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Financial services for micro-enterprises in Africa with training and loans.
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- Afrimax
Participated · Equity · Sep 2015
Afrimax Group is an Amsterdam, The Netherlands-based mobile network operator focused on deploying 4G wireless broadband (LTE) across sub-Saharan Africa. The company is building a portfolio of 4G wireless broadband networks and currently holds 4G licence presence covering 12 countries with a population under coverage of 222m. Afrimax was founded by Jay Metcalfe (Chairman), Peter Langkilde (Chief Executive Officer) and Rob Philpott (Chief Financial Officer). The company has a non-equity strategic framework agreement with Vodafone announced in November 2014; Vodafone Uganda was launched in February 2015 under that arrangement. Afrimax intends to use the new funding to accelerate the rollout of its LTE-led business model across multiple African markets. The article does not disclose revenues or other financial operating metrics beyond the recent financing.