We work with companies that want to grow and develop their businesses in Africa. We know that there will be challenges. Our purpose is to make sure you meet these challenges, overcome them and thrive.
Source Capital
For many businesses in Africa, access to financial capital can be either expensive or elusive. While there are a growing number of investors and lenders who are excited by the opportunities in Africa, proposals from companies seeking investment often fail to meet their requirements.
Fitzrovian specialises in getting African businesses investment ready. Balancing our understanding of investor requirements and African scenarios, we help you to develop, improve and write plans so that they make your project interesting and investible to a global audience.
We then approach our database of lenders and investors, help them to understand the risks and rewards for investing in your business, and work with you to complete the deployment of capital.
Improve Efficiency and Productivity
As companies grow, they can become trapped in inefficient processes that stifle further expansion. Yet transforming the agility of your business can release both the capital and the energy that you need to grow.
Our transformational change team specialises in improving efficiencies within African businesses. We assess your situation and the stumbling points to achieving your goals. We identify areas for financial and operational improvement and engage with your leadership to develop the right solutions.
We work with your teams to deploy management systems and operating models that will improve your efficiency; we institute behavioural changes among your staff to enhance productivity, and we monitor your performance to ensure that positive change is embedded into the organisation so that you can face any situation with agility and confidence.
Deliver Projects
Sometimes it is impossible to find the in-house resources to deliver projects or to take advantage of opportunities that are present. From new product development to brand management to strategic resourcing, our teams in the UK and across Africa, we will help you identify and develop opportunities for growth and, where necessary, we will deploy our own teams to undertake and complete projects on your behalf.
Resolve Problems
All companies face problems from time to time. Unfortunately, those in leadership often need to get involved, distracting them from growing the company, and drawing them into uncharted commercial waters.
We are available 24/7, 365 days a year to assist you in resolving the difficult and unpredictable issues you may face. Our business is conducted with integrity and, while we will try to help with any situation and at any stage of the issue, early intervention saves time, maintains morale and keeps business on track.
We will help you to calmly assess the situation and offer different approaches to resolve it, working with our global network of contacts to find appropriate and cost-effective solutions. We support leadership through the entire process and often act as a permanent and on-call confidante to the Chairman, CEO or Board.
Case Studies
Access Bank
Challenge
Access Bank Sierra Leone approached us to ask for our help in developing correspondent banking relationships in USD, GBP and EUR. An increasingly difficult task in a world concerned by governance and compliance breaches and potential regulatory enforcement.
Solution
Through our London office, and using international connections, we introduced Access Bank to three, global tier-1 banks, enabling them to engage in discussion not only around correspondent banking discussions, but also investment banking and trade finance.
Cato Ridge Logistics Hub Consortium
Challenge
The Cato Ridge Logistics Hub is a SIP2 infrastructure project of national importance in South Africa. We were engaged by the consortium leading the project to assist in getting investor ready before seeking foreign direct investment.
Solution
Our teams reviewed the information provided by the consortium and identified where there were gaps in information or where more information was needed in order to appeal to investors and clear initial risk management hurdles. As a result, the consortium focused on developing facets of their project to ensure that it is both interesting and investible to both domestic and foreign investors.