Utility-scale solar panels across the Kenyan landscape at sunset

Africa-focused advisory

Connecting global capital to African projects

Lions Capital Africa brings international investor perspective and local market understanding to opportunities in Kenya and across the continent.

The firm

A trusted bridge between capital and opportunity.

We help global investors understand, assess, and engage with African projects—and help project sponsors present opportunities with clarity and discipline.

Based in Nairobi, Lions Capital Africa is positioned close to the markets, relationships, and context that shape investment decisions. Our role is to create informed connections and support constructive dialogue from first consideration onward.

About Lions Capital Africa

Advisory services

Disciplined support across the investment conversation.

Practical advisory for investors entering the market and sponsors preparing to engage capital.

Capital advisory

Strategic guidance to position credible projects for engagement with aligned capital providers.

Investor–project alignment

Curated introductions shaped by mandate, sector fit, geography, and investment objectives.

Project readiness

Support to strengthen the commercial narrative, documentation, and investor-facing proposition.

Joint ventures

Pairing international investors with credible local partners and shaping durable partnership terms.

Wealth management

Advisory on structuring, preserving, and growing capital with a long-term perspective.

Citizenship by investment

Independent guidance on programme eligibility, comparison, due diligence, and applications.

Tax advisory

Clarity on the tax implications of cross-border investment, structuring, and compliance.

Solar infrastructure set within the East African landscape

Sector focus

Energy first. A wider sector perspective.

Solar and renewable energy lead our sector view: essential infrastructure with the potential to support productive economies and resilient communities. Alongside energy we consider infrastructure, real estate and real assets, public-sector-linked projects, agribusiness, fintech and responsible resource development, expanding selectively as mandates develop.

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Why this market

Local context matters at every stage.

Proximity

Nairobi-based perspective and on-the-ground awareness of the people, institutions, and conditions surrounding an opportunity.

Alignment

A clear-eyed approach to fit—bringing together investor mandates and projects whose needs and ambitions genuinely correspond.

Clarity

Concise, decision-useful communication that respects the standards of institutional investment conversations.

Long-term view

Relationship-led advisory grounded in durable value creation and long-term partnerships.

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A considered path from opportunity to capital.

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