Sectors
From kitchens to studios, from the counter to the classroom.
Restaurants and catering, food crafts, trade, events, services, media, education: these are the seven sectors LOKAMBE invests in, and the kind of company we look for in them.
Investment thesis
What we look at before investing
The sector alone is not enough. Within each of them, we look for companies that bring together several of these conditions.
A real need
The product or service answers demand that can be identified and is large enough.
A committed entrepreneur
The entrepreneur genuinely knows the business and takes a direct part in developing it.
Economics we can follow
LOKAMBE must be able to answer one basic question clearly: how does this company make money?
Capital put to productive use
The capital invested must bring a measurable improvement to the business.
Room to grow
The investment must make a visible difference between the situation before and the situation after.
A realistic prospect of return
The investment must offer a realistic possibility of financial return given the risk.
Potential for impact
The company should be able to contribute to creating or securing jobs, generating income, increasing production, bringing suppliers on board and supporting local economic activity.
Our sectors, in detail
Where we invest
Seven sectors, chosen because they answer real demand in Kinshasa and elsewhere in the DRC, and because a company can grow in them without having to reinvent everything. Here is what each one covers.
Restaurants and catering
- Restaurants
- Fast food
- Takeaways
- Caterers
- Event catering
- Specialised concepts
Food crafts and processing
- Bakery
- Pastry
- Chocolate making
- Food production
- Processing
- Packaging
Trade and distribution
- Neighbourhood shops
- Specialised stores
- Distribution
- Food products
- Retail concepts
Events
- Furniture rental
- Equipment
- Sound
- Lighting
- Decoration
- Logistics
Services
- Maintenance
- Cleaning
- Logistics
- Business services
- Specialised services
Media and entertainment
- Audiovisual production
- Digital media
- Content creation
- Music production
- Studios and equipment
- Creative agencies
Education and training
- Vocational training centres
- Technical and trade training
- Entrepreneurship and management training
- Educational publishing
- Equipment for schools
This list is not fixed: it will widen as the portfolio, the team and our knowledge of the ground grow.
The profile we look for
What an application we take forward looks like
Whatever the sector, here is what we look at first:
- A real activity
- Existing or demonstrable revenue
- Identifiable customers
- A clearly identified entrepreneur
- A precise need
- A clear use for the capital
- Room for improvement
- Potential for growth
Your business is not formally registered yet? That is not a reason to say no. An informal business with economic potential can be supported as it gets organised and registered, before or during our involvement.