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Criterion Africa Partners
Filed as CRITERION AFRICA PARTNERS · Legal name Criterion Africa Partners, Inc
Criterion Africa Partners is an exempt reporting adviser in Bethesda, MD. Exempt reporting advisers do not report regulatory assets under management on Form ADV.
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From the filingWhere is Criterion Africa Partners located?
Criterion Africa Partners' principal office is in Bethesda, MD, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).
How does Criterion Africa Partners report to regulators?
Criterion Africa Partners is an exempt reporting adviser. Exempt reporting advisers file a shorter Form ADV. Status as filed: State ERA - ACTIVE. CRD 291386.
How have Criterion Africa Partners' assets and staff changed since 2021?
In the Form ADV data for Criterion Africa Partners: Regulatory assets under management: $102,151,090 in the October 2024 data and $94,581,309 in the October 2025 data, down 7%. Total employees: 10 in October 2024 and 10 in October 2025. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.
Does Criterion Africa Partners report any disciplinary disclosures?
Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's public record on IAPD: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/291386
What changed in Criterion Africa Partners' recent Form ADV filings?
In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 9 to 7.
From the Form ADV filing
Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.
How the firm is compensated
Item 5.ENot reported.
Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ
Regulatory assets under management
Item 5.FNot reported.
A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means
Who the firm serves
Item 5.DNot reported.
A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.
Advisory services
Item 5.GNot reported.
Registration and firm details
Items 1, 2, 5- Legal name
- Criterion Africa Partners, Inc
- Reporting status
- Exempt reporting adviser. Status as filed: State ERA - ACTIVE.
- Reporting since
- Not reported.
- Employees
- Total: Not reported. Performing investment advisory functions: Not reported.
- Wrap fee program participation
- Not reported.
- Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
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1 other office, as of the April 2026 filing
- States registered or notice-filed
- Not reported.
Exempt reporting advisers file a shorter form and are examined by no regulator on a routine schedule. SEC, state, and exempt registration
Disclosures
Item 11None Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.
Item 11 asks about criminal, regulatory, and civil events involving the firm and its advisory personnel. The detail of each yes answer is on the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures
Assets and staff over time
Items 5.A, 5.F| Data period | Assets under management | Employees | Filing dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | Not reported | Not reported | June 16, 2026 |
| October 2025 | $94,581,309 | 10 | March 24, 2025 |
| October 2024 | $102,151,090 | 10 | March 14, 2024 |
| October 2022 | Not reported | Not reported | March 17, 2022 |
| October 2021 | Not reported | Not reported | February 25, 2021 |
Regulatory assets under management: $102,151,090 in the October 2024 data and $94,581,309 in the October 2025 data, down 7%.
Total employees: 10 in October 2024 and 10 in October 2025.
As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.
Changes in the filing
Last 12 months- April 2026
- Employees performing advisory functions went from 9 to 7.
Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.
Websites listed on Form ADV
Item 1.ISource: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."
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AdvisorCensus. Criterion Africa Partners (CRD 291386): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/criterion-africa-partners-bethesda-md-291386