“Can an Africa-focused development and investment manager build regionally consequential low-carbon energy and infrastructure projects by pairing global institutional capital with local execution?”
Blackrose is an Africa-focused alternative investments and development management firm headquartered in Nigeria, partnering with institutional investors to develop capital-intensive assets in energy transition, food security, sustainable infrastructure, and low-carbon chemicals. It is not a fintech or embedded finance company — it is an asset manager and project developer. Its financial regulation exposure comes indirectly via its 2023 investment in CBO Investment Management, a Nigerian SEC-regulated fund manager.
Blackrose is headquartered in Nigeria.
Blackrose's acquisitions include CBO Investment Management (2023).
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