The businesses we hold.

Five operating companies spanning commodity trading, textile manufacturing, food production, real estate and fintech.

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Partners and affiliations

A United Nations Global Compact participant since 2024.

  • UN Global Compact
  • 24H+ Authority
  • Opportunity International Savings and Loans
  • Africa International Design Awards
  • World Economic Forum
  • UN UNCTAD
  • UN Environment Programme
  • UNDP
  • ARCH Global
  • ITC Ethical Fashion Initiative
  • Aquila
  • Global Compact Network Ghana
Cotton processing machinery
Processing at origin.

Commodity trading

Stallion Africa Trading

Stallion Africa Trading is ACP’s commodity trading arm. We buy and sell agricultural commodities and FMCG goods, connecting global suppliers with local buyers, using trade finance facilities from specialists in African and global commodity and trade financing.

Status
Operating across six markets
  • Sourcing and purchasing
  • Processing and storage
  • Shipping and delivery
  • Trade finance and risk structuring
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Weaver working at a traditional loom
Weaving, from fibre to finished cloth.

Textile manufacturing

Black Heritage Textile Group

Black Heritage Textile Group builds integrated textile manufacturing in Ghana, from fibre through to finished fabric. The group is developing a textile village that brings spinning, weaving, dyeing and garment production onto a single site.

Status
100-acre textile village site at Asutuare, with the 24-Hour Authority. Currently in feasibility and fundraising.
  • Integrated textile production
  • Sustainable processing
  • Skills and local employment
  • Supply to regional garment makers
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Cocoa farmers carrying freshly harvested pods
Cocoa at origin.

Food manufacturing

Cocoafric

Cocoafric moves Ghanaian cocoa further up the value chain, manufacturing finished fine chocolate at origin rather than exporting raw beans. The business links farmer supply directly to processing and branded production.

Status
Seeking EUR 24M in Phase 1 funding.
  • Origin processing
  • Fine-chocolate manufacturing
  • Farmer supply relationships
  • Branded export
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Airport City development in Accra
Accra’s Airport City district.

Real estate development

Heightsbridge Real Estate

Heightsbridge Real Estate develops residential and hospitality property in Accra, taking projects from land assembly and design through to delivery and operation.

Status
CROSSVIEW, Airport West and Edge Waters. Combined capital ask over USD 14M.
  • Residential development
  • Hospitality assets
  • Project delivery
  • Asset management
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Business meeting in progress
Matching entrepreneurs with funders.

Fintech platform

Agoo

Agoo is a fintech platform that matches entrepreneurs with the funders best suited to back them. It replaces scattered, informal introductions with a structured route from business profile to funding conversation.

Status
First funder in place: Opportunity International Savings & Loans.
  • Entrepreneur profiling
  • Funder matching
  • Application readiness
  • Transaction support
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Where the capital is going.

Stallion Africa Trading
Operating across six markets
Black Heritage Textile Group
100-acre textile village site at Asutuare, with the 24-Hour Authority. Currently in feasibility and fundraising.
Cocoafric
Seeking EUR 24M in Phase 1 funding.
Heightsbridge Real Estate
CROSSVIEW, Airport West and Edge Waters. Combined capital ask over USD 14M.
Agoo
First funder in place: Opportunity International Savings & Loans.

Figures are current capital requirements and project status, not assets under management.

Funds & platforms.

Our fund vehicles sit alongside the operating companies, not within them.

Impact Fund for Africa VCC
The umbrella fund vehicle. A collective investment scheme licence application is in progress in Mauritius.
IFFAC Fashion
The first sub-fund, raising capital for African fashion entrepreneurs.

Investee companies.

Jendaya
Digital retail for African luxury brands.
IGrow Africa
Film and creative production, supported with the National Film Authority.

Ideas & initiatives.

Fund initiatives, creative platforms and community projects from the group’s history.

Fund initiative, announced 2021

Impact Fund for African Creatives

Addressing the financing and management-capacity needs of Africa’s creative businesses.

Announced during Paris Fashion Week in October 2021. Explore the fund’s proposition and the story behind its launch.

Explore IFFAC’s origins
Models wearing garments from AFF’s Recycle, Rework, Reuse initiative
AFF’s Recycle, Rework, Reuse. Creative work from the wider foundation community.

From the archive

Selected past transactions.

A sample of the organisations ACP has invested in and advised. Dates and status on request.

Polymateria2021
Developing and distributing biodegradable plastic products.
Taj Film Fund2019
An international fund for independent film production, in collaboration with South Africa’s film industry.
Gray Matters Capital2020
Seed capital and support for social enterprises founded by girls and women.
Green Planet2020
A fund addressing energy poverty through clean-energy solutions across Africa and beyond.
Avignon Chocolates2018
A premium chocolate brand based in Ghana.

Enterprise and opportunity.

Alongside these commercial activities, the African Fashion Foundation provides a nonprofit platform for professional development, skills and access to the creative industries.

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Offices
Accra and Mauritius, with partner offices in Abidjan, Lomé, Johannesburg, Geneva and London.