Commercial capital
Institutional investors · pension · insurance
Wealth & Asset Management
Preserving and deploying private African capital with institutional discipline
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Wealth concentrated in operating businesses rather than liquid portfolios
Exchange control limits on offshore allocation and repatriation
We advise family offices, private principals, and wealth platforms across Africa on the structuring, governance, and deployment of private capital — from succession architecture to allocation into private markets at home and abroad.
African family capital is often concentrated in operating businesses and held across several countries, with exchange control shaping what can be moved and when. Succession, currency exposure, and the wish to diversify beyond the home market pull in different directions, and the structure has to hold all three.
Family office governance, succession structuring, and private markets access for African principals and wealth platforms.
Wealth & Asset Management
Preserving and deploying private capital with institutional discipline
Capital architecture
Blended finance layer stack
How concessional, guarantee-backed, and commercial capital combine in bankable project and fund structures.
Guarantee layer
Partial credit · political risk · first-loss
Concessional finance
DFI · ECA cover · blended tranches
Sponsor equity
Government · corporate · project equity
Layered by payment seniority — commercial capital sits senior, concessional and guarantee layers absorb structured risk, and sponsor equity takes first loss.
Services & capabilities
What we deliver
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Capability detail
Family office design
Governance charters, investment committees, and operating models built for multi-generational African families.
- Multi-gen
Governance
Succession and family charter advisory
- AML/CRS
Regulatory depth
AIFMD, AML, and CRS alignment
How we've helped
Family office
Governance framework for a pan-African family platform
We designed investment committee governance, reporting standards, and allocation policy for a family office holding operating assets in several African markets — setting decision rights that hold as the platform passes to the next generation.
Read moreOur approach
A disciplined approach to capital advisory
We combine governance design with structuring and allocation advice — building family offices that hold together across branches and borders, and that can diversify without breaching the rules that govern capital movement.
Discover
Map family objectives, balance sheet composition, governance preferences, and risk appetite across generations.
Structure
Design legal entities, investment policy, and reporting frameworks with counsel and administrators.
Deploy
Execute manager selection, alternative allocations, and portfolio construction within agreed mandates.
Govern
Ongoing oversight, performance review, and succession planning with documented committee cadence.
Client outcomes
- Family office structures with decision rights that survive succession
- Transparent architectures coordinated across African and offshore jurisdictions
- Institutional-grade oversight and reporting of a private portfolio
- Disciplined diversification within exchange control and tax obligations
Latest insights
Wealth & Asset Management
Analysis on capital and policy
February 17, 2026 · Capital mobilization
Blended Finance and the Additionality Test
CAPITALMarch 3, 2026 · Risk advisory
Currency Mismatch: The Risk That Decides African Financings
RISKJanuary 13, 2026 · Policy & markets
Mining Fiscal Regimes and What Stability Agreements Are Worth
POLICYApril 14, 2026 · ESG & impact
ESG Integration Across the Investment Lifecycle in European Markets
IMPACTSector application
Industries we serve
Financial Services
Advisory for institutional investors and financial intermediaries
Private Capital
Partner to family offices, PE, and alternative asset managers
Real Estate
Institutional capital for real assets and urban development
Infrastructure
Core mandate: structuring bankable infrastructure investments
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Risk intelligence and mitigation for capital-intensive African mandates
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Investment vehicles built for governance, institutional subscription, and scale
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Risk-sharing instruments that unlock African capital and improve terms
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Legal, securities, and escrow architecture for African and cross-border investment
Private Equity Advisory
Deal, holding, and capital structures for African private equity and co-investment
Sovereign & Infrastructure Advisory
Sovereign programmes and infrastructure delivered with institutional discipline
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