Investor Relations
Investment Holding Company · Sub-Saharan Africa

The gateway to Africa's growing real economy.

BridgeFort Capital Group owns and builds a portfolio of African platforms in home finance, savings, infrastructure and insurance, and gives the African diaspora a direct way to invest in the assets shaping home.

4
Portfolio platforms
2
Core markets · SA & Zimbabwe
SADC
Expansion horizon
Our model

Hands-on shareholders. Independent operators.

BridgeFort Capital Group owns and manages a portfolio of African businesses. Our portfolio companies run their own operations. We stay closely involved as shareholders: setting strategy with management, allocating capital, and overseeing performance and governance.

Through BridgeFort, investors, including the African diaspora, gain access to a portfolio of regulated, professionally managed platforms.

Capital allocation
Deploys group and investor capital into the platforms with the strongest risk-adjusted growth.
Active ownership
Board representation, strategic direction, performance targets and reporting discipline across the portfolio.
Access
One entry point for institutional, retail and diaspora investors into Sub-Saharan African assets.
BridgeFort Capital Group
Property Finance
Savings & Investments
Infrastructure & Energy
Insurance & Funeral Services
Portfolio

Four platforms. One investment thesis.

Each business meets a basic need of a growing African household: a home, savings that hold value, the infrastructure around them, and protection for the family.

TU

Tsigiro Usekelo

Home loans platform

Mortgage finance for Zimbabwean residents and the diaspora, so families can buy and build homes back home from wherever they earn.

  • Diaspora mortgages
  • Resident home loans
  • Credit-regulated in SA & Zimbabwe
MarketsSouth Africa
Zimbabwe
AHL

AgroStrong Holdings

Savings & investments platform

Savings and investment products backed by real agricultural assets, starting with cattle and the beef value chain, open to everyday savers.

  • Asset-backed savings
  • Livestock & beef value chain
  • Retail investment products
MarketsSouth Africa
Zimbabwe
BIG

BridgeFort Infrastructure Group

Infrastructure & Energy

Property development, construction materials supply, contract mining and energy. Physical assets that underpin economic growth in South Africa and Zimbabwe.

  • Property development
  • Construction materials supply
  • Contract mining
  • Energy
MarketsSouth Africa
Zimbabwe
BFI

BridgeFort Insurance

Insurance & Funeral Services

The group's insurance assets in South Africa and Zimbabwe, covering life, funeral and micro-insurance, and funeral services, for families on both sides of the border.

  • Life insurance
  • Funeral services
  • Micro-insurance
  • Cross-border cover
MarketsSouth Africa
Zimbabwe
The diaspora platform

Invest back home, from anywhere.

Millions of Africans abroad send money home every month. BridgeFort turns part of that flow into ownership: a stake in regulated, professionally managed African assets.

Own

A home in Zimbabwe

Diaspora mortgages through Tsigiro Usekelo, underwritten against income earned abroad.

Save

Into real assets

AgroStrong savings products linked to productive agriculture instead of idle cash.

Invest

In the group

Direct shareholding in BridgeFort and its portfolio companies as they come to market.

How we invest

Patient capital with local judgement.

We back platforms we understand, in markets where we live and work, and hold them for the long term.

Platforms over products

We build businesses that can carry many products and many investors.

Real assets first

Homes, cattle, mines, property and power. Value you can see and inspect.

Engaged ownership

Management runs each business day to day; we stay closely involved as shareholders.

Generational horizon

Returns that compound for investors, families and communities over decades.

Board & leadership

Experienced operators across finance, insurance and capital markets.

An independent-minded board oversees capital allocation and governance. The executive team leads the group and supports management across South Africa, Zimbabwe and the diaspora.

Board of Directors

Dr Christian BeddiesChairman
Lovemore MakunikeDeputy Chair
Vhusi PhiriChief Executive Officer
Gift ChawasariraChief Financial Officer
Oliver LutzNon-Executive Director
Sabinah ChitehweNon-Executive Director
Cathy MuizaNon-Executive Director

Executive Leadership

Vhusi PhiriChief Executive Officer
Gift ChawasariraChief Financial Officer
Nocawe MakiwaneCEO, BridgeFort South Africa
Bekithemba NkomoCEO, BridgeFort Zimbabwe
Gina ChikomoCEO, Diaspora Platform
Fundiswa ZoteMarketing & Services Director
Investor relations

Listing our platforms first, the group at the right time.

Our subsidiary AgroStrong Holdings and our associate BridgeFort Infrastructure Group are listing on the Zimbabwe Entrepreneurship Exchange (ZEEX). Each will build its own public-market track record.

BridgeFort Capital Group will pursue its own listing when the timing is right for shareholders. Speak to our team for the corporate profile, financial information and upcoming announcements.

ZEEX listing in progressSavings & Investments

AgroStrong Holdings Limited

Cattle-backed savings and investment products for savers in South Africa, Zimbabwe and the diaspora.

Visit AgroStrong
ZEEX listing in progressInfrastructure & Energy

BridgeFort Infrastructure Group Limited

Property development, construction materials supply, contract mining and energy across South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Visit BridgeFort Infrastructure
Contact

Speak to our team.

For investor enquiries, briefings, partnerships or questions about our portfolio companies, send us a message and the right person will respond.