Uplift is a debt vehicle managed by Purple Elephant Ventures (PEV) that provides affordable financing to support the growth and resilience of Africa’s tourism industry.


Uplift offers flexible, non-dilutive capital to help African tourism-related companies overcome the challenges of limited access to affordable debt.
Purple Elephant Ventures (PEV) understands Africa’s the tourism industry from the inside. PEV has identified the lack of debt in Africa’s tourism as a major problem; it has decided to start Uplift Safari Capital to address this challenge head on.
Uplift provides debt to African tourism-related start-ups to make their businesses more sustainable and resilient. We finance working capital and asset upgrades that reduce costs and lower their
carbon footprint, such as:




Uplift drives growth, conservation, and community impact across Africa’s tourism sector by providing affordable, flexible, non-dilutive capital to start-ups and other businesses that want to scal sustainably.





