Private equity firm
Zebu Investment Partners
Zebu Investment Partners is a Mauritius-registered private equity asset manager, food security impact investor, and general partner founded in 2012 by Co-Founders Brian Frimpong and Dennis Matangira, which rebranded commercially from Databank Agrifund Manager Limited (DAFML) in 2017. Operating as a specialised pan-African private equity general partner focused on commercial food security and agricultural resilience, the firm's core investment strategy centres on deploying growth equity, mezzanine, and structured debt capital into small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the entire food value chain. Zebu Investment Partners targets high-potential companies operating across primary agricultural production, agri-processing, commercial baking, logistics, animal feed, inputs, packaging, and retail distribution across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Investment focus
- Sectors
- Agriculture and foodConsumerManufacturing and industrials
- Stages and strategies
- GrowthBuyout
- Instruments
- EquityMezzanine
- Regions
- Pan-African
- African markets named in public materials
- Ghana, South Africa, Mauritius
Funds managed
Sources
- Partner Researchers, accessed 14 November 2026