Cathay AfricInvest Innovation Fund (CAIF) is a closed-end fund which benefits from AfricInvest’s solid footprint in Africa and organisational support as well as from Cathay’s global network and expertise in the innovation space. Through investing in early to growth-stage start-ups, CAIF addresses existing African socioeconomic gaps such as inequality, poor infrastructure and low levels of productivity. The fund is operated by the Africinvest team. which has offices in Abidjan, Algiers, Cairo, Casablanca, Dubai, Lagos, Nairobi, Paris and Port Louis, Tunis (and soon Johannesburg).