Sankofa is an Akan word meaning "go back and get it" — the wisdom of learning from the past to build a better future. This fund applies that principle to investing: understanding the deep roots of markets to identify their greatest growth opportunities.
Request ProspectusThe Sankofa Emerging Markets fund seeks high-growth opportunities across Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia and Latin America — regions where economic growth is outpacing the developed world and where our on-the-ground relationships give us genuine informational advantages.
We invest in businesses that are building the infrastructure, financial systems and consumer economies of tomorrow. These are not speculative bets — they are patient investments in the inevitable growth of the global south.
Africa alone has a combined GDP of $3.1 trillion, a median age of 19, and urbanisation rates that dwarf any other region. The businesses that capture this growth will be among the defining companies of the next century.
Our Accra-based team has spent decades building relationships with entrepreneurs, governments and institutions across the continent. We see deals that never reach international investors. We understand risks that no satellite view can quantify.