PHILOSOPHY

Impact, sustainability & climate

We support companies which fit with at least one or several (if not all) of the statements below:  

  • Provide essential and affordable product & services which improve people’s lives and benefit to the mass market
  • Unlock market gaps which can be catalytic and strengthen the economy, support access to critical solutions (products, services & infrastructure), ensure food security  
  • Address solutions to underserved populations (including lower-income people e.g. smallholder farmers, unbanked people etc.) and businesses (including SMEs which represent 80% of the jobs in Africa) and help them to grow & develop  
  • Support jobs creation and economic value creation  
  • Benefit to the environment and our planet
  • Develop climate-smart solutions which mitigate climate risk (e.g. reduction of greenhouse gas emissions), help to adapt to climate change and contribute to long-term sustainability

Innovation & technology

We support innovative solutions which contribute to maximise growth, scale and impact.  

This includes tech and tech-enabled ventures & companies which embrace technology (including AI) as part of their business model and develop & adopt digital & tech solutions (software, hardware, AI etc) and operate across various sectors (e.g. climate-tech, ag-tech, health-tech, logistics-tech, energy-tech, etc).    

We also support the development of digital infrastructure (e.g. data centres, connectivity etc.) considering the critical need to build relevant infrastructure to transport and store data and provide connectivity to everyone.

Partnering approach

We actively support our clients and act as long-term partners, helping them through successive capital raisings, strategic & financial initiatives and projects.

We help them to build long-term value for all stakeholders including their customers, employees and shareholders.

What makes us special?

Track record‍

Over 30 companies & investors supported to date leading to $250m+ of investments since 2017, worked with leading investors in Africa (e.g. BII, Proparco), supported innovative, high-performing and high-potential businesses in both established countries and frontier markets.

Investor mindset‍

We are investors by background and the senior team has led on transactions & investments of $2bn+. We advise companies as if we were an investor in the company. We know what it takes to execute transactions and to create long-term value for shareholders and other stakeholders.

Sector and market knowledge‍

We only operate where we have sector expertise and where we can add value from our market knowledge and network, and further supported by our African team members.

Combined focus on financial sustainability & impact‍

We are one of the only financial advisory firm in Africa which has a genuine dual focus on financial returns and impact returns with a view to support sustainable investments which helps the society.

Beyond capital‍

We provide strategic advisory to our clients beyond capital sourcing, helping them on strategic & value-add initiatives and look for the right investors & partners which bring additionality and much more than capital.

Investor network‍

We have built over the years strong relationships with a large and diversified pool of investors ranging from VC funds, impact funds, Development Financial Institutions, PE firms (growth & buy-out), climate-focused investors, family offices, strategics, private debt and more.