About Us
Creative, activist, economic thinkers.
UBU INVESTMENT HOLDINGS
OUR COMMITMENT AND SPHERE OF INFLUENCE
UBU focuses on facilitating solutions and partnerships that drive the growth of key industrial sectors and critical economic infrastructure, while remaining deeply committed to building resilient communities. In areas where we lack in-house expertise, we draw on our extensive network of trusted specialists whose values and approach align with our own.
Whether it's a business expanding into new markets, a government designing policies to promote growth and development, or a community working to improve livelihoods, UBU brings the expertise and resources to help achieve those goals.
Through our core activities, we strive to build social compacts that connect people and organisations in pursuit of shared, sustainable development.
SECTOR FOCUS
UBU Advisory
We advise on transformative projects that drive Africa's growth. Drawing on deep technical and policy expertise, we advance industrialisation and enable new industrial capacity, catalytic infrastructure, and high-level skills development.
UBU Investment
We back industrial opportunities where our expertise drives meaningful growth. Each opportunity must deliver measurable socio-economic value. We partner with seasoned entrepreneurs or strong management teams.
UBU Logistics
UBU is a provider of mineral logistics services in South Africa. From 2012 to 2025, it managed the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy's (DMRE) Quattro junior coal mining programme, enabling the growth and expansion of more than 15 black-owned coal producers.
WHAT DRIVES US
Talk to us today: how to build a continent.
Strategic Advisory
Tailored, evidence-based advice enabling clients to navigate complex economic challenges across the continent.
Inclusive Initiatives
Policies and programmes that turn innovation into inclusion, bridging communities, enterprises, and institutions.
Stakeholder Empowerment
Co-creating bottom-up solutions owned and driven by the people who implement them.
Sustainable Impact
Delivering long-lasting positive outcomes for the environment and society in every project we undertake.
Global Engagement
Strategic partnerships across Africa and beyond that amplify our reach and accelerate impact at a continental scale.