Our Ecosystem is designed to strengthen African manufacturing by connecting enterprise development, manufacturing excellence and growth capital into one
reinforcing ecosystem that comprises of three pillars, this includes the Acceleration program, Made and Celebrated in Africa as well as the Growth Fund.
Develop and scale high-potential African manufacturers through practical support that strengthens operations, leadership, productivity, markets and investment readiness.
Build and manufacture excellence across manufacturers, people and products to strengthen capability, standards, assurance, recognition and market confidence.
Create pathways for qualifying manufacturers to access growth and expansion capital through a professionally structured industrial investment platform.
Our Pan-African platform is built around the five African regions and their respective manufacturing ecosystem to enable a continental reach.
Automative, textile, chemicals, advanced
manufacturing and export-oriented industries.
Food processing, textile, emerging manufacturers, technology-enabled businesses and regional trade.
Advanced manufacturing, automative, chemicals, consumer goods, packaging and industrial SMEs
Value addition, local production, industrial capacity and supply-chain development
Consumer goods, food processing, chemicals, packaging and industrial SMEs
Diagnose capability, constraints, maturity and growth ambition
Strengthen business fundamentals, operations, leadership, systems and markets. Diagnose stage, close capability gaps and prepare businesses for disciplined growth
Strengthen institutions, people, systems, processes and manufacturing maturity. Develop institutional capacity, people, standards and manufacturing maturity
Create credible signals of excellence and product confidence where appropriate
Create credible evidence of excellence and market confidence where appropriate
Connect viable, investment-ready manufacturers to capital, markets and expansion Connect viable, investment-ready to growth capital Expand capacity, markets, value addition and continental impact
Build Capacity. Acceleration growth.
We recognise that diMerent manufacturers need diMerent interventions at diMerent stages, that is why our acceleration pillar exists to create a pathway that meets businesses where they are and helps them move to the next level of capability, competitiveness and scale.
The acceleration program focuses on the following intervention areas:
We recognise Our 4s Journey exists to determine the manufacturers maturity, whilst the precision growth model
determines where growth eMort should be concentrated.
Manufacturing excellence. African Confidence.
Building an African Manufacturing Excellence Ecosystem that develops manufacturers, develops people, independently assures achievement and creates credible recognition for African manufacturers
This model develops the institution, the people inside and around it, and ultimately confidence in what the institution produces.
Strengthen institutional capability and provide a progressive pathway towards AMF Bronze, Silver and Gold recognition
Build an African network of competent manufacturing, risk, ESG, auditing anf assurance professionals
Connect capable manufacturers to credible product recognition anf conformity-assurance pathways
The Made and Celebrated in Africa ecosystem roles exist to enable the manufacturing community, industry networks, advocacy, market access, ecosystem development and the AMF Manufacturing Excellence framework. The ecosystem is inclusive of the following:
Training, methodology, knowledge transfer and organisational capability development
Potential professional-development, recognition and deployment platform for competent practitioners.
Independent assessment, assurance and accredited managementsystem certification within its approved scope
Accredited testing and specialist technical capability .for future product-conformity pathways
The institutions at the centre of the ecosystem – building capability, performance, products and market confidence.
Mobilising capital for African Manufacturing.
Our Growth Fund exists to mobilise capital to grow, improve, expand and strengthen African manufacturing and processing businesses with measurable industrial and economic impact. Our core diMerentiator is that we combine capital with our acceleration, manufacturing data, market intelligence and ecosystem support to improve investment readiness and manage risk dynamically.
Our fund will accommodate diMerent capital mandates as we understand that diMerent finders buy into diMerent outcomes, ranging from grant/ development capital, impact capital, commercial/ institutional and strategic/ corporate
Ensures the flow from funder capital to investee growth through mobilising capital, sourcing and investing as well as support and monitoring.
We facilitate access to affordable financing for African manufacturers through strategic partnerships with financial institutions, development banks, and investment funds. Our goal is to unlock capital that supports business expansion, modernisation, and sustainable industrial growth.
We promote collaboration among African manufacturers to build strong regional value chains. By fostering strategic partnerships across borders; we enhance competitiveness, reduce trade barriers, and strengthen intra-African industrial cooperation.
We partner with African universities and technical institutions to strengthen workforce skills and promote the manufacturing sector. This includes supporting graduate employment, offering bursary opportunities, and creating sustainable career pathways that secure the future industrial workforce.
