What We Do
GHCP seeks to bridge the gap between private companies in Africa and international capital providers by combining strategic consulting, corporate finance advisory and private equity capabilities within a small, highly-focused team.
We engage with a select group of clients at an early stage and form multi-year partnerships to help them grow their businesses.
Our Approach
EARLY ENGAGEMENT
We engage with clients at an early stage - often before they have well-defined growth strategies – to assist them in defining their needs and goals, to develop capital allocation and fundraising plans, and to prepare them for investment by institutional funders.
HANDS-ON APPROACH
We get our hands-dirty – including at an operational and reporting level – to establish GHCP as our clients’ de facto in-house strategic finance teams, addressing needs, opportunities and risks throughout our clients’ businesses and across their capital structures.
HIGHLY FOCUSED
Our engagements are time-consuming and labor-intensive, requiring a high degree of trust and focus; as a result, we limit our engagements to a maximum of 4 – 5 clients at any time and are highly selective about the clients with which we partner.
LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS
Many of the best deals in our markets come from individuals and independent sponsors who are deeply networked within their home markets; we partner on a deal-by-deal basis with a trusted group of these individuals to bolster our local capabilities.
LONG-TERM MENTATLITY
Good investments in Africa and other frontier markets often take 12 – 36 months to prepare, diligence and execute; engaging as hands-on advisors enables us to ‘bake’ deals and build trust with companies over longer timeframes than traditional investment banks or private equity investors.
Our Services
STRATEGIC
ADVISORY
We specialize in tackling difficult and unconventional projects that require deep expertise, detailed analysis, creative structuring and hands-on engagment with our clients
MERGERS &
ACQUISITIONS
We provide creative, thorough and comprehensive leadership on our clients’ acquisition, merger, divestiture, spin-out and joint-venture initiatives
CAPITAL
STRUCTURING
We are experts in developing long-term growth plans and thoughtful capital allocation strategies that position our clients favorably to access available funding pools
PRIVATE EQUITY
INVESTMENT
In select circumstances, we make direct private equity investments in our client companies funded from our balance sheet or via dedicated special purpose vehicles that we manage
EQUITY &
DEBT RAISING
We leverage our global network of relationships with debt and equity funders to secure private investments for our clients that meet their goals in terms of both pricing and partnership
SPECIAL
SITUATIONS
We identify unique circumstances that offer clear potential to realize value for GHCP and our investors through situational distress, brownfield assets and trading opportunities
Our Projects
Closed Deals
MANUFACTURING
Ghana | 2019
US$ 15.5m equity raise for West Africa’s largest apparel manufacturing firm to fund restructuring and growth investments
LOGISTICS
Kenya & Tanzania | 2018
Acquisition of assets, project development and financing for the creation of a new cold chain logistics business in East Africa
OIL & GAS
Indonesia | 2017
US$ 350m reserve-based lending (RBL) facility to a leading frontier market O&G developer with assets across Africa and Asia
BANKING
South Africa | 2014
US$ 173m convertible debt investment in one the 2nd largest bank in Africa to enhance capital adequacy and fund credit growth
HEALTHCARE
Ghana | 2018
US$ 18.5m capital raise for the construction of Ghana’s first multi-specialty health clinic and ambulatory surgery center
ENERGY
Nigeria | 2014
US$ 255m private equity investment in a leading midstream natural gas and IPP operator in Nigeria to fund domestic acquisitions and capital projects
TELECOMS
Pan-Africa | 2013
US$ 100m private equity investment in a large pan-African telecom tower developer and operator
AGRIBUSINESS
Tanzania | 2012
US$ 210m equity capital raise for East Africa’s largest agro-processing and soft commodity trading company
METALS & MINING
DR Congo | 2012
C$ 300m equity raise for a leading international mining company via IPO on the TSX to develop new projects in the DRC and South Africa
