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Lessons learnt from investing in agricultural...
Created on Monday, 11 January 2021 15:03
In 2004, private equity firm Pearl Capital Partners set up African Agricultural Capital (AAC) with the ambition of stimulating investment in...
Lessons learnt from investing in East...
Created on Monday, 11 January 2021 15:00
Pearl Capital Partners is a fund manager that invests in agribusiness enterprises in East Africa. The firm has offices in Kampala, Uganda an...
Yield Uganda Investment Fund Annual Report...
Created on Thursday, 07 January 2021 14:11
The sector has however seen underperformance over recent years in comparison to other sectors within the economy due to the low level of val...
Why small farms are key to...
Created on Wednesday, 02 December 2020 08:00
Small-scale farmers and rural populations are disproportionately among the poor and hungry.
But they are also the best hope for increasing ...
Understanding the Needs for Private Equity...
Created on Wednesday, 25 November 2020 08:00
Private equity is an alternative investment class and consists of capital that is not listed on a public exchange. Private equity is compose...
How do we get capital to...
Created on Wednesday, 18 November 2020 08:00
Why does CDC care about SMEs? Formal SMEs contribute up to 40% of national income in emerging economies, according to the World Bank, yet th...
Agricultural Markets and Sustainable Development: Global...
Created on Saturday, 14 November 2020 08:00
This edition of The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets focuses on how markets can bring us closer to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sust...
AAC Fund Closure Report
Created on Friday, 30 October 2020 16:32
We thank you for your participation in the virtual launch of the African Agricultural Capital Fund Closure Report that took place yester...
Release of African Agricultural Capital closure...
Created on Thursday, 29 October 2020 11:59
Gatsby Africa, Pearl Capital Partners and Onward Resources International have released the African
Agricultural Capital (AAC) closure of fu...
Irrigation crucial in food security.
Created on Tuesday, 20 October 2020 19:34
The total area under formal irrigation in Uganda is 14,418 hectares out of an estimated 560,000 hectares with irrigation potential. In 2017,...
Microsoft partners with AGRA to support...
Created on Monday, 21 September 2020 17:00
The partnership between Microsoft and Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), enabled through the Microsoft 4Afrika initiative, wi...
Africa Agriculture Status Report focuses on...
Created on Monday, 21 September 2020 17:00
This year’s Africa Agriculture Status Report (AASR) focuses on Feeding Africa’s Cities by assessing the opportunities, challenges and polici...
Covid-19 has exposed private sector investment...
Created on Sunday, 13 September 2020 19:20
The Covid-19 pandemic has destroyed livelihoods and scattered millions of jobs around the world. The International Labor Organization estima...
Helping smallholder farmers get quality seeds...
Created on Wednesday, 02 September 2020 16:44
Most of our smallholder farmers face the challenge of increasing agricultural production in order to improve their incomes and to feed the e...
How the Yield Fund is supporting...
Created on Wednesday, 12 August 2020 14:38
The COVID-19 Business Info Hub reached out to Pearl Capital Partners (PCP) to understand how the Yield Fund, an impact investment fund for a...