Our investment arm builds durable positions across four focus areas. We hold for cashflow, control and compounding — not exit headlines.
Yielding commercial assets and selective land positions in Lusaka and regional growth corridors. We hold property for income and strategic optionality, not speculative flips.
Equity stakes in Zambian and SADC SMEs with proven cashflow and clear paths to scale. We back operators we can support with group infrastructure — procurement, treasury, distribution.
Warehousing, transport assets and supply-chain infrastructure that anchor our trading flows and serve third-party customers. Real assets that produce yield and reduce our cost base.
Selective positions in digital infrastructure, commerce platforms and payment rails serving African markets. We invest where technology unlocks margin or removes friction in real-economy flows.
We are a disciplined buyer. Every deal is tested against the same six questions before our investment committee will sign.
We underwrite from existing or near-term cashflow. We do not pay for narratives that require multiple bets to come right.
We back founders and management teams with clear judgment, real operating track record, and skin in the game.
Investments that benefit from CMC's procurement, logistics or distribution infrastructure get preferential treatment.
We look for businesses with structural moats — relationships, licences, infrastructure — that defend gross margin.
We use debt where it accelerates returns on real assets. We do not borrow to fund operating losses or growth experiments.
Even when we hold forever, we underwrite to a credible exit — strategic buyer, secondary sale, or buy-out by management.
CMC selectively co-invests with regional family offices, development finance partners and operating-company strategic investors. We are open to deals where capital, expertise and operating leverage line up.
If you allocate to Southern African real assets and operating businesses and want a local operator with discipline on the ground, we are interested in talking.
Whether you are looking to sell, partner, or co-invest, our investment team is ready to engage on specifics.