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Africa Mining Fund — Exploration Capital
Leadership

A team built for every stage, from the ground to the exit.

20+
Years of investment & advisory experience
US$4bn
Financing mobilised across key markets
Portrait of Menzi Nkosi, Chief Executive Officer

Chief Executive Officer

Menzi Nkosi

Twenty years in investment management, fundraising and transaction advisory, starting in currency trading and debt capital markets at Deutsche Bank.

  • Co-founder & CEO, MIT Capital: fundraising and transaction advisory (2012–present)
  • CEO and Portfolio Manager roles at Communication Workers Financial Services and Trilinear Asset Management
  • Built benchmark-beating funds: SA Dynamic Hedge Equity, Alpha Plus, Capital Protected
  • Began his career in currency trading and debt capital markets origination at Deutsche Bank
  • BSc Hons (Advanced Maths of Finance), Wits; BSc (Applied Maths & Statistics), University of Zululand; SAIFM Registered Person
Portrait of Nhlalala Kazamula, Chief Investment Officer

Chief Investment Officer

Nhlalala Kazamula

CA(SA) with more than 15 years in infrastructure finance, project development and corporate finance across emerging markets, including New Development Bank transactions that mobilised about US$3bn.

  • Senior roles at the New Development Bank, KPMG, Africana Finance, Fieldstone Private Capital Group and Macquarie First South
  • Led NDB transactions mobilising ~US$3bn across Brazil, China, India and South Africa
  • Full investment lifecycle: origination, due diligence, valuation, structuring, negotiation and portfolio implementation
  • Sector coverage across transport, energy, water and mining
Portrait of Serema Tshesane, Chief Commercial Officer

Chief Commercial Officer

Serema Tshesane

Serial entrepreneur with more than 12 years of hands-on contract mining and mineral processing experience in coal, chrome and magnetite.

  • Contract Mining, Mapochs Mine for Evraz (formerly Highveld Steel): 5 years of operational leadership and production delivery
  • Contract Mining, Tshiamo Resources, Leeupan Mine (Coal): 3 years of mining operations management
  • Chrome Processing, Magnalux Vita (Pty) Ltd, Mooinooi, Rustenburg: 4 years leading beneficiation and processing
  • 20+ years' business experience across hospitality, logistics, ICT, mining and mineral processing
  • B.Com (Economics) and B.Com (Marketing), RAU (University of Johannesburg)
Portrait of Mekgwe Mfolo, Chief Technical Officer

Chief Technical Officer

Mekgwe Mfolo

Chemical engineer and engineering business builder with more than 22 years across mineral processing, engineering consulting and project delivery, including 16 years at Worley culminating in sector leadership for Mining, Minerals & Metals.

  • Worley (2006–2022): Business Sector Manager, Mining, Minerals & Metals; Executive Director & Board Member; Project Portfolio Manager; Head of Process Engineering
  • Technical Plant Metallurgist, Anglo Platinum (now Valterra Platinum), Rustenburg: concentrator performance and plant optimisation (2002–2006)
  • Founder & Managing Director, Triad Group: engineering, EPCM and Owner's Engineer services, and chrome, coal and manganese asset participation (2023–present)
  • Founder & Group CEO, Mfolo Enterprise Holdings, an African investment, advisory and enterprise-building platform (2014–present)
  • MBA and PDBA, GIBS; BSc (Management of Technology), University of Pretoria; BTech (Chemical Engineering), CPUT; Certificate in Accounting & Finance, Wits
Portrait of Patrick Fann, Chief Geologist

Chief Geologist

Patrick Fann

Registered professional natural scientist with more than 30 years in South African mining and exploration, and a Competent Person for gold, PGMs and chrome.

  • SACNASP registered Pr.Sci.Nat. (400004/92)
  • Competent Person for Witwatersrand and Archean greenstone gold, and Bushveld Complex PGM and chrome deposits
  • Wide experience in pegmatite (lithium, tantalum) and base metal deposits
  • Founder, CEO and Principal Geologist of Frontline Solutions (2019–present)
  • Mineral exploration and project management across green- to brown-field projects

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