The Firm
Africa is not a frontier.
We help investors and businesses build successful cross-border partnerships by providing local market expertise and fluency. Wherever you are based, the questions are the same. Who is worth partnering with, what a business is really worth, and which door opens first. We answer them from the ground, not from a distance, and stay with you long after the introductions are made.
Africa-focused
Relationship-led
Natively-fluent
Business Advisory
Market Entry Advisory
Deal Origination
Commercial Due Diligence
Transaction Support
Strategic Partnerships
Why RA&CO.
Advantage you
can't fly in.
Anyone can send a consultant to the continent for a week. What takes years is knowing who to call when they land, and being someone worth calling back.
Native fluency
We are of the continent, not visiting it. We read the room, the silence and the subtext in the languages and customs they actually happen in, then tell you plainly what was agreed and what was merely said.
Convenience end to end
One point of contact across two continents. We handle the ground work, the follow-ups, the site visits and the logistics, and report back in plain language you can act on the same day.
Discretion
Sensitive conversations stay that way. We work quietly, protect your intentions while they are still forming, and most of our best work is never talked about.
Contact
Begin the conversation.
A market to understand, a business to acquire, or a first step onto the continent. Write to us and we'll take it from there. First conversations are always without charge.
Where we work
Who we work with