to Fortune 100 companies.

Our Analyst program launches high-growth career paths through a unique combination of intensive professional training and diverse business experience.

Open Capital announces Nathalie Gogue Ebo as new Partner

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OCA Announces New Principal

22 / Sep / 2023
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MCE Social Capital – Applied Blended Finance in Africa: MCE’s Empowering Sustainable Agriculture ‘MESA’ Fund

20 / Sep / 2023
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OCA Staff Features: Meet Aditya Shah – Project Leader

26 / Jul / 2023
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Investment readiness: Top 3 preparation steps for fundraising

21 / Jul / 2023
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OCA advises Sun King on its landmark $130M securitization, the first of its kind in Kenya

6 / Jul / 2023
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Access to finance to scale clean cooking technology solutions.

29 / Jun / 2023
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Open Capital announces Reza Fazel as new Associate Partner

27 / Jun / 2023
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OCA Impact Stories: ReelFruit

19 / Jun / 2023
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Open Capital announces Nathalie Gogue Ebo as new Partner

19 / Jun / 2023
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OCA receives MFA Activity Award

7 / Jun / 2023
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Moving Mountains: Lighting up Africa’s last mile

26 / May / 2023
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How can and – when should – SMEs access the carbon credit market? – Exploring opportunities for financing through carbon credits

26 / May / 2023
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Impact SME Development Program for Kenyan SMEs

11 / May / 2023
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International Earth Day 2023

26 / Apr / 2023
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Unlocking Green Investment and Creating Climate Resilience for Kenya’s Secondary Municipalities

25 / Apr / 2023
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En savoir plus sur notre travail en Afrique Francophone

14 / Mar / 2023
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Hear from our team on our priority areas

14 / Mar / 2023
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OCA announces new Associate Partner

14 / Feb / 2023
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Open Capital announces new Principal

9 / Feb / 2023
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OCA Impact Report 2022: Advancing African economies, building generations of leaders

20 / Jan / 2023
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OCA announces new Principal

17 / Jan / 2023
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C3 Report: Scaling impact of agricultural and healthcare SGBs in SSA through catalytic debt

9 / Jan / 2023
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Open Capital affirms it’s commitment to combating trafficking in persons

19 / Dec / 2022
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Invest2Impact, Supporting African Women Entrepreneurs: A Summary Report

16 / Dec / 2022
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Open Capital partners with SNV to implement EEP Africa activities

13 / Oct / 2022
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After two years of COVID set-backs, can we still achieve electricity access for all?

7 / Oct / 2022
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Press Release: 70 Million People Gained Energy via Off-Grid Solar Despite COVID – New Report Shows

7 / Oct / 2022
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70 Million People Gained Energy via Off-Grid Solar Despite COVID – Finds the Off-Grid Solar Market Trends Report 2022: State of the Sector

7 / Oct / 2022
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Open Capital advises Turaco on a $10M Series A raise

16 / Sep / 2022
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Business Development Support for Ugandan SMEs

9 / Sep / 2022
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OCA Impact Stories: Access to finance to scale off-grid solar to low-income households

10 / Aug / 2022
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OCA Impact Stories: Ovos De Ouro

14 / Jul / 2022
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OCA announces new Head of People

20 / Jun / 2022
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Business Development Support program for Kenyan SMEs

29 / Mar / 2022
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OCA launches Advance, a membership program to improve talent management for African businesses.

29 / Mar / 2022
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Moving the needle on increased capital flows to women led businesses. #IWD 2022 #BreakTheBias

8 / Mar / 2022
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OCA announces new Principal

8 / Mar / 2022
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Open Capital advises AgDevCo on the sale of BFC

19 / Jan / 2022
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Open Capital wins Private Equity Africa Award

10 / Jan / 2022
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Victory Farms wins EAVCA’s Small Cap Deal Award

10 / Jan / 2022
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Catalyzing Gender Lens Investment

16 / Dec / 2021
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OCA Impact Stories: PesaKit

30 / Nov / 2021
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How G7 DFIs Are Enhancing the Growth of Africa’s Women Entrepreneurs

19 / Nov / 2021
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Podcasts

Talent Management in African SGBs

16 / Nov / 2021
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OCA advises Opibus on new $7.5M fundraise, one of Sub-Saharan Africa’s Largest Raises In Electric Mobility

5 / Nov / 2021
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OCA Impact Report 2021: Celebrating 1000 Engagements!

3 / Nov / 2021
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About Talent Diagnostic and how it addresses 3 key challenges SMEs face with talent development

21 / Oct / 2021
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OCA Receives Support from the Catalytic Capital Consortium’s Grantmaking Program

15 / Oct / 2021
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Making Agricultural Markets Work For Nutrition Project

9 / Aug / 2021
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Results-Based Financing (RBF) In Energy

13 / Jul / 2021
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OCA Impact Stories: AIfluence

9 / Jul / 2021
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Meet Kerry Nasidai – OCA Project Leader

14 / Jun / 2021
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OCA Impact Stories: Xpose Ltd

11 / Jun / 2021
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OCA Impact Stories: Rabboni Group

8 / Jun / 2021
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Podcasts

Private Sector Engagement with Refugee Communities

3 / Jun / 2021
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Impact of Tax Incentives on Access to Stand-Alone Solar

24 / May / 2021
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Open Capital Expands Senior Leadership Team & Elects New Partner

11 / May / 2021
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Mobilizing Capital for Ghanaian Businesses

6 / May / 2021
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Climate Impact Payments Platform (CLIPP)

4 / May / 2021
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Hiring for Equity

28 / Apr / 2021
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Podcasts

What does investment readiness mean?

22 / Apr / 2021
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OCA Impact Stories: 254 Brewing & Global Slacker

13 / Apr / 2021
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Meet Ann Munyua – OCA Project Leader

7 / Apr / 2021
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Podcasts

The Importance of Gender Lens Investment & Support Strategies for Africa

18 / Mar / 2021
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Introducing OCA Africa Insights Podcast

3 / Mar / 2021
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Standalone Solar Investment Map – Sierra Leone

23 / Feb / 2021
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Standalone Solar Investment Map – Nigeria

23 / Feb / 2021
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Business Development Support for Ugandan SMEs

12 / Feb / 2021
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Talent to Transform Africa (TTA)

3 / Feb / 2021
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Urban Sanitation Market Overview: Opportunity mapping for private sector investment in India and Kenya’s urban sanitation markets

29 / Jan / 2021
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Release: French and Canadian development finance institutions launch capacity-building project for women entrepreneurs to help respond to the COVID-19 pandemic

28 / Jan / 2021
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Making Agricultural Markets Work for Nutrition Project

18 / Jan / 2021
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OCA’s Theory of Change

11 / Jan / 2021
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OCA Impact Stories: Deevabits Green Energy

26 / Nov / 2020
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Social Enterprises as Job Creators in Africa

25 / Nov / 2020
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Open Capital advises Turaco, Kenya’s leading insurtech startup, on a $2M equity deal led by Novastar

24 / Nov / 2020
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Open Capital advises Victory Farms on new convertible loan from DOB Equity

19 / Nov / 2020
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OCA Impact Stories: Safe Spaces

18 / Nov / 2020
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OCA Impact Stories: Komaza

4 / Nov / 2020
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Access to Consumer Finance for Vulnerable Groups: One Size Doesn’t Fit All

2 / Nov / 2020
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OCA Impact Stories: Rainsun Nuts

27 / Oct / 2020
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OCA Impact Report 2020

21 / Oct / 2020
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OCA Serves As Lead Advisor To Greenlight Planet On $90M Capital Raise

9 / Oct / 2020
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Demand-Side Subsidies in Off-Grid Solar

10 / Sep / 2020
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Open Capital Supports UN Global Compact

18 / Aug / 2020
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Open Capital welcomes Tibor Almássy as Head of Capital Markets

29 / May / 2020
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Strategic Rapid-Access Analytical Support For Organizational Leaders Through COVID-19

20 / May / 2020
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Enabling career advancement for women in Kenya

3 / Mar / 2020
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Off-Grid Solar Market Trends Report 2020

19 / Feb / 2020
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OCA shares new learnings on “missing middle” investing in Africa

7 / Feb / 2020
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Developing Due Diligence Tools To Target Africa’s “Missing Middle” SGBs

13 / Dec / 2019
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Developing Due Diligence Tools To Target Africa’s “Missing Middle” SGBs

21 / Nov / 2019
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Oxfam & OCA workshop on Enterpreneurial Challenges

21 / Nov / 2019
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Top 3 Factors To Consider Before Fundraising

21 / Nov / 2019
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FSD Kenya engages Open Capital to map the Kenyan fintech market and identify how to drive innovation

21 / Nov / 2019
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Lighting The Way: Roadmap To Exits In Off-Grid Energy

14 / Oct / 2019
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Partnering to provide Ugandan SMEs with Business Development

21 / May / 2019
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Celebrating 500 Engagements!

12 / Apr / 2019
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2019 Annual Update

27 / Mar / 2019
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Top 3 Factors To Consider Before Fundraising

12 / Nov / 2018
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Introducing VentureBuilder: A New Approach To Scaling Off-Grid Energy Access in Africa

15 / Oct / 2018
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FSD Kenya engages Open Capital to map the Kenyan fintech market and identify how to drive innovation

9 / Jul / 2018
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Reflections from Women’s Entrepreneurship Panel

6 / Apr / 2018
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OCA Insights from Supporting SGBs

31 / Jan / 2018
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Learnings from USAID PACE

1 / Jan / 2018
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OCA Talent workshop

4 / Dec / 2017
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Oxfam & OCA workshop on Enterpreneurial Challenges

4 / Dec / 2017
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MBA Fellow Reflections: Megan Kearns

22 / Aug / 2017
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Business Analyst Training Reflections

25 / Jul / 2017
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Open Capital begins work with USAID East Africa Trade and Investment Hub

2 / Dec / 2016
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Project Leader at Open Capital helps judge startup competition

17 / Oct / 2016
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OCA Partner receives ANDE Member of the Year award

3 / Oct / 2016
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Open Capital opens new office in Kampala, Uganda

29 / Jul / 2016
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Open Capital Winner of Argidius-ANDE Talent Challenge

28 / Jul / 2016
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OCA welcomes 3 new Project Leaders

27 / Jul / 2016
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Open Capital welcomes 6th class of Business Analysts

27 / Jul / 2016
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Economist: African entrepreneurs; Opportunities galore

22 / Jul / 2016
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Open Capital offers advice to scaling social enterprises

12 / Jan / 2016
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Open Capital cited in Devex article

4 / Sep / 2015
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GIIN and Open Capital impact investing report cited in Kenya Business Daily

17 / Aug / 2015
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The GIIN and Open Capital launch landscape report on impact investing in East Africa

29 / Jul / 2015
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Open Capital Welcomes its Fourth Class of Business Analysts

12 / Nov / 2014
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Open Capital, USAID and Four Investor Partners Launch Investment Readiness Program

8 / Oct / 2014
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Open Capital speaks at OAF’s Social Enterprise Happy Hour

11 / Aug / 2014
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ODI publishes report on social enterprises including evidence from Open Capital

11 / Aug / 2014
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OCA serves on Sankalp’s Grand Jury

15 / May / 2014
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Open Capital partners with SAP through social enterprise program

15 / May / 2014
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OCA featured in Bloomberg Businessweek

15 / May / 2014
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Open Capital’s work with Honey Care profiled by ANDE

28 / Sep / 2013
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OCA launches research on Kenya’s rapidly growing healthcare sector

19 / Aug / 2013
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New report on supporting early-stage businesses

10 / Mar / 2013
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Open Capital joins Investor Forum at Convergence Africa

8 / Dec / 2012
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OCA fellowship program

22 / Jul / 2012
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Africa Human Development Report calls for focus on agriculture

5 / Jun / 2012
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Open Capital speaks at global conference for SMEs

24 / May / 2012
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Open Capital invited to US Trade Roundtable

24 / May / 2012
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Op-Ed published on investing in Africa

24 / Mar / 2012
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Open Capital joins ANDE

1 / Nov / 2011
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Open Capital announces partnership with iHub

17 / May / 2011
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J.P. Morgan Declares Impact Investments a New Asset Class

11 / Feb / 2011
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World Banks says Kenya at a Tipping Point for Robust Growth

11 / Feb / 2011
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OCA’s Kellen Murungi on ICT Board’s Tech Ideas Funding Challenge

21 / Nov / 2010
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Advancing African economies and building future generations of business leaders.

Open Capital is a management consulting and financial advisory firm that drives growth, enables investment, and builds markets across Africa...

Innovation Spotlight VentureBuilder is pioneering a new model to support & scale African-owned & managed SHS distributors.

VentureBuilder is pioneering a new model to support & scale African-owned & managed SHS distributors.

Advancing African economies and building future generations of business leaders.

Our team brings deep experience from hundreds of engagements across Africa, supporting a range of clients from local SMEs, to Fortune 100 companies.

Advancing African economies and building future generations of business leaders.

Our Analyst program launches high-growth career paths through a unique combination of intensive professional training and diverse business experience.

Resources

Open Capital announces Nathalie Gogue Ebo as new Partner

Innovation Spotlight

VentureBuilder is pioneering a new model to support & scale African-owned & managed SHS distributors.