Four Service Areas. One Accountable Partner.

One team. One relationship. One point of accountability across every market we work in together.

Our work is organised around four areas. Most engagements draw on more than one.

We cover Anglophone, Francophone, and Lusophone Africa, with in-market presence and native language capability across all three.

Business Development & Partnerships

The right relationship with a key bank, a leading telco, or a prominent payment network can unlock distribution, licensing advantages, and commercial scale that would take years to build independently. The wrong one can set a business back just as far.

We identify and secure the right commercial relationships — with mobile money operators, international money transfer partners, banks, payment networks, and crypto ecosystems across African markets. We don’t just make introductions. We structure partnerships, support negotiation, and stay involved until the relationship is operational.

Market Entry & Expansion

Incorporation takes longer than most expect. Opening a business bank account requires relationships that most international companies don’t have. Finding a qualified local director in an unfamiliar jurisdiction requires trust you haven’t yet had time to build.

We have navigated market entry across 40+ African markets. We manage incorporation, local banking, regulatory licensing, legal partner connections, and operational setup — across a single market or several simultaneously. We know the processes, the timelines, and the people who matter.

Payments, Fintech & Digital Assets

We advise across the full spectrum of digital finance in Africa — cross-border payment infrastructure, mobile money strategy, stablecoin corridors, crypto exchange partnerships, and digital asset licensing across African jurisdictions.

Whether you are a traditional payment business building African infrastructure, a digital asset operator entering regulated markets for the first time, or a fintech navigating mobile money interoperability, we bring the market knowledge, regulatory expertise, and relationships to move efficiently.

Foreign Exchange Advisory

Liquidity constraints, parallel market dynamics, repatriation restrictions, and currency volatility are daily realities across the continent. Effective management of these factors protects margins. Mismanagement erodes them.

We help businesses manage FX risk through traditional execution and treasury strategies, and where appropriate, through digital and stablecoin settlement rails as an alternative to conventional FX corridors. Our specialists are based in-market across East, West, Southern, and Central Africa — providing corridor-level intelligence, not regional generalisations.

Engagement Models

We tailor our engagements to meet the specific needs of our clients, prioritising value and impact over maximising scope. Our three engagement models are designed to cover most situations.
Project-Based
A fixed scope with agreed timelines and outputs. Ideal for market entry programmes, specific partnership mandates, or targeted advisory work where the objective is clearly defined.
Retained Advisory
Continuous strategic and operational engagement on a retained basis. Well-suited to businesses with sustained Africa activity who require consistent access to senior expertise and execution capabilities across multiple markets or workstreams.
Introductory Facilitation
A focused engagement centred around making the right connections. Appropriate for organisations at the exploratory stage of African market entry who need a credible, informed starting point before committing to a broader programme.