Invest in Africa

STANLIB is committed to becoming the leading asset manager in Africa. In identifying and creating investment opportunities there is no substitute for being “on the ground”. 

 Therefore, we have established a presence in ten countries across the continent,  which enables us to address our client’s needs through a mixture of relevant local and international investment products. In every country we operate, our teams blend their local insight with international investment management best practices to ensure we are always in touch with the realities of these markets.

In addition to in-house expertise, we also leverage off our sister companies, Standard Bank and Stanbic, across their network of operations in the 18 most economically active countries in Africa.

The map below depicts STANLIB’s activity and presence on the continent:

Meet the STANLIB Africa Team
Pan African economic research

STANLIB Asset Management Ltd's expertise is available to international investors through three US$ denominated UCITS compliant collective investments, or pooled funds, which we believe are the first of their kind anywhere in the world. The funds are sub-funds of Standard Master Funds, an umbrella fund which is domiciled in Dublin, Ireland. Standard Master Funds is regulated by the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority.

The two sub-funds STANLIB Asset Management Ltd will initially manage are:

• The Standard Africa Equity Fund
• The Standard Global Emerging Markets Property Fund

In addition, for South African and international investors, STANLIB Collective Investments (RF) Ltd has a Rand denominated FSB approved equity fund, the STANLIB Africa Equity Proposition. Even though the fund is Rand-denominated and managed in South Africa, the securities included in the portfolio will be securities of companies operating in Africa (excluding South Africa) or companies with operations predominantly in Africa (excluding South Africa).

As this is a growing part of our business, we have a dedicated service team, based in our Johannesburg head office, to service our current and potential Africa investment clients. Please contact any of our client fund managers for more information.  Click here for their contact details.

The establishment of 6 STANLIB offices on the continent has achieved the objective of delivering local product to meet the demand of local conditions and investment needs. As Standard Bank’s Asset Management strategy is to partner with Liberty Holdings, these investment businesses are found in Swaziland, Lesotho, Botswana, Ghana, Namibia, Uganda and Kenya.

The product offerings for our African investors are as follows:

BOTSWANA Money market Balanced Specialist Property Offshore Income Fund	GHANA Money market Fixed income Balanced Equity Property/REITS	KENYA Money market Balanced Equity Fixed income
LESOTHO Money market Fixed income Balanced Specialist equity Property	NAMIBIA Money market Fixed income Balanced Absolute return Property	SWAZILAND Money market Balanced Specialist equity Property
UGANDA Segregated portfolios Fixed Income

All regional Africa portfolio managers can tailor a segregated portfolio for our clients.

For contact details of our in country offices, please see the navigation tab below. Alternatively, please contact Branden Alexander in our Johannesburg head office on +27 11 448 5164 or on Branden.Alexander@stanlib.com