African Investment Advisory · Accra · California. New York
Africa is not an emerging.
It's an arriving one
CIVA Capital puts capital, strategy, and presence behind Africa's
most compelling businesses — from first investment to lasting impact.
most compelling businesses — from first investment to lasting impact.
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About CIVA Capital
Closing the gap between African ambition and global capital.
Founded in Accra, present across two continents — CIVA Capital connects Africa's entrepreneurs with the knowledge, networks, and capital that their counterparts in developed markets have long taken for granted.
CIVA Capital was founded on a single conviction: Africa's entrepreneurs deserve access to the same quality of capital and strategic advice that their counterparts in developed markets take for granted. We exist to close that gap — not by importing foreign models, but by building locally grounded solutions that generate integrated value across African ecosystems.
Headquartered in Accra with offices in California and New York, our team brings together finance professionals, business strategists, and sector specialists — united not by geography but by a shared belief in the transformative potential of African enterprise. We are not passive advisors. We embed ourselves in the challenges our clients face — bringing conviction, creativity, and the global network required to mobilise capital that creates lasting, climate-resilient economic growth.
Together with our clients and partners, we are writing a new chapter in Africa's story — one empowered business at a time.
Mission
To bridge Africa's empowerment gap through strategic capital mobilization — connecting entrepreneurs with the knowledge, networks, and resources that build inclusive, climate-resilient economies across the continent.
Vision
To ensure that every African visionary has a genuine opportunity to build a sustainable business — one that creates prosperity not just for its owners, but for the communities and ecosystems it operates within.
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African Mandate
The Principles Every Client Can Hold Us To
Integrity
We have no hidden positions, no undisclosed relationships, and no incentive to steer you anywhere except toward the best outcome for your business. Our advice is conflicted by nothing other than your interest.
Resourcefulness
Resourcefulness flows naturally rough African communities-the ability to innovate, adapt, and thrive despite challenges is woven into the continent's DNA. Our role is to unlock and amplify this inherent strength, helping our clients leverage their unique capabilities to achieve sustainable success.
INTEGRATED RETURNS
We reject the idea that doing good and doing well are competing ambitions. Every engagement is structured to generate returns that are financial, social, and environmental — because in African markets, the three are inseparable.
EXECUTION FOCUS
A report sitting on a shelf helps no one. We measure our success by what gets implemented, not what gets submitted - and we remain in the room long after most advisors have moved on.
What We Do
From business plan to boardroom —
six integrated service lines
built for African markets.
From first idea to final close — every stage, one firm. Everything your business needs to
grow, raise, and scale in Africa.
grow, raise, and scale in Africa.
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Entrepreneurial Development
We work with founders and leadership teams at every stage — building the capabilities, market connections, and investor-readiness that turn promising businesses into fundable, scalable enterprises. Structured programs that build businesses built to last.
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Market Research & Intelligence
On-the-ground intelligence across African markets, so your decisions are grounded in reality, not assumption. We combine primary field research, macroeconomic modelling, and competitive mapping into clear, actionable analysis — built for boardrooms, not bookshelves.
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Corporate Finance Advisory
Capital raising, M&A, and transaction structuring for businesses ready to scale. We draw on a network of investors specifically positioned for African opportunities — not just open to them.
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Management Advisory
Strong businesses are built on strong institutions. We work at board and management level — designing governance structures, leading operational change, and building the internal capabilities that make growth stick.
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ESG Programs
Locally adapted ESG frameworks that meet investor standards and create genuine stakeholder value. We design frameworks that work in the real world — meeting DFI and institutional investor standards without sacrificing African market relevance.
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Business Plans & Feasibility Studies
The document that opens doors. Rigorous studies that turn ideas into investment-ready propositions — meeting institutional investor and DFI standards with financial modelling, technical assessment, and market validation.
How We Actually Work — A Process Built Around Your Business, Not Ours
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Deep Discovery
Before we say anything, we listen. We map your business, market position, capital structure, and growth objectives from the ground up — no assumptions, no borrowed frameworks.
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African-First Strategy
We build your strategy from African market reality — drawing on sector expertise, on-the-ground intelligence, and comparable transactions. What you receive is designed to work here, not elsewhere.
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Capital Mobilisation
Strategy without capital is aspiration. We activate our investor network — DFIs, institutional funds, and family offices — to move your business from plan to funded.
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Execution Support
We stay alongside you through implementation — from investor roadshows to operational restructuring and market entry. We measure success by what gets built, not what gets submitted.
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Long-Term Partnership
Our strongest relationships span years, not engagements. We stay as your business grows and moves into new markets — because the most valuable thing we offer isn't a report, it's continuity.
Portfolio
The businesses we have advised,
financed, and helped scale.
We don't take every mandate. We take the ones where our sector knowledge, investor
relationships, and on-the-ground presence can make a material difference — and then
we stay until the work is done. Each engagement below represents a business CIVA
believed in — and committed to.
relationships, and on-the-ground presence can make a material difference — and then
we stay until the work is done. Each engagement below represents a business CIVA
believed in — and committed to.
Landsberg International Holdings
TrusteeFarm Limited
Koforidua Hills
Landsberg International Holdings
TrusteeFarm Limited
Koforidua Hills
From the Desk of CIVA Capital
Perspectives on
African markets, capital, and growth.
Original thinking on the forces shaping African investment — for investors,
entrepreneurs, and anyone paying close attention to the continent's trajectory.
entrepreneurs, and anyone paying close attention to the continent's trajectory.
Insight — 01
Ghana’s SMEs Do Not Have a Finance Problem.
CIVA CAPITAL PARTNERS Thought Leadership | 2026 Ghana’s SMEs Do Not Have a Finance Problem. They Have a Commercial Problem. By Claude Oduro, CIVA Capital Partners Limited For...
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Insight — 02
The Exchange Isn’t Broken. The Model Is.
Why Ghana’s thin IPO pipeline is an investment signal, and whose problem it actually is By Claude Oduro, Business Advisory and Market Research, CIVA Capital Partners Limited WHAT THE NUMBERS ACTUALLY SAY A food...
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Insight — 03
The Gap Is Not About Money: Why the MSME Financing Crisis in West Africa Is a Capacity Problem Wearing a Capital Costume
A working paper for development finance practitioners, institutional investors, and policy architects operating...
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Our Team
Built on experience. Driven by
purpose.
CIVA Capital was built by practitioners, not theorists. The team bring decades
of hands-on experience across African markets — in finance, strategy,
research, and operations. They have sat across the table from investors,
governments, and founders. They know what moves capital, what stalls it,
and what makes businesses on this continent last.
of hands-on experience across African markets — in finance, strategy,
research, and operations. They have sat across the table from investors,
governments, and founders. They know what moves capital, what stalls it,
and what makes businesses on this continent last.
Managing Partner
Get In Touch
Every conversation starts somewhere. Let's start yours.
Tell us who you are and what you're working on. We read every message personally — and we respond with substance, not a template.
Entrepreneurs & Businesses
You have a business worth building. CIVA Capital has the advisory expertise, investor relationships, and sector knowledge to help you build it properly — from first business plan to funded, scaling enterprise.
Investors
Africa's most compelling investment opportunities rarely come through conventional channels. CIVA gives investors direct access to vetted, investment-ready businesses — and the advisory confidence to move decisively.
Partners & Institutions
If you bring sector expertise, institutional networks, or capital that complements what we do, we want to hear from you. CIVA is built on the quality of its partnerships — and we are always open to the right ones.
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14 Abokobi Street, Cantonments, Accra