Pillars of Expertise

Sovereign Intelligence

Advising clients on local political, economic, social, regulatory legal, operational and environmental factors.

MArket Intelligence

Assessing competitive landscape, market performance, market incentives, constraints and supply chain risk.

Corporate Intelligence

Using local presence to conduct enhanced due diligence around key counterparties and stakeholders.

leadership Intelligence

Providing insight on track record, reputation and capacity of leaders, governance and decision-making culture. Finding C-Suite talent.

capital Intelligence

Acting as a bridge between African businesses seeking to source investment and partners seeking opportunities in our region.

OVerview

We’re focused solely on Africa and the Middle East, operating across 41 countries but agnostic on sector. Our ambition is to facilitate transformative, ethical and sustainable investment in the region.

Sovereign Intelligence Case Study

• Client: Global universal bank with diverse on-going interests in one of our countries concerned about risks surrounding its clients on the ground following an election.

• Our approach: Use a combination of in-house expertise and access to relevant stakeholders e.g. political party figures, central bank officials and senior executives from local banks to provide actionable and forward looking analysis through in report and presentation format.

• Outcome: Our analysis assisted the client’s diverse staff to appreciate the scenarios governing their respective areas of business. Issues underlined in the report included descriptions of the incoming government, likely priorities, importance of the electoral dispute and possible outcomes. Attention was also paid to the banking sector and challenges posed by financial delinquency of certain state-owned institutions and the incomplete implementation of AML/CFT best practice.

• Timeframe: 4 weeks

Corporate Intelligence Case Study

• Client: Investor considering equity/debt investment and seeking comfort around beneficial ownership, links with politically exposed persons; and also the stance of the government vis-à-vis the sector in general and this company in particular.

• Our approach: Access to public records, local language open source information, human sources on top of existing local knowledge and networks to identify characterstics of the subject firm and principals.

• Outcome: The client was made aware that politically exposed persons held a minority stake in the company and had demonstrated managerial influence e.g. hiring policy.

• Timeframe: 5 weeks

Leadership Intelligence Case Study

• Client: Industrial and natural resources practice of global executive search firm seeking to fill board level positions for a client firm.

• Our approach: Profile ideal candidates for the positions in question, conduct open source research, research team member networks locally and in Diaspora in order to present a list of potential candidates. Subsequent human intelligence and litigation checks on short-listed candidates.

• Outcome: The client ultimately selected the appropriate candidate for the position from among the list of potential candidates we had screened.

• Timeframe: 5 weeks