wi Group is a Cape Town-based provider of a Point of Sale integrated mobile transacting platform. Its suite of software products enables its clients to run integrated mobile-based payment, loyalty, coupon, voucher, reward and gift programmes. It also operates in Nigeria.
Key facts
- Status:
- Active
- Region
Since 2012, we’ve only invested in Africa and South Asia. Investments outside these regions are from our pre-2012 portfolio.
- Africa, Southern Africa
- Countries:
- South Africa
- Sector
We have seven priority sectors. However, we continue to invest outside these sectors, largely in the most challenging regions, as new investment supporting any sector helps to underpin the private sector, and create jobs and livelihoods for people.
- Communications and IT Services
- Investment type
We provide capital in three broad ways: direct equity, debt, and intermediated equity (principally through investment funds).
- Intermediated investment
- Fund:
- Investec Africa Frontier Private Equity II
- Fund Manager:
- Investec Asset Management
- Start date
For direct investments, this is the date CDC committed capital to the business or project.
For funds, this is the date that CDC committed capital to the fund.
For underlying fund investments, this is the date that the fund invested capital into the business.e
- August 2015
- Domicile
This is the investee company’s place of incorporation; or a fund’s jurisdiction.
- South Africa