Valentine Chitalu

CDC Group Plc, a fund of funds, invests in private equity funds which focuses on Africa and Asian countries. It also provides direct investments in developing countries.

Gemfields Ltd. engages in the exploration, mining, processing, and trading of colored gemstones. It operates through the following assets: Kagem, Kariba, Grading system, Auction platforms and Faberge. The company was founded on May 14, 2004 and is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

BII Group Ltd. (BII Group) is a private equity/venture capital, a subsidiary of Government of United Kingdom was founded by James Murray Grant in 1948. The firm is headquartered in London with offices in Bengaluru, Mumbai, Nairobi, Pakistan, Sandton, and Bangladesh.

KPMG LLP (United Kingdom) provides audit, advisory, and tax services. Its audit and assurance services encompass accounting advisory, financial reporting publications, financial state audit, internal audit, and revenue recognition. The firm's tax and pension services include statutory residency test, pension, personal tax investigations, tax management consulting, tax technology, legal services, tax value chain, employment issues, indirect tax, and tax policy cycle. KPMG was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in London, the United Kigdom.

Konkola Copper Mines Plc mines and process copper, pyrite, anode slimes and cobalt. It operates two mines at Nchanga, comprising an underground mine and four open pits, the Nchanga Smelter, Konkola Mine, Nkana Refinery and the Nampundwe pyrite mine. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Chingola, Zambia.

INDEbank Ltd provides commercial banking services. The company is headquartered in Blantyre, Malawi.

Part of EVE Health Group Ltd., African Energy Resources Ltd. (South Africa) mines and explores for coal and uranium. The company is based in Cape Town, South Africa. Charles Frazer Tabeart has been the CEO of the South African company since 2007. African Energy Resources Ltd. (South Africa was acquired by EVE Health Group Ltd. on July 28, 2005 for $1.26 million.

Zambia Venture Capital Fund Ltd seeks investment opportunities in small and medium capital requirements located in Africa, primarily in Zambia. The fund provides equity and mezzanine financing for buyout, MBO, MBI, early and growth transactions in various sectors such as agriculture, mining, tourism, healthcare, financial services and commercial services with an investment size between USD 0.3 million and USD 1.5 million.

Zambia Telecommunications Co. Ltd. is a market leader in the information communications technology industry. In order to remain competitive, ZAMTEL shall continue to play a dominant role in the ICT industry by identifying and fully exploiting strategic opportunities that exist globally. It is within this context that ZAMTEL has adopted a strategic ICT management perspective in order to exploit the techno-economic benefits of integrating into the global information economy. Establishing a Fibre-Optic backbone requires an intricate and strategic overview of ICTs which include data, voice, Internet, radio and television traffic flows and consumer behavior which go beyond the physical laying of the fiber optic cable. ZAMTEL has taken a leadership position in the deployment of modern information communications technologies (ICTs), which are quickly emerging as an essential initiative towards defining how interpersonal network communications shall be shaped within the 21st century. With fiber-optic backbone, ZAMTEL shall have the ability to deliver multimedia communications and content to a global constituency for Zambian goods and services. This technology will make available information, content, services and connectivity on a global scale, while allowing for many different methods of user access.

Part of MTN Group Ltd., MTN Zambia Ltd. is a Zambian company that focuses on driving digital inclusion in Zambia. Based in Lusaka, Zambia, Bart Hofker has been the CEO of the company since 2019. The company offers affordable data and roaming plans, as well as various tariff plans.

Stanbic Bank Zambia Ltd. provides personal and business banking and financial services. The company is headquartered in Lusaka, Zambia.

Albidon Zambia Ltd. engages in provision of mining services. The company is headquartered in Mazabuka, Zambia.

Phatisa Group Ltd. manages private equity funds. Its portfolio consists of Food Fund 1, Food Fund 2, and Housing Fund. The company was founded by Duncan Owen and Stuart Bradley in 2005 and is headquartered in Bambous, Mauritius.

Phatisa Fund Managers Ltd (Phatisa Fund Managers) is a private equity firm founded in 2005 by Bradley Stuart, Chitalu Valentine, and Owen Duncan. The firm is headquartered in Mauritius, Pan-Africa.

InfraCo Africa Ltd (InfraCo Africa) is a venture capital subsidiary of eleQtra Ltd founded in 2004 by Keith Palmer. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Consolidated Nickel Mines Ltd. explores, develops, and produces nickel. The firm also provides geological exploration to capitalize on the investment into the geological understanding and capital plant it controls. The company was founded by Felix John Clewett Pole and Simon Anthony Roger Purkiss in 2012 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

AgDevCo Ltd. identifies, develops and arranges financing for sustainable agricultural and agri-processing business opportunities in Africa. It also funds the development of agriculture-supporting infrastructure such as irrigation, feeder roads and bulk storage. The firm invests patient capital in the form of debt and equity into early stage agribusinesses and act as promoter or co-promoter of greenfield agriculture opportunities. It operates with locally managed subsidiaries in Mozambique, Ghana, Zambia, Malawi and Tanzania. The company was founded by Keith Palmer in 2009 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Nanavac Investments Pvt Ltd. owns and operates supermarkets. The company is headquartered in Zimbabwe.

Part of L'Air Liquide SA, Air Liquide Ltd. is an industrial gases supplier. Air Liquide is based in Birmingham, UK. The British company provides argon as a protective atmosphere for various industrial processes such as steel manufacturing, welding and metal fabrication, electronics and automotive parts manufacturing, food preservation, and wine making. Founded in 1987, the company aims to deliver innovative gas, equipment, and service solutions to customers, driving their performance.