About us
Established in Dubai in 2005, we combine financial expertise, strategic insight, and on-the-ground access to invest where global growth is shifting.
Overview
Millennium Investment Corporation is a leading investment company established in 2005 in Dubai by an experienced team of bankers. Initially built as an investment bank and private equity house, the firm completed milestone transactions across the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.
Today we focus on direct investments while keeping that same regional focus — with a particular interest in Africa, the market we know best and believe in most.
Leadership
Keba Keinde is the Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of Millennium Investment Corporation, and was the Founder of Millennium Private Equity, which he chaired from inception to 2009.
Before founding the firm, he was Managing Director and Head of the Middle East and Africa at BNP Paribas. Earlier, he spent four years at the International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group) in Washington DC, four years at Lehman Brothers in New York and London, and three years at IBM France.
He has led investments and advised governments and international corporations on strategic transactions totaling more than USD 50 billion across the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas.
Keba holds an engineering degree from the École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications de Paris and an MBA from MIT. He was awarded the Builders of the African Economy Award in 2010.
In the press
Chairman's message
"Emerging economies — what I call the New World — represent 50% of global GDP today and will exceed 60% within twenty years. Yet not a single global investment company gives them priority."
Our objective is to identify, structure, and mobilize financial and technical resources on a global basis — and invest in strategic projects in the New World. While many New World companies have become global leaders across industries, none of its investment firms has yet emerged as a global competitor in strategic projects.
Millennium aims to become the first leading global investment company from the New World by 2030.
How we operate
We leverage best-in-class third-party expertise to maximize quality and efficiency on every transaction.
World-renowned law firms, accountants, industry specialists, and engineering firms support every evaluation and structuring decision.
We focus where it matters most — origination, structuring, negotiation, and the governance and oversight of investee companies.
A flexible platform for seasoned professionals with proven track records — one that rewards responsibility, entrepreneurship, and value creation.
Two decades of landmark transactions across telecoms, energy, and natural resources.
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