COMPANY OVERVIEW
Centum is East Africa’s leading investment company listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange and Uganda Securities Exchange. We are an investment channel providing investors with access to a portfolio of inaccessible, quality, diversified investments.
Vision
Africa’s foremost investment channel
Mission
To create real, tangible wealth by providing the channel through which investors access and build extraordinary enterprises in Africa.
Values
- We deliver to promise
- We have unity of purpose
- We partner
- We invest responsibly
Centum 4.0 Strategic Pillars
Return: Generate a minimum return on equity of 20% through value-creating activities
Liquidity & Capital Structure: minimum of 12-months cover for fund all cash operating expenses and dividend and any other cash investment obligations falling due within 12 months;
Balance sheet strengthening through repayment of all long-term debt obligations (i.e. zero long-term debt capital structure) at Group level.
Cost: Maintain a maximum operating cost-to-cash annuity income ratio of 30%
Organizational effectiveness: optimisation of Centum’s operating model to support effective and efficient execution of its strategy
Portfolio Focus: Restructure portfolio to focus on three key business units, namely:
- Real Estate (Target asset allocation: 45-55%)
- Private Equity (Target asset allocation: 30-40%)
- Marketable Securities (Target asset allocation: 10-20%)
