Our Investment Thesis: A Disciplined Approach to Impact
Focus on Frontier Markets
We target opportunities in overlooked but stable markets, currently Rwanda and Namibia, where we can unlock significant hidden value.
Dual-Return Mandate
Every investment is structured to exceed market financial returns while generating measurable social and environmental impact.
Focus on Value Chains
We focus on underdeveloped agricultural value chains, addressing critical bottlenecks to build resilient and profitable businesses from the ground up.
A Foundation of Mitigated Risk
Political Stability:
We operate exclusively in politically stable nations, providing a secure and reliable foundation for long-term investment and growth.
Foreign Exchange:
Our portfolio is self-hedged, with a significant portion of proceeds held in hard currencies to protect against currency volatility.
Market Risk:
We secure clear offtakers and establish strong market linkages early on to ensure a reliable demand for our products and mitigate market risks.
Exit Strategy
We maintain established relationships with private and public secondary market funds, ensuring a clear and viable exit path for our investments.
Ultimately, IFA’s investments unlock intrinsic value, address agricultural bottlenecks, and promote a more inclusive and climate-resilient industry.
Core Portfolio
ifarms Rwanda
Advanced Horticulture for Global Markets
Located in Nyagatare, Rwanda, ifarms is our flagship horticulture venture. We utilize advanced irrigation and fertigation systems across hundreds of hectares to grow high-demand produce like French beans and chilies for export, creating hundreds of stable jobs and setting a standard for sustainable farming in the region.
Avocado Oil Industries
From Smallholder Farms to Premium Oil
Our state-of-the-art facility processes avocados from over 1,200 local smallholder farmers into premium food-grade oil. This venture reduces post-harvest loss, provides a reliable income stream for farmers, and creates a high-value product for both local and international markets.
Green Industries
Powering a Circular Economy
Green Industries is the cornerstone of our circular economy vision. This venture is designed to convert agricultural waste and biomass from our other operations into renewable energy and other valuable resources, effectively eliminating waste and reducing our carbon footprint.
ifarms Rwanda
Pioneering large-scale, sustainable horticulture in East Africa.
ifarms represents the future of efficient African horticulture. By leveraging advanced technology and sustainable irrigation practices on a large scale, we produce high-yield, high-quality crops for competitive global markets. This not only contributes directly to Rwanda's economic growth but also establishes a new benchmark for food security and agricultural excellence in the region.
Our operations are designed to be both profitable and regenerative, improving soil health and water efficiency over time.
Avocado Oil Industries
Empowering smallholder farmers through value-added processing.
Beyond producing premium, food-grade avocado oil, this venture is a powerful social enterprise. We provide extensive training, fair pricing, and a guaranteed, reliable market to thousands of smallholder farmers, many of whom are women. This fundamentally improves livelihoods, creates a sustainable, value-added agricultural industry, and reduces waste in the food system.
Green Industries
Closing the loop for a fully circular economy.
Green Industries is where our commitment to a circular economy becomes reality. This innovative project takes agricultural byproducts that would otherwise become waste—such as avocado pits and skins—and transforms them into valuable resources like renewable energy and organic fertilizers. This creates a closed-loop system that is both profitable and planet-positive, setting a new standard for industrial sustainability in Africa.