At MBO Capital, our focus is on backing businesses with the ambition and foundations to scale. Whether they are category leaders, high-growth operators, or companies building solutions in sectors essential to national productivity. Our investment approach is shaped by decades of experience deploying capital across healthcare, real estate, power infrastructure, consumer markets, financial services, and the creative economy.
Beyond financial investment, we bring operating discipline, strategy support, governance strengthening, and a long-term perspective. Our model blends debt and equity financing, allowing us to tailor solutions that meet a company’s specific needs while ensuring measurable value creation. This approach enables us to partner with businesses from early expansion through maturity, delivering both growth and periodic liquidity for our investors.
Across our portfolio, we have supported companies that collectively manage over ₦360 billion in assets and sustain more than 6,500 jobs. We back entrepreneurs building hospitals, powering cities, expanding retail access, improving financial inclusion, modernising agriculture supply chains, and exporting African creativity to the world. The common thread is impact driven by scale.
At MBO Capital, we believe opportunity is unlocked when capital is combined with capability. We work with teams committed to building resilient businesses. Businesses that create employment, deepen local value chains, and deliver essential services at scale.
Businesses that employ or can potentially employ a significant number of staff across a broad range of skill levels.
Businesses established by talented Nigerians who adapt to the local environment but maintain critical global business standards.
Businesses led by women or with a significant number of women in decision making positions. Businesses that improve women’s access to credit or provide goods and services specifically for the female gender.
Businesses with more than 50% of major inputs sourced locally. Local production of goods and services.
Businesses that generate foreign exchange by exporting products and/or services.
Identifying opportunities involves seeking out investees with significant growth potential and a viable path to exit.
Prioritise investments that provide significant opportunities to empower the economy, given the strong correlation between economic empowerment and poverty alleviation.
Take significant minority stakes in selected investment opportunities. Majority stakes may also be acquired depending on the value proposition.
We create value by implementing a clear business strategy for the portfolio company and strengthening managerial decision making within the company,
Monitor the progress of the portfolio company over the investment period and provide regular progress reports to our investment committee and investors.
Initiate predetermined exit strategies to ensure a timely return of invested capital while maximising returns.
MBO Capital Management Limited is regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Nigeria and is authorized to act as a Private Equity Fund Manager.
