We invest in and support
Nordic and African Growth
Companies to scale internationally.
Bambwa Group AB (Bambwa) is a venture capital firm (VC) that invests in African and Nordic growth companies, seeking to expand their operations across Africa and globally.
Our mission is to improve people’s quality of life by investing in companies with high return and growth potential, using a proven framework; The Bambwa Model (developed over a 30 year period by Danish VC 2M Invest), and our international network.
We use a proven growth engine framework to take companies to the next level, from start to exit.
Active Involvement
Integral to Bambwa Group is our highly experienced Investment Directors and our world-class team of business, tech and creative experts.
International Network
Being part of the Bambwa Family means being connected globally. We connect Africa with Europe, the US, and Asia.
Sustainable Impact
Improving Quality of Life is our mission and we endeavour to work with changemakers and positive thinkers who strive to repaint the future.
Our Focus
We focus on open-minded founders with ambitions for x10 growth within m-commerce, Digital, Agrotech, FMCG. Media, Creative, Edtech, Health, and Cleantech.
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”Africa represents our fastest-growing region in the world.
Dominic BartonGlobal Managing Director of McKinsey & Company
If you want to be relevant, you need to be in this part of the world.
Meet Our Team
The team consist of highly experienced people in international business.
Michael holds more than 30 years international business experience, with focus on Information Technology, Telecom and eCommerce. He has been hands-on involved in more than 325 international investments in Europe, US, Canada, Russia, UAE, Taiwan, China and West Africa. 2 of them becoming Unicorns. Michael has experience from 9 IPOs (Stockholm, Copenhagen and London) and more than 35 trade sales. He has served as a non-exec board member in more than 100 international private, public and government companies as well as the board of Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO).
Fredua, is Ghanaian, and has spent half his life in the US. He holds a Master of Science in Technology from Purdue University (US). He has worked for Toyota Motor Manufacturing, latest as "Lean Expert". In 2007, Fredua founded Workstation Technologies, a general Information Tech management and consulting company that has been a key adviser for the Ghanaian government for many years. Fredua has for over 8 years been a radio personality, at “Somu Ma Yensi Ghana”, a weekly talk show for social and development issues of Ghana.
Kaliefah has been engaged as CEO of Bambwa Liberia alongside being CEO of Rod Trading Inc. with head offices in Monrovia, Liberia. Kaliefah is also a venture capitalist, with a vast experience from West African investment opportunities, as well as other parts of the World. He has achieved good results within various industries, such as gold and diamond mining, and construction. His connections have served as a bridge between his investing partners and various governments with very plausible results. Kaliefah has studied in the UK, Saudi Arabia and Norway.
Hakan, MBA, has worked as a certified public accountant for over 30 years. Hakan Hollerup has run his own accounting firm in Lund employing at most 10 auditors and audit assistants before he merged with Mazars SET Sweden in 2013 where he worked until september 2016. Besides his role as chairman of the board of Bambwa AB Hakan Hollerup also currently holds other directorships and is working as financial director of Inuheat Group AB.
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