type private industry private equity founded 2000 key people hurley doddy co ceo vincent le guennou co ceo carolyn campbell managing director mike jansa managing director bryce fort managing director andrew brown chief investment officer alex handrah aim managing director ferdinand ngon managing director products private equity growth capital website www.ecpinvestments.com emerging capital partners ecp is a pan african private equity firm that has raised over us 2 billion through funds and co investment vehicles for growth capital investing in africa . founded in 2000 under the leadership of thomas gibian hurley doddy vincent le guennou and carolyn campbell ecp has over 15 years of investing experience on the continent and is one of the largest and longest established private equity fund managers focused on africa 1 2 with an investment team operating in six offices on the continent . in may 2007 when ecp closed its second fund with capital commitments of over us 520 million 3 the company became the first private equity group to raise over 1 billion for investment in africa . 4 ecp has made over 60 investments covering more than 40 african countries and has realized nearly 40 full exits . 5 contents 1 approach 2 environmental social and governance practices 3 references 4 external links approach edit ecp seeks to identify opportunities in sectors that benefit from the long term structural demographic and economic shifts driving africa s growth . 6 7 ecp focuses on investments in consumer goods financial services telecommunications and infrastructure sectors and has previously invested in rubber and sugar companies restaurant chains 8 power and water utilities 9 banks 10 telecoms towers 11 12 and paytv . 13 ecp is particularly active in west and east africa 14 and covers africa s major hub economies from six offices on the continent north africa tunis tunisia francophone west africa abidjan c te d ivoire anglophone west africa lagos nigeria central africa douala cameroon east africa nairobi kenya southern africa johannesburg south africa environmental social and governance practices edit ecp strives to lift performance and profitability building sustainable businesses that bring lasting benefits to their communities . in may 2010 ecp signed the united nations principles for responsible investment unpri 15 which provides a framework for investment professionals who believe environmental social and corporate governance esg issues affect the performance of investment portfolios and who seek sustainable approaches in the investment process . in october 2011 ecp became the first private equity firm to sign a co operation agreement with the international finance corporation ifc to participate in its private equity africa climate change investment support peacchis program . the program is designed to enhance sustainability best practices in africa . references edit private equity report . africainvestor . retrieved may 2012 . check date values in 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by deals in less developed african markets . financial times . retrieved 2 april 2014 . paytv kenya s next success story . financial times . retrieved 16 may 2011 . q & a ecp s hurley doddy on myths of africa and the arrival of megafirms . the wall street journal . retrieved 15 may 2015 . signatories to the principles for responsible investment . investment managers . retrieved 10 january 2013 . external links edit emerging capital partners home page v t e private equity and venture capital investment firms investment strategy venture growth mezzanine secondaries leveraged buyout history history of private equity and venture capital early history of private equity private equity in the 1980s private equity in the 1990s private equity in the 2000s investors angel investor corporate venture capital commercial bank crowdfunding institutional investor insurance company investment bank endowment family office fund of funds high net worth individual merchant bank pension fund sovereign 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