Open Capital is a management consulting and financial advisory firm that drives growth, enables investment, and builds markets across Africa. We help businesses, investors, development partners, and the public sector identify opportunities and deliver unique, impactful solutions. Our mission is to advance African economies and build future generations of business leaders.

Since 2010, we have completed 1000+ engagements across 25+ countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Our locally based team of over 150 full-time staff brings experience from the world’s top consultancies, private equity firms, investment banks, and development organizations including Boston Consulting Group, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, IFC, McKinsey, and The World Bank.

Since 2010, we have helped businesses, investors, and development partners in over 25 countries analyze and adapt to rapidly changing and growing markets by providing world class consulting services.

Our team brings deep experience from hundreds of engagements across Africa, supporting a range of clients from local SMEs to Fortune 100 corporates, global foundations, and governments. Our team comes from top consultancies, private equity firms, investment banks, and development organizations.

Our Capital Markets team advises businesses and investors as they raise, structure, and deploy capital. We bring global best-in-class transaction advisory, due diligence, and capital structuring services, informed by our deep networks and knowledge of African markets. Over the past 10 years, we have closed transactions worth >$700M across 25 African countries, designing appropriate equity, debt, quasi-equity, and blended capital structures for early, growth-stage, and mature businesses as well as public private partnerships and joint ventures. Our experience extends across sectors and benefits from our consulting team’s deep engagement in value chains and with multiple industry actors.

Alongside our transaction services, we have built niche expertise in blended finance, serving as advisers to family offices, foundations, development partners, and development finance institutions to design innovative financing mechanisms with ambitious aims to build industries and achieve impact outcomes.

Talent for Resilience & Growth