Investments in transportation, energy & power, communication, healthcare and housing help expand access to employment, drive education, enhance productivity, improve healthcare and help sustain a greater quality of life. Our involvement as strategic financial development partner for a variety of entities will help foster growth, reduce poverty, spur innovation and improve people’s lives across the continent. It reminds us of our favorite African proverb: “The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second-best time is right now.”

Today, we take impressive intercontinental railways, highways, airports and ports for granted as standard features in countries across the globe. But, across Africa, they are in urgent need. Improved transportation development is the key to connecting with countless benefits. Better transportation allows people, goods and services to move quickly, and improves vital access to other cities, regions and countries. Building, upgrading and planning transportation hubs, roads, bridges, tunnels, marine terminals, harbors and more can accelerate development imperative for growth in both the public and private sectors. It’s not just the economic impact, but the positive transformation that transportation offers for individuals, businesses and communities as well.

MARINE TERMINALS | ROADS | AIRPORTS | OTHER TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES

A 2015 report by the Rockefeller Foundation revealed that access to power in Africa can increase household per capita income by 39 percent. Additionally, it’s estimated 600 million people—70 percent of the population of sub-Saharan Africa—is powerless. Without the electricity critical to powering water supplies, telecommunication and health care delivery services, the outlook isn’t good. Thankfully, there is a solution: investment. Investment in African energy and power resources are literally fueling development across the continent. But, the work has just begun. Growth in sustainable, renewable and reliable energy and power will benefit everyone. Because, where there is power, there is business. And, where there is business, there is opportunity. And, where there is opportunity, there is sustainable success.

RENEWABLES | POWER GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION |
MID-STREAM OIL AND GAS | OTHER ENERGY SECTORS

High-speed, reliable communication connections bring a remarkable new world to your fingertips. These connections are good for life. Greater communication resources enhance health, commerce, entrepreneurship, education, and close the infrastructure gap in a highly substantial way. We look to invest in terrestrial fiber-optic and cellular communications companies; innovative organizations that can bring connective technology to the masses at affordable prices. Modern communication networks stimulate economic development by streamlining access to information for all. Supporting communication infrastructure will help Africa thrive today—and every day that follows.

FIBER OPTIC AND CELLULAR COMMUNICATION COMPANIES

Public transportation and motorcycles are the main methods of the daily commute for millions of people who live in sub-saharan Africa. Everstrong is building a platform company, Everstrong EV, to participate in the transition from internal combustion vehicles to electric vehicles. Our vision is to invest in safe, affordable, dependable and predictable individual and public transport for the lowest income earners in Africa, and to positively impact individuals and communities by investing in the migration from internal combustion engines to electric bodabodas and matatus.

SUSTAINABLE AND ECO-FRIENDLY MOBILITY SOLUTIONS

Affordable shelter is essential for urban areas to continue to thrive and expand. Yet, in Kenya, available affordable housing units meet just 20 percent of the demand. In fact, The World Bank estimates a backlog of two million housing units required to sufficiently house the population, with demand growing annually by 250,000 units. Simply, Kenya requires much more decent, safe and adequate housing for its fast-growing urban areas. At Everstrong, we see the challenge as well as the opportunity. We are determined to focus our equity investments in developing affordable, sustainable and bankable housing projects in Africa. We do this to not only address the housing and social needs of Kenyans, but to also deliver attractive returns to our investors.

ADDRESSING KENYA’S URBAN CENTER HOUSING CRISIS

Although recent trends indicate longer life expectancies, sub-Saharan Africa still lacks adequate access to medical professionals and healthcare facilities. But many indicators point to significant opportunities to bring high-quality healthcare to the region. Everstrong believes investments in healthcare are investments in a stronger, healthier Africa. Everstrong is assembling a wide range of critical healthcare performers—including governments, donors, investors and providers—to help increase access to clinicians, improve technology, build state-of-the-art facilities and stronger supply chains. New monetary infusions will help leverage the private health sector and integrate it with public systems to meet growing healthcare infrastructure needs.

INFRASTRUCTURE TO ENHANCE HEALTHCARE