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Africa Fund

Ticker: CAFRX
Inception Date: 11/07/2011

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Mutual Fund Overview: Invest in Africa

As the second largest continent in the world and home to over 1.2 billion people, Africa offers a variety of investment options. To strive to capture this investment opportunity, Commonwealth Funds developed the Africa Fund, a mutual fund designed to potentially benefit from the emerging African economies and growing consumerism.

This strategy allows the Fund to access companies involved in diverse industries, such as financial products, healthcare initiatives, transportation, tourism, power generation facilities, sanitation and clean water production, and industrial manufacturing. The Africa Fund provides investors the opportunity to invest in the continent of Africa, a region where limited dedicated funds are available.

The process to utilize this potential emergence by investing in companies within selected countries requires a dedicated research effort and analysis of:
• Various government inter-country alliances;
• Separate marketplaces where the financial instruments of the companies are traded;
• Legal framework and governance overseeing these endeavors; and
• Financial systems employed to provide information for the investing public.

After thorough consideration of these and other factors, it is our opinion there are significant opportunities available which we believe represent long term potential. It is our goal to have many of these opportunities available through the Africa Fund portfolio, so you can bring it home.

Investment Objective

The Fund’s investment objective is to provide long-term capital appreciation and current income. It invests primarily in equity and debt securities of Africa issuers.

Fund Performance

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Fund Investment Holdings

Holdings as of 12/31/2025

SECURITY DESCRIPTION% OF TOTAL NET ASSETS
CAPITEC BANK HOL11.2%
FEDER-GT OBL-I 76.1%
GOLD FIELDS-ADR5.3%
NASPERS LTD-N5.1%
DATATEC LTD3.9%
ANGLOGOLD ASHANT3.8%
VUKILE PROPERTY3.4%
IMPALA PLATINUM2.9%
ASTRAL FOODS LTD2.9%
MTN GROUP-ADR2.7%
MOMENTUM GROUP L2.5%
STANDARD-SP ADR2.5%
MOTUS HOLDINGS L2.5%
DISCOVERY LTD2.4%
GRINDROD LTD2.4%
ENDEAVOUR MINING2.3%
SHOPRITE-ADR2.2%
STOR-AGE PROPERT2.1%
PSG FINANCIAL SE2.1%
SOUTH AFRICAN RAND2.0%
BIDVEST GROUP1.9%
FIRSTRAND LTD1.9%
SECURITY DESCRIPTION% OF TOTAL NET ASSETS
MR PRICE GROUP1.9%
WILSON BAYLY HOM1.8%
BID CORP LTD1.8%
EXXARO RESOURCES1.6%
ASPEN PHARMACARE1.5%
SIBANYE STILLWAT1.5%
SOAF 6 1/4 03/08/411.4%
NEDBANK GROUP1.4%
OCEANA GROUP LTD1.4%
VALTERRA PLATINU1.4%
VODACOM GROUP1.4%
OLD MUTUAL LTD1.3%
COMMER-GDR REG S1.2%
ALEXANDER FORBES1.2%
CLIENTELE LTD1.1%
HARMONY GOLD MNG1.1%
SAPPI LTD0.9%
CORONAT0.8%
INTEGRATED DIAG0.7%
SASOL LTD-SP ADR0.4%

Portfolio holdings will change due to ongoing management of the Fund. Reference to specific securities or sectors should not be construed as recommendations by the Fund, the advisor, or the distributor.

Distributions

Year-end 2025 distributions for the Commonwealth Funds were paid on December 15, 2025, to shareholders of record as of December 12, 2025. The ex-dividend and reinvest date was December 15, 2025. Please see detailed distribution information below.

Ordinary Investment Income Per Share: $0.4540
Short-Term Capital Gain Per Share:$0.0000
Long-Term Capital Gain Per Share:$0.0000

Minimums

The minimum initial investment is $200 and there is no minimum for subsequent investments.

Risk

Learn about the principal risks of investing in the Africa Fund, which includes market, foreign security, and geographic risk.
The Advisor has agreed to waive certain annual expenses on a contractual and voluntary basis, however, the voluntary reimbursement for the Africa Fund’s expenses are subject to the Advisor’s discretion and may be discontinued at any time.