A PROJECT BORN OF A COMMON VISION Dr. Donald Kaberuka and Mr. Lionel Zinsou shared a common vision and, in 2017, joined forces to launch SouthBridge, an innovative financial services firm. Africa needs its own financial instruments. It needs its own talent and human resources to move forward. Its needs to build bridges between ideas, people and financing. A team of highly talented people joined the company and today SouthBridge operates from Kigali, Paris, Abidjan, Casablanca working with clients and partners all over the continent.
A TEAM FOR AFRICA SouthBridge has assembled a highly experienced team of dedicated professionals with local knowledge and global expertise. Our teams rely on a multidisciplinary approach, in which expertise, knowledge and backgrounds are essentials. We have a staff of over 25 dedicated people from around 20 countries, eager to make things happen And all of us can call Africa home.
A FULL RANGE OF SERVICES THROUGH TWO INDEPENDENT BUSINESS LINES Corporate and Sovereign Advisory • • • •
Corporate financial advisory and services Connecting capital and financing needs Structuring ambitious projects Strategic sovereign advisory and implementation to maximize assets, investments and opportunities • A strategic commitment to green finance and sustainable development
ASSET MANAGEMENT AND INVESTMENT: SOUTHBRIDGE INVESTMENTS • SouthBridge Investment incorporated in December 2020 • Development and promotion of investment vehicles with a long-term view on Africa. • Innovative solutions in technology, finance, industry, women entrepreneurship, green & blue infrastructure solutions • Direct investment with long-term capital SouthBidge Kigali office
KIGALI
ABIDJAN
PARIS
PCD Tower, 11th Floor, KN 67 Street Kigali, Rwanda +250 252 555 000 kigali@southbgroup.com
Blvd Arsene Usher Assouan Carrefour Mel Theodore Riviera Golf 4, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire +225 2178 5355 abidjan@southbgroup.com
6, rue Auguste-Vacquerie 75116 Paris, France +33 1 70 81 20 70 paris@southbgroup.com
www.southbgroup.com