Aziz Mebarek
Overview
A graduate of the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées engineering school in Paris, Aziz Mebarek held various positions in industry before becoming Advisor to the Chairman & Managing Director of the steel conglomerate Tunisacier-Ilva Maghreb from 1987 to 1991, and Managing Director from 1991 to 1994. He was then involved in setting up the investment firm Tuninvest-AfricInvest Group. He is also co-founder of the African Venture Capital Association and the Association Tunisienne des Grandes Écoles.
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Tuninvest–AfricInvest Group
Having begun its activities in Tunisia in 1994 and later extended its operations to other countries in central North Africa, Tuninvest–AfricInvest Group has been active in Sub-Saharan Africa since 2004. Targeting SMEs, the group manages assets of more than USD 500 million through ten investment funds. It has a team of 37 investment specialists and has invested in 90 companies in some ten countries from its six offices in Abidjan, Algiers, Casablanca, Lagos, Nairobi and Tunis.