# Magdi Amin

> Magdi Amin is a seed investor at African Renaissance Partners backing Agriculture. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [African Renaissance Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/african-renaissance-partners)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Sep 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/magdimamin
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/Magdi_Amin

Magdi Amin is a seed investor at African Renaissance Partners focused on Agriculture and Financial Services. Magdi is the Founder and Managing Partner at African Renaissance Partners, LLC. Magdi served for two decades with the World Bank Group; most recently, leading Corporate Strategy at the International Finance Corporation. Earlier, Magdi led World Bank private sector reform programs in Southeast Asia, Africa, and MENA, and worked in corporateturnaround. Magdi received an A.B. from Princeton University and an M.A. from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Agriculture | 1 | 100% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Emata | Africa can – and must – help cover our world's growing food needs. We invest in farmers and dare them to dream big. Emata is revolutionising the way smallholder farmers in Africa access financing. Our loans are specifically designed to empower farmers to invest in their farms and increase their revenue. We make this possible by utilisingend-to-end digital processes, AI-powered alternative credit-scoring and partnerships with agricultural intermediaries like cooperatives and aggregators.Emata is a licensed Microfinance Institution. Visit us at our offices in Kampala and Mbarara for a coffee! | $2.4M | Seed | Sep 14, 2023 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Norrsken Evolve](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/norrsken-accelerator) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [The Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-draper-richards-kaplan-foundation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Zephyr Acorn](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zephyr-acorn) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About African Renaissance Partners

VC Fund · Washington, United States

African Renaissance Partners backs entrepreneurs and innovators that lead the region's economic transformation. The company focuses on renewable energy, payments/fintech, logistics, ag-tech, and health/education.

1 contacts available at African Renaissance Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Magdi Amin | Founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/magdi-amin |

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## FAQ

### What does Magdi Amin invest in?

Magdi Amin invests primarily in Agriculture and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Uganda. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Magdi Amin last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Magdi Amin closed in Sep 2023. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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