AP Capital Company Profile Mozambique 2012
Establish a globally recognizable private equity firm,with a diversified portfolio of carefully selected investments and businesses across high growth industries. Generate profit by investing or developing businesses that deliver essential and relevant products and services to a wide consumer base, in a cost effective manner.
Strategy Develop businesses in the fields we understand best, where contacts and knowledge are deepest, primarily catering to large-scale projects in labor-intensive industries.
Investment Criteria I. Experiences and effective operating management teams II. Distinct and defensible competitive advantages III. Large market share, low production cost, strong brand IV. High barriers to entry, superior distribution capabilities V. Fast growing, fragmented, attractive for consolidation
Ambition Become a regional reference in corporate financial advisory and equity based financing by creating a platform to attract major international investors to participate in the high growth opportunities afforded by the Mozambican economy.
Founder’s Bio Mr. Apolinario Pateguana is a Mozambican born entrepreneur with background in management, with over 12 years of business experience in the region, responsible for launching a number of successful companies in multiple sectors in Mozambique. He co-founded and serves as chairman of Africa Prepaid Services Mozambique, a Mobile Service Provider company launched in Mozambique in 2005. Mr. Pateguana co-founded Emotel, the founding local partner of Vodacom Mozambique, where he has since served as a non-executive director, providing continuous insight to management on strategic affairs. He also helped establish Brolaz Mozambique, a Telecoms Infra-structure company that was instrumental in rolling out the first phases of the Vodacom Mozambique Network Infrastructure. Founded Tristar Car Rental, which later merged with Buscor to
form The Bus Corporation, a leading provider of transport services in Mozambique. Serves as an executive director at Capitol Services Mozambique, a remote site services company he helped launch in 2008. He is a member of the fiscal counsel at Opportunity Bank Mozambique and holds several directorships in major companies, besides being a member of the Southern African Institute of Directors, the Mozambique-Portugal chamber of commerce. He holds a degree in Business Management from the Maharishi University of Management, in Fairfield Iowa, USA.
AP Capital Telecoms The oldest division in the company and the foundation since inception, consisting of wholly owned and operated businesses as well as non-controlled investments.
Wholly owned and operated, Africa Prepaid Services is a Mobile Service provider and wholesaler of prepaid airtime, responsible for introducing bulk electronic distribution in Mozambique, with nationwide distribution footprint and over 1 million subscribers connected. Established in 2005 as a Joint Venture with JSE listed Blue label Telecoms, it was acquired by AP Capital in 2009.
Wholly owned and operated, Companhia do Prepago is an aggregated distributor of all non-mobile prepaid products and provider of payment collection services for prepaid and subscription based services. Established in 2011, it offers an effective distribution platform for multiple paperless prepaid products such as prepaid electricity, Internet vouchers, Cable and satellite TV subscriptions.
By virtue of its 40% shareholding in Emotel, AP Capital is a 2% shareholder and founding partner of Vodacom Mozambique, the fastest growing mobile operator in the country with 45% market share and over 4 million clients. Established in 2003, Vodacom is a subsidiary of Vodafone.
AP Capital Holds 40% shareholding in Brolaz Mozambique, a turnkey Network infrastructure provider for Telecoms, responsible for bulk of Vodacom Mozambique’s network infrastructure deployment. Established in 2003, Brolaz is a subsidiary of South African based Brolaz Projects (Pty) Ltd, with operations in several African countries.
AP Capital Logistics The Logistics division is the fastest growing in the company, having started with the integration of Fleet management in 2008 and subsequently expanding into site services, Industrial Catering, Camp Construction and Management.
Vision
Bus Corporation AP Capital holds a 30% minority stake in this joint venture company with Buscor (Pty) Ltd from South Africa, dedicated to providing staff transport services. The company caters to labour intensive clients operating in strategic sectors such as mining, oil, gas and Manufacturing. This joint Venture has given birth to one of the largest companies in its segment, with capacity to transport over 6000 people.
Capitol Services Moz AP Capital holds a 40% minority stake stake in this Site services company specializing in fully integrated remote site solutions, including Camp site Construction, camp management, industrial catering, laundry, cleaning and security services. CSM was launched in 2008, having successfully serviced major clients in the Mining and manufacturing sectors. It is a jointly managed partnership, with South African based Capitol Caterers (Pty) Ltd.
AP Capital Investments This division focuses on sourcing and packaging attractive investment opportunities in non-core sectors, incorporating an element of corporate advisory, which is a major source of deal flow for private equity transactions.
Vision
AP Capital Partners AP Capital holds a controlling stake in this partnership with Mozambican firms Msquared Ltd and Tupann Ltd, as a “De Facto� Investment arm and corporate advisory unit, dedicated to identifying and structuring non-core transactions in key sectors.
AP Capital Fund I AP Capital partners advises businesses seeking expansion capital or equity based financing for major projects, by attracting interest from global financial institutions. This exercise inspired the AP Capital Fund concept, which aims to raise a major fund with total capital commitments of USD 100 million and a minimum investment of USD 50 million to make privately negotiated equity and equity-related investments in ventures with reputable and experienced operating partners.
Mine Ink Mozambique For mining projects, AP Capital partners holds a 24% of Mine Ink Mozambique, a mining exploration company, subsidiary of Mine Ink Holdings, with a portfolio of exploration licenses in areas of established potential for Iron Ore, Phosphates, rare earths and Coal, totalling 112.000 hectares of captive land in the north and southern Mozambique.
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