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HEVA Fund

@HEVAFund

We are an East African fund that invests in the transformative social and economic potential of Africa’s creative economy sector

 Nairobi, Kenya
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Joined June 2015
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The CREA Fund workshop helped nine founders identify gaps in their businesses. Through continued advisory support and digital engagements, they're working through them, from understanding their numbers to strengthening operations and systems. We'll share more as the work unfolds
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CREA Fund is co-funded by the EU under its CreatiFI programme. #CREAFund #GlobalGateway #CreativeAfrica #TeamEurope
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Five days can change the questions you ask about your business. The CREA Fund workshop has come to a close. Founders spent the week looking more closely at the business behind the creative work and, in some cases, uncovering questions they hadn't thought to ask before.
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The work now moves back into the businesses. @PwC @Proparco @EUinKenya #CREAFund #GlobalGateway
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What happens between getting the work and getting paid? Yesterday, we brought corporate buyers, agencies, marketing intermediaries, creators and production professionals together to talk about the realities behind commercial creative work...
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...from commissioning and contracts to approvals, production and payment. We listened, challenged some assumptions and left with more questions to explore. For HEVA, that’s the work: understanding how the market is changing and making sure our approach keeps up. #CreativeEconomy
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What are this week's founders working on? Pricing. Financial records. Operations. Production. Market strategy. Financial modelling. Different questions, same purpose. @MarieLoraMungai @PwC @Restless_Global @Proparco #creativeafrica #creafund #globalgateway #teameurope
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We're in the room. The work starts today. 10 creative businesses. 5 days. Practical work on the financial and operational foundations behind growth. #CREAFund #GlobalGateway #TeamEurope #CreativeEconomy #CreativeAfrica
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Ten creative businesses. Ten different gaps. Same question: what does it take to build a business that can carry its own growth? CREA Fund begins this week. Workshop opens Monday in Nairobi.#CREAFund #GlobalGateway #TeamEurope #CreativeEconomy #CreativeAfrica
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This morning on @Hot_96Kenya, our Investment Director, @pamtembe, sat down with Nick Odhiambo to talk about HEVA’s 14-year journey - and what it takes to build a creative economy where businesses can actually grow.
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As of today, HEVA has invested $45M+ across Africa, with the @sanara_ke Program deploying KES 1.2B across six counties in Kenya (Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Kakamega, and Turkana). #HEVAFund #CreativeEconomy #InvestInCreatives #CreativeAfrica
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BREAKOUT ROOM A | THE CREATIVE ECONOMY – IP, PLATFORMS, AND CAPITAL Panel Discussion | Creative Industries as Investable Assets Our #AmChamSummit26 program will feature a panel session examining how sports, music, and film can function as investable asset classes, and what it takes to attract sustainable, repeat capital into Africa’s creative economy. Speakers: -Panos A. Panay (@panos_panay), President, The Recording Academy -Clare Akamanzi(@cakamanzi), Chief Executive Officer, NBA Africa (@NBA_Africa) -Wakiuru Njuguna (@wakiurunjuguna), Managing Director, HEVA Fund (@HEVAFund) -Stephen Domingo (@sdomingo31), CEO and Founder, Okapi Sports -Peter Griffin, Senior Vice President of Venues, Live Nation (@LiveNation) Facilitator: Richard Kiplangat, Managing Director, Africa Practice 📅 9 September 2026 📍 Windsor Golf Hotel & Country Club, Nairobi View the full program: amchambizsummit.com/program #AmChamSummit26 #AmChamSummit #FutureOfTrade
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Yesterday we had a conversation that needed to happen. 🎙️ Pam Mutembei from HEVA Fund and Michael Owino from NCBA sat down on The Jam to talk about what it really means when creative finance meets commercial banking and what it unlocks for creative businesses in Kenya.
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Everything you need to know about HEVA x NCBA Start-Up Incubator Financing is at the link in bio. 👆🏾 @NCBABankKenya @CapitalFMKenya
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Creative businesses need financing that understands how they work. Through the HEVA Fund × NCBA partnership, we're bringing finance closer to where creativity meets business.
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@NCBABankKenya #CreativeAfrica #HEVAFund #HEVAxNCBA #CreativeEconomy
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Your creative business just got access to something new. Start-Up Incubator Financing is now open. From KES 100,000, for fashion, film, music, gaming, performing arts and more. Apply through the link in bio. 👆🏾
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HEVA Fund & @NCBABankKenya have come together to offer financing built specifically for creative entrepreneurs. Not a generic business loan, but capital designed around how creative businesses actually work. No experience with commercial banking needed, just a creative business
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Creative businesses, this one’s for you. 🎙️ Tune in today as HEVA Fund and NCBA join Capital FM’s The Jam to talk about what happens when creative finance meets commercial banking and what this means for creative businesses looking to grow.
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@NCBABankKenya @pamtembe
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📻 Today | 3–4PM 🎙️ Pam Mutembei, HEVA Fund × Michael Owino, NCBA 📍 Capital FM 98.4 FM + online Tune in. Let’s talk creative business and finance. #creativeafrica #HEVAFund #HEVAxNCBA #creativeeconomy
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