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Data Research Overview

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What to expect

CAMPEA Transaction Research Desk

The Transaction Research Desk is CAMPEA’s dedicated platform for gathering, analyzing, and disseminating market intelligence on private equity, venture capital, and private market activities in Central Africa. It serves members, investors, policymakers, and ecosystem partners with reliable, timely, and actionable insights.

1. Deal Flow Tracking

  • Monitoring ongoing and closed private equity, venture capital, and corporate finance transactions in Central Africa.

  • Categorization by deal type (early-stage, growth, buyout, infrastructure, impact).

  • Tracking sectoral distribution (tech, energy, agriculture, healthcare, financial services, etc.).

2. Country-Level Insights

  • National dashboards highlighting activity in Cameroon, DRC, Congo-Brazzaville, Gabon, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Angola, and Central African Republic.

  • Mapping trends across borders to highlight regional flows of capital.

3. Data Repository & Publications

  • Quarterly and annual Central Africa Private Markets Reports.
  • Data-sharing partnerships with global and regional investment networks.
  • Tailored research briefs for members and sponsors.

4. Exits & Performance Monitoring

  • Documentation and analysis of exits through M&A trade sales, IPOs, and secondary market sales.

Benchmarking performance against continental and global trend.

5. Investor & Fund Activity Mapping

  • Database of active fund managers, DFIs, institutional investors, business angels, and impact funds in Central Africa.
  • Profiles of General Partners (GPs) and Limited Partners (LPs) with active or planned exposure.

6. Thematic Research

  • Special reports on climate finance, gender-lens investing, digital economy, infrastructure, and frontier markets.
  • Analysis of how Central Africa aligns with global private market trends.

7. Policy & Advocacy Linkages

  • Evidence-based insights to guide policy reforms supporting private markets.
  • Data-driven engagement with regulators, governments, and regional blocs (CEMAC, ECCAS, AfCFTA).

The biggest challenge was that Arguzo was not utilizing technology properly. Too much of the work was still being recorded manually, which meant that the numbers took a long time to note down and then to be analyzed. Live data was also not available and decisions can only be made after all the required data and been received. This was holding Arguzo back; they knew they could corner more of the market if they had the ability to be more mobile. The work addressed three critical issues for Pharm Ltd.:

Submit Data

Solution

To strengthen our Central Africa Private Capital Transactions Repository and ensure industry data availability, CAMPEA invites ecosystem stakeholders to submit structured data under the categories below:

1. Deal Information

Transaction Date

Country of Investment

Sector (e.g., Financial Services, Energy, Healthcare, Agribusiness, Digital Economy)

Deal Type (Venture Capital, Private Equity, Growth Capital, Buyout, Mezzanine, etc.)

Deal Size / Ticket Size (USD)

Stage (Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth, Expansion, Pre-IPO, etc.)

2. Investor Details

Lead Investor (Fund Manager, DFI, Institutional Investor, etc.)

Co-Investors (if applicable)

Investment Vehicle (Fund, SPV, Holding Structure, etc.)

Fund Vintage / Size (if relevant)

3. Investee Company Profile

Company Name

Country of Headquarters

Sector / Industry Classification

Business Model Overview

Impact Focus (ESG / Climate / Inclusion indicators, if applicable)

4. Exit Information (if relevant)

Exit Date

Exit Type (Trade Sale, IPO, Secondary, Management Buyout, Write-off, Other)

Exit Value (if disclosed)

Buyer / Acquirer Details

5. Additional Notes

Governance or regulatory approvals

Syndication or blended finance structures

Any confidential notes (CAMPEA guarantees strict confidentiality and anonymization where required).

The biggest challenge was that Arguzo was not utilizing technology properly. Too much of the work was still being recorded manually, which meant that the numbers took a long time to note down and then to be analyzed. Live data was also not available and decisions can only be made after all the required data and been received. This was holding Arguzo back; they knew they could corner more of the market if they had the ability to be more mobile. The work addressed three critical issues for Pharm Ltd.:

Method

📩 How to Submit

Send your data to data@campea.org with the subject line: “Data Submission – CAMPEA Repository”. Submissions may be in Excel, CSV, or Word format.

  • Improve sales and operations and production planning:

    The teams focused their efforts on a few of the highest-value S&OP levers in order to review the current planning process, identify gaps in the planning infrastructure and analytically understand demand and supply variability.

  • Optimize the supply chain for perfect order planning:

    The diagnostic determined the stressors that affected sales and service levels. The teams focused on resolving issues related to higher-than-normal back-orders and lead times, which stressed the entire supply chain and led to delays in medications reaching consumers.
  • Determine the right inventory level:

    The teams focused their efforts on a few of the highest-value S&OP levers in order to review the current planning process, identify gaps in the planning infrastructure and analytically understand demand and supply variability.

  • Optimize the supply chain for perfect order planning:

    The diagnostic determined the stressors that affected sales and service levels. The teams focused on resolving issues related to higher-than-normal back-orders and lead times, which stressed the entire supply chain and led to delays in medications reaching consumers.

The biggest challenge was that Arguzo was not utilizing technology properly. Too much of the work was still being recorded manually, which meant that the numbers took a long time to note down and then to be analyzed. Live data was also not available and decisions can only be made after all the required data and been received. This was holding Arguzo back; they knew they could corner more of the market if they had the ability to be more mobile. The work addressed three critical issues for Pharm Ltd.:

Confidentiality

🔒 Confidentiality & Data Usage Disclaimer

CAMPEA is committed to ensuring the highest standards of confidentiality and data integrity in managing all submissions to the Central Africa Private Capital Transactions Repository.

  • Confidential Handling: All data submitted will be treated as strictly confidential. CAMPEA will not disclose individual deal-level information without prior written consent from the submitting party.

  • Aggregated Reporting: Submitted data will be consolidated and anonymized where necessary. Only aggregated insights, trends, and analyses will be published in CAMPEA’s reports, presentations, and thought leadership outputs.

  • Restricted Access: Access to raw data will be limited exclusively to CAMPEA’s Research & Data Analytics Team, operating under secure protocols.

  • Purpose of Use: Data will solely be used for research, benchmarking, and industry reporting to strengthen the visibility, credibility, and global integration of Central Africa’s private capital markets.

  • Rights & Ownership: Submitting parties retain full ownership of their data. CAMPEA acts as a neutral repository and custodian, not as a commercial user of submitted information.

By submitting data, contributors acknowledge CAMPEA’s role as a trusted industry knowledge hub and authorize the use of their data under the above principles.

📩 For questions regarding confidentiality or data usage, please contact office@campea.org.

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