GROUP COMPANIES
Robin Sharma
Too many people on the planet
of healthcare, of safe living conditions and more.
Affordable healthcare widens access to medical services. Better healthcare for all reduces child mortality and communal diseases, educates the population about precautionary measures, and increases public health. At 1000 Days Hospital, we focus on a child’s first 1,000 days. Services include maternal care, child nutrition, sexual health, safe family relations, community building among mothers, courses, and discussion groups. We also serve the wider public with general practices, surgery, and trauma centers.
Acini ownership: 85 %
Traffic mortality is a major cause of death for young people, particularly in developing countries. Efficient ways to reduce this include making certified drivers’ licenses more affordable and increasing the number of female drivers, which in turn empowers women and encourages female mobility, safety, and prosperity.
Acini ownership: 80 %
Access to pure drinking water increases child survival, reduces general mortality, fosters public health, and reduces the incidence of waterborne diarrheal diseases like rotavirus, E. coli, or cholera. As of 2016, diarrhea was estimated to be the fifth leading cause of child death in the world.
Link: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(18)30362-1/fulltext
Acini ownership: 48 %
Population growth comes from poverty, from lack of education, of clean water, of healthcare, of safe living conditions and more.
Affordable healthcare widens access to medical services. Better healthcare for all reduces child mortality and communal diseases, educates the population about precautionary measures, and increases public health. At 1000 Days Hospital, we focus on a child’s first 1,000 days. Services include maternal care, child nutrition, sexual health, safe family relations, community building among mothers, courses, and discussion groups. We also serve the wider public with general practices, surgery, and trauma centers.
Acini ownership: 85 %
Traffic mortality is a major cause of death for young people, particularly in developing countries. Efficient ways to reduce this include making certified drivers’ licenses more affordable and increasing the number of female drivers, which in turn empowers women and encourages female mobility, safety, and prosperity.
Acini ownership: 80 %
Access to pure drinking water increases child survival, reduces general mortality, fosters public health, and reduces the incidence of waterborne diarrheal diseases like rotavirus, E. coli, or cholera. As of 2016, diarrhea was estimated to be the fifth leading cause of child death in the world.
Link: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(18)30362-1/fulltext
Acini ownership: 48 %
Excessive Inequality among People
We do not choose our parents or birthplace, yet these are perhaps life’s most important factors. As a society we may offset the cards that children are dealt through opportunities for education, work, and cultural expression. The main discriminatory factors in the workplace are over nationality, race, gender, and age.
Vocational training is an efficient way to bring young people into the workforce. Among our programs are catering and hospitality, hairdressing and beauty, fashion and design; 70% of those enrolled in them are women. Most of the programs involve three months training and three months placing the graduates in a job. About 50% of graduates get jobs. 2X Education is a non-profit.
Acini ownership: 80 %
The restaurant industry is a large employer of young talent, a provider of decent working conditions, and attractive career opportunities. Keno Coffee House is a local restaurant chain in Kenya with a global menu.
Acini ownership: 80 %
Keno Hub is a working space for professionals, students, and business travelers.
Acini ownership: 80 %
Digital skills are powerful levers that lift local talent into the global work force. Learnio offers mentor-led training targeted on women in ICT, in collaboration with local partners. Those partners include World Bank, World Food Program, and SOS Children’s Villages. We are currently in Albania, Bangladesh, Benin, and the Ivory Coast.
Acini ownership: 65 %
Pangea Accelerator is a growth program for Kenyan Start-ups. Our mission is to give young companies the best possibilities to grow and succeed locally and globally. We contribute with training, mentors, visual experts, marketing experts, sales competence, network and a pool of investors.
Acini ownership: 24 %
Excessive Inequality among People
We do not choose our parents or birthplace, yet these are perhaps life’s most important factors. As a society we may offset the cards that children are dealt through opportunities for education, work, and cultural expression. The main discriminatory factors in the workplace are over nationality, race, gender, and age.
Vocational training is an efficient way to bring young people into the workforce. Among our programs are catering and hospitality, hairdressing and beauty, fashion and design; 70% of those enrolled in them are women. Most of the programs involve three months training and three months placing the graduates in a job. About 50% of graduates get jobs. 2X Education is a non-profit.
Acini ownership: 80 %
The restaurant industry is a large employer of young talent, a provider of decent working conditions, and attractive career opportunities. Keno Coffee House is a local restaurant chain in Kenya with a global menu.
Acini ownership: 80 %
Keno Hub is a working space for professionals, students, and business travelers.
Acini ownership: 80 %
Digital skills are powerful levers that lift local talent into the global work force. Learnio offers mentor-led training targeted on women in ICT, in collaboration with local partners. Those partners include World Bank, World Food Program, and SOS Children’s Villages. We are currently in Albania, Bangladesh, Benin, and the Ivory Coast.
Acini ownership: 65 %
Pangea Accelerator is a growth program for Kenyan Start-ups. Our mission is to give young companies the best possibilities to grow and succeed locally and globally. We contribute with training, mentors, visual experts, marketing experts, sales competence, network and a pool of investors.
Acini ownership: 24 %
Too many resources are required to
achieve and sustain a good life:
Yet, happiness is not a function of GDP. Mental health issues do not disappear with a luxurious lifestyle.
Every person can be the best version of themselves and respected for who they are. The core philosophy of Master WiZR is that we should democratize how we appear virtually and allow every person or company on the earth to shine online. If a two-person start-up in Africa can appear as a top brand in the US, we have achieved our mission. The company is a global employer with staff on four continents.
Acini ownership: 47 %
This Norwegian organization connects people over age 50 to start-ups or companies for positions as mentors, board members, advisors, consultants in part- or full-time positions (paid and unpaid). There is a vast untapped resource of experienced talent who have a strong desire to work. Let´s use them.
Acini ownership: 25 %
Too many resources are required to
achieve and sustain a good life:
The model for Western companies presupposes that the higher the material consumption, the better the life. Yet, happiness is not a function of GDP. Mental health issues do not disappear with a luxurious lifestyle.
Every person can be the best version of themselves and respected for who they are. The core philosophy of Master WiZR is that we should democratize how we appear virtually and allow every person or company on the earth to shine online. If a two-person start-up in Africa can appear as a top brand in the US, we have achieved our mission. The company is a global employer with staff on four continents.
Acini ownership: 47 %
This Norwegian organization connects people over age 50 to start-ups or companies for positions as mentors, board members, advisors, consultants in part- or full-time positions (paid and unpaid). There is a vast untapped resource of experienced talent who have a strong desire to work. Let´s use them.
Acini ownership: 25 %
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Portfolio companies
These are companies where we hold less than 10% of the shares and do not influence their operation. Nevertheless, we are in dialogue with the management of all these companies.
A UK-Finnish ed-tech company that produces video stories. The target audience, K-1 to K-12, learn about SDGs and different cultures to strengthen global tolerance, empath and knowledge.
A fintech company that supports table banking groups in Ethiopia and builds credit histories for women.
A Norwegian based tech accelerator for global companies with a mission to solve the problems of SDGs
An investment company for African SMBs; its main activity is in Tanzania.
A prop-tech company in Uganda that regulates the rights of land-owners and tenants.
A cloud-based health tech company that offers complete ERP systems for hospitals globally.
A picture-sharing app for voluntarily funded organizations and grassroot sports clubs through subscription and direct funding.
This list of investments includes both direct and indirect ownerships held by Acini Capital or associated companies. The list is not extensive and does not cover investment in public markets. All other investments are done with the intent to make an impact.
John Doerr
The world is full of companies that are behind the curve of the effort to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. We do not oppose the goal of a net zero world with respect to climate gas emissions. We do, however, find it hopelessly unambitious.
The need is for zero emission solutions today or emission sequestering. Not carbon storage that only continues fossil fuel consumption, but efficiency in the use of resources and consumption that embeds natural sequestration in the product cycle.
We´d rather invest in companies that are clearly ahead of the transition curve. Examples are our listed stocks within such sectors as: Solar, Wind, Bio-Refinery, EV Production, Recycling, Sustainable Real Estate, and Sustainable Finance (GABV)
We are generally not engaged in philanthropy, but during the pandemic we’ve been venturing into it on special occasions. A brief summary of our impact: in Kenya, we produced a half-million washable face masks locally.
At the peak, we had 60 stations for washing and hand-sanitizing in poor communities. Outreach work to educate people about the personal precautions they can take to reduce the risk of transmitting COVID-19. About 1.4 million people were reached through 2020 and 2021. All work was done in collaboration with local Acini companies.
2X Empower is a civic engagement to facilitate local democratic discussions. We host the events, invite aspiring politicians, and engage the public to ask questions. The Know Your Leader campaign started in Kisumu/Kenya prior to the election in 2022.
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other peoples prosperity.