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AECI Limited is a diversified South African chemicals and mining solutions company listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. It is headquartered at AECI Place in Woodmead, Sandton, South Africa. The group provides specialty chemicals, explosives and related services to industrial and mining customers in South Africa and internationally. According to available investment data, AECI has been active as an investor in African agri tech, participating in three funding rounds between August 2021 and March 2025. Over this period it invested a total of 9.5 million dollars, focused entirely on South Africa. Its activity has been concentrated at the seed and Series A stages, with two seed rounds and one Series A round. AECI has backed Khula, a South African agri tech company that enables users to buy inputs, contract crops and access production finance. In Khula’s funding rounds AECI has invested alongside co investors including E2 Investments, PepsiCo South Africa, Absa Bank and ESquared Investments. This focus on agri tech aligns with AECI’s broader positioning as a chemicals and industrial solutions group serving agricultural and related markets.
