Solving Africa's human development challenges,
one Israeli technology
at a time.
About
IADC
Our Story
IADC is Israel's Africa Partner.
Founded by renowned frontier markets entrepreneurs with a long track record of commercial success both in Israel and in some of the world's most challenging economies, IADC bridges the gap between Israel's tech sector and the lucrative African marketplace, bringing Israeli technologies and services to the world's fastest growing consumer markets.
Who We Are
IADC's founders have a unique combination of decades of experience operating large-scale, publicly-traded corporations in Africa and a family background as one of Israel's earliest and largest private equity investors.
Supported by talented teams of in-country professionals across our priority African markets and backed by the continent's leading financial institutions and service providers, IADC understands the unique nuances of technology commercialization in the developing world and enjoys the highest-level relationships across Africa's business, political and academic communities.
Our Vision
IADC believes that Israel's cutting-edge technologies, fuelled by the unparalleled innovation mindset of its entrepreneurs, provide a unique solution to many of Africa's most profound development challenges.
We think that doing good business means doing good, too. Our portfolio of investments and projects in Africa is focused on leveraging Israeli ingenuity to make African societies more prosperous, more efficient, more healthy and more secure.
Our
Sectors
Fintech
Africa's unbanked no longer have to be financially excluded.
With the advent of mobile payments and digital wallets, Africa's entrenched 'cash economy' is swiftly being digitized to connect hundreds of millions of consumers to the global marketplace.
IADC's fintech team has successfully taken international payment processing and cash digitization technology into Africa with outstanding results. With an increasing appetite for cross-border transactions and mainstream digital service consumption, the African consumer is hungry for financial innovation.
Agriculture
As the basis for the majority of African economies, agriculture sits at the forefront of the continent's opportunities as well as its challenges.
IADC works with some of the most cutting-edge AgTech innovators in Israel, a global powerhouse in the sector, to help African farmers maximize yields, reduce crop spoilage, better forecast environmental impacts and adopt a data-driven approach to resource management including livestock and irrigation.
IADC's leadership team has significant experience in large-scale African agricultural businesses and has worked with the sector's leading players in numerous key markets.
Energy & Greentech
The immense potential of Africa depends on the continent's ability to reliably power its ambitions. Rich in energy resources but lacking in adequate distribution capacity, the future of energy in Africa lies in grid decentralization and the harnessing of renewables.
IADC’s portfolio of Israeli energy innovators offer bespoke technological solutions to the unique challenges of Africa’s energy aspirations, from national distribution grids to rural villages. Our unique relationships with national and multilateral institutions in the sector reflect our scale-oriented approach to commercializing energy technologies on the African continent.
Medtech
Commercially, Africa represents one of the most lucrative untapped healthcare markets in the world today, expected to be worth $37 billion by 2022. IADC is developing partnerships with Israel's most promising software-based healthcare solutions and introducing life-changing innovations to the developing world.
Among the most exciting prospects for Africa's healthcare sector are portable technology formats that leapfrog infrastructural obstacles and remote diagnostic solutions (such as telemedicine), all of which serve to break down the conventional barriers to access for rural and underserved healthcare consumers and ultimately contribute to an improved standard of health for countless African citizens.
Digital Security & Data Management
With civic services in Africa being increasingly available online and a transition to 'smart cities' technology accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic, African governments have had to quickly adapt to managing data-driven services at a pace that often outstrips their capacity to do so.
At the same time, Africa's security landscape has changed unrecognisably in the past decade, with new approaches required to keep the digital infrastructure of African nations safe.
IADC is partnering with leading Israeli technologists in the digital security and data management sectors, building a portfolio of Africa-ready innovations from early stage companies to global corporations.
The world's last billion person market opportunity is only a partnership away.
Intelligence-Driven Philosophy
A key element of IADC's investment and commercial strategies is our overwhelming emphasis on market intelligence and on-the-ground relationships. Whether creating Africa joint ventures to distribute Israeli technologies or serving as strategic advisors to Israeli corporations focused on emerging markets, every new relationship at IADC begins with a forensic market analysis that identifies key issues within each African jurisdiction, from regulation to the consumer landscape.
From the executives of Africa's leading corporations to policymakers and members of governments, we pride ourselves on outstanding relationships across Africa. IADC's leadership team is regularly invited to share its experiences of doing business in Africa at industry-leading events and by African stakeholders who wish to develop a closer relationship with Israel's private sector.
Unparalleled Africa Experience
IADC"s founders and their portfolios are passionately Africa-centric, believing that the continent represents the most exciting commercial prospect in the world today. Our approach to investing in Africa places our unique experience at its heart, marrying the uncompromising qualities of Israeli innovation with the pragmatism required to penetrate and succeed in Africa's fifty-four markets.
A Versatile Approach to a Complex Marketplace
IADC not only invests in and commercializes Africa-ready technologies, but establishes and operates market-specific joint ventures, provides strategic business development services and identifies local partnerships and acquisition targets within priority African markets.
The IADC commercial model is overwhelmingly success-based and remains highly versatile in order to approach every opportunity with a bespoke strategic mindset.
Contact
Us
Head Office
2 Ibn Gabirol St.
Eliyahu House, 2nd floor
Tel Aviv-Yafo, 6407702
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