Strategic Advisory. Private Capital. Long-Term Partnership.
M. LEWIS GROUP is a Zambia-headquartered institutional platform spanning investment, advisory, venture building, private capital and research. The platform is focused on building businesses into growth-ready enterprises, financing their expansion, and scaling their impact across Africa's productive economy.
We combine venture-building, strategic advisory, private capital, and operating partnerships to help companies strengthen their foundations, become growth-ready, and transition from promising local businesses into scalable regional platforms.
Our focus extends beyond investing in companies. We identify businesses positioned at critical points in Africa's value chains and work alongside them to strengthen the systems required for growth — connecting capital, technology, production, infrastructure, logistics, and markets to build more competitive and scalable enterprises.
Our investment philosophy is straightforward:
"We look for businesses positioned at critical points in Africa's value chains—energy, food, logistics, technology, finance, manufacturing and distribution—with the potential to become growth-ready, scalable enterprises. We invest where strategic capital, operating expertise and connectivity can strengthen these businesses, unlock their growth potential and connect them to the broader ecosystems around them."
At its core:
"We invest in and help build the infrastructure through which goods, capital, technology and markets move across Africa."
Africa's next phase of economic growth will require more than capital. It will require productive businesses, reliable infrastructure, stronger regional supply chains, technology, financial innovation and companies capable of operating across borders.
M. LEWIS GROUP intends to operate at the intersection of these opportunities.
Our objective is to become a trusted strategic and capital partner to entrepreneurs, business owners, investors and institutions building the next generation of African businesses.
Our Four Capabilities
Advice, relationships and capital—working together
We build businesses into growth-ready enterprises, finance their expansion, and scale their impact across Africa's productive economy.
Our model is:
Build stronger enterprises. Mobilise the right capital. Scale across Africa.
M. LEWIS GROUP works with businesses at different stages of their journey — from emerging ventures and established SMEs to growth companies and regional enterprises. We diagnose where you are, determine what you need next, and deploy the right combination of strategy, enterprise building, capital and growth execution.
Our model combines four capabilities:
Advice, relationships, capital and execution — working together across the lifecycle of every business we serve.
STRATEGIC ADVISORY
We help businesses determine what to build, how to structure it, where to compete, how to scale and how to become investment-ready.
ENTERPRISE BUILDING
We build the commercial, financial and organisational architecture required to turn a promising business into an investment-grade enterprise.
PRIVATE CAPITAL
We provide or arrange capital for businesses and projects that demonstrate attractive commercial potential and strategic relevance.
OPERATING PARTNERSHIPS
Where appropriate, we work alongside founders and management teams beyond the investment decision — supporting execution, partnerships, expansion and value creation.
The combination is important.
A business may have capital but lack strategy.
Another may have a strong strategy but lack capital.
Another may have a good product but lack distribution.
Another may have customers but lack infrastructure.
M. LEWIS GROUP seeks to connect these missing pieces through our services:
Strategic Advisory & Research-Led Consulting
We help leaders make better decisions, navigate complexity and create long-term enterprise value. From growth strategy and market expansion to transformation, restructuring and strategic partnerships, we work alongside management and boards on the decisions that matter most.
Venture Advisory & Building
We work with ambitious founders and emerging businesses to build stronger, more scalable and investment-ready companies. We support strategy, commercialisation, governance, financial modelling, investor readiness, fundraising and growth.
Boutique Investment Banking & Corporate Finance Advisory
We advise businesses and shareholders on the transactions that shape value. Our capabilities include capital raising, mergers and acquisitions, valuation, financial structuring, restructuring, transaction preparation and strategic finance.
Capital Partners
We connect exceptional businesses and investment opportunities with appropriate sources of capital. Through our investor relationships, venture capabilities and private-capital platform, we seek to facilitate and, where appropriate, participate in transactions that create long-term value.
"We build businesses into growth-ready enterprises, finance their expansion, and scale their impact across Africa's productive economy."
Wherever you are in your journey, you can engage us at any stage.
How You Can Engage Us
Enter at any stage of the journey:
Building and Scaling Businesses
“We combine entrepreneurial execution, strategic advice, transaction expertise, and investment capital to help build and scale businesses.”
Identify opportunities
Find promising businesses, sectors, entrepreneurs, transactions, and investment opportunities.
Build and shape businesses
Where appropriate, work directly with entrepreneurs to develop ventures, establish business models, build teams, and create institutional foundations.
Advise strategically
Work with owners, executives, and boards on growth strategy, market expansion, partnerships, restructuring, M&A, and other strategic decisions.
Mobilize and structure capital
Determine what type of capital a business needs—equity, debt, growth capital, strategic investors, or other forms—and structure or arrange it.
Execute transactions
Use investment-banking capabilities for acquisitions, disposals, capital raises, restructurings, and other significant corporate transactions.
Invest alongside clients and partners
Where there is alignment and appropriate mandate/structure, deploy private capital into businesses and opportunities identified through the platform.
Create long-term value
Remain involved as businesses grow, helping them institutionalize, scale, attract further capital, pursue acquisitions, and eventually realize value.
An Integrated Investment & Advisory Platform
We are an integrated investment and advisory platform combining venture creation, strategic advisory, corporate finance, investment banking, and private capital to support businesses and investors across the corporate and investment lifecycle.
Our Interconnected Capabilities
Operating under one institutional architecture:
Venture-building
Help create, launch, or incubate businesses, potentially including taking equity positions.
Strategic advisory
Advise founders, management teams, boards, and shareholders on strategy, growth, restructuring, market entry, M&A, and other major decisions.
Corporate finance
Help businesses raise and structure capital, manage balance sheets, conduct valuations, and execute financial transactions.
Investment banking
Provide transaction-oriented services such as M&A, capital raising, restructuring, and strategic transactions.
Private capital
Deploy or arrange private investment capital through growth capital, or other investment structures.
The Lifecycle in Action
A founder starts a company
Our platform helps build the business into growth-ready enterprise
We provide strategic advice as it grows
We help arrange its first institutional financing
We advise on a larger capital raise or acquisition
Our private-capital arm may invest alongside other investors
Eventually, we advise on an exit, sale, IPO, or recapitalization
Partners Across the Ecosystem
We partner with leaders and organizations at every stage
Entrepreneurs & Founders
Building high-growth businesses into growth-ready enterprises
Established Companies
Seeking growth or strategic transformation
Shareholders
Considering acquisitions, exits or succession
Investors
Seeking differentiated opportunities in Southern Africa
Institutions
Seeking strategic and investment expertise
International Capital
Seeking access to African opportunities
Strengthening the Productive Economy
We focus on businesses that strengthen the productive economy.
We are particularly interested in opportunities that improve financial inclusion, increase productivity, strengthen supply chains, expand essential infrastructure and modernise commerce across Africa.
We believe strong economies are built by strong businesses.
Our objective is therefore not simply to finance businesses, but to help build enduring enterprises capable of creating employment, innovation, economic value and competitive advantage.
Partners Across Every Stage
M. LEWIS GROUP is designed to partner with businesses across their lifecycle—from early-stage opportunity and strategic development to growth capital, acquisitions and long-term ownership.
We bring together advice, relationships and capital under one platform.
Building the businesses that power Africa's next economy.
Join the M. LEWIS GROUP team and unleash your full potential
Join the M. LEWIS GROUP team and build your future with us.
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We work with entrepreneurs, companies, investors and institutions at critical moments of growth, transformation and investment.
Building, Financing and Scaling Africa's Next Generation of Regional Businesses
The story of M. LEWIS GROUP — why we exist, what we believe about Africa's next economy, and the platform we are building.
Africa does not only need more capital. It needs more productive businesses capable of absorbing it.
M. LEWIS GROUP was founded on a straightforward conviction: the next phase of Africa's economic growth will not be driven by capital alone. It will be driven by businesses capable of deploying technology, creating jobs, developing infrastructure, adding value to resources, and connecting markets.
Too often, capital sits waiting for the right business. Too often, promising businesses wait for the right capital. The gap between the two is rarely a shortage of money. It is a shortage of the businesses, systems and support structures that allow capital to be deployed productively and at scale.
M. LEWIS GROUP was built to close that gap — by building, financing and scaling businesses that strengthen Africa's productive economy.
"Africa's next economy will not simply be consumed. It will be built."
A More Productive, Connected and Commercially Integrated African Economy
We believe Africa's greatest opportunities will increasingly emerge where different economic systems intersect.
Energy + Industry
Capital + Enterprise
Technology + Production
Agriculture + Processing
Logistics + Trade
Finance + Distribution
Infrastructure + Regional Markets
Our role is to identify these intersections and turn them into investable and scalable businesses.
A Platform that Combines Strategy, Capital and Execution
Most businesses in Africa face multiple constraints at the same time. It is rarely just capital. It is capital, strategy, distribution, governance, systems and market access — all at once.
Traditional advisory firms provide advice. Traditional investment firms provide capital. Traditional operating companies build and run businesses. M. LEWIS GROUP was designed to connect all three.
STRATEGIC ADVISORY
We help businesses determine what to build, how to structure it, where to compete, how to scale, and how to become investment-ready.
PRIVATE CAPITAL
We provide or arrange capital for businesses and projects that demonstrate attractive commercial potential and strategic relevance.
OPERATING PARTNERSHIPS
Where appropriate, we work alongside founders and management teams beyond the investment decision — supporting execution, partnerships and value creation.
A business may have capital but lack strategy. Another may have strategy but lack capital. Another may have product but lack distribution. M. LEWIS GROUP exists to connect these missing pieces.
Four Complementary Activities
Every business we build, back or partner with moves through four connected stages.
Strategic Advisory
The entry point into every relationship.
Every relationship begins here. We work with entrepreneurs, companies, investors and institutions on the strategic, financial and commercial challenges that determine whether a business can grow.
Across
→ Business & growth strategy
→ Market entry & expansion
→ Business model development
→ Financial modelling & capital strategy
→ Investment readiness
→ Operational strategy
→ M&A & partnerships
→ Corporate structuring & value-chain development
Build
Creating opportunities, not just waiting for them.
Where we identify an attractive opportunity not yet adequately served by the market, M. LEWIS GROUP may participate in building the business itself — developing new ventures, partnering with entrepreneurs, structuring joint ventures or acquiring and restructuring existing businesses.
→ Developing new ventures
→ Partnering with entrepreneurs
→ Incubating businesses
→ Structuring joint ventures
→ Acquiring & restructuring businesses
→ Building regional platforms
→ Combining complementary businesses
Finance
Matching capital to the underlying economics of a business.
M. LEWIS GROUP may provide or arrange capital depending on the opportunity, risk profile and stage of the business. We believe capital should be matched to the underlying economics of a business — not deployed simply for its own sake.
→ Equity & growth capital
→ Private debt & structured capital
→ Working capital
→ Acquisition & project finance
→ Co-investment & strategic syndication
The objective is not simply to deploy capital. It is to deploy capital into businesses where it can unlock measurable enterprise value.
Scale
From local business to regional platform.
Once a business has demonstrated product-market fit and commercial viability, we help accelerate its growth — operationally, commercially and geographically.
→ Operational improvement
→ Technology deployment
→ Management support
→ New market entry
→ Strategic & distribution partnerships
→ M&A & capital raising
→ Regionalisation
LOCAL BUSINESS → GROWTH COMPANY → REGIONAL PLATFORM
Our Long-Term Ambition
M. LEWIS GROUP is being built as a long-term African strategic capital platform. Not the largest firm on the continent — the most effective one at identifying, building, financing and scaling productive African businesses.
Over time, the platform will evolve from deploying balance-sheet capital into managing dedicated investment structures — venture and growth capital funds, private credit vehicles, sector-specific platforms and co-investment vehicles — allowing the Group to move from individual transactions toward a repeatable capital deployment model.
By the end of our first five years, we aim to have:
→ A strong advisory practice
→ A diversified portfolio of operating businesses
→ Strategic investments across selected sectors
→ A network of entrepreneurs and institutional partners
→ Repeatable investment and value-creation processes
→ Regional operating capabilities
→ Dedicated capital vehicles
→ A portfolio of interconnected businesses
The Long-Term Thesis
Africa's next generation of significant companies will not be built by companies operating in isolation. They will emerge from connected systems.
→ Energy will enable industry.
→ Finance will enable enterprise.
→ Technology will increase productivity.
→ Logistics will connect production to markets.
→ Manufacturing will create value from resources.
→ Regional integration will provide scale.
→ Digital infrastructure will connect businesses and customers.
M. LEWIS GROUP intends to operate at the intersection of these systems — identifying the businesses capable of becoming important nodes within them and providing the strategy, capital, relationships and operating support required to scale them.
The People Behind the Platform
M. LEWIS GROUP's team combines institutional platform expertise spanning venture-building, strategic advisory, corporate finance, investment banking, and private capital, with local market intelligence.
Experienced professionals bringing together strategy, capital, advisory and venture building.
To Be a Partner in the Building of Africa's Next Economy
The ultimate objective is to participate in the creation of businesses that do more than grow. They become part of the economic infrastructure through which Africa's next economy is built.
We intend to be a partner to the entrepreneurs, business owners, investors and institutions building those companies.
M. LEWIS GROUP
BUILD. FINANCE. SCALE.
Africa's next economy will not simply be consumed. It will be built.
Our Platform
Five connected platforms — each serving a distinct purpose and audience.
M. Lewis Group operates through five connected platforms, each designed for a specific purpose and audience across the business, investment and capital lifecycle.
M. Lewis Group
→ Group Platform
The parent platform bringing together the Group's businesses across advisory, investment banking, private capital, venture building, and consulting & research.
M. Lewis Capital Partners
→ Investment Banking & Corporate Finance Advisory
Boutique investment banking and corporate finance advisory for established growth and mid-market companies, with trusted relationships across the private-equity and family-office ecosystem.
AfriLeap Capital
→ Private Capital Platform
An Africa-focused private capital platform connecting growth-ready businesses and high-potential ventures with private capital across the venture, growth and impact spectrum.
Basiwel
→ Venture-Building Platform
A venture-building platform that builds and strengthens high-potential small and medium-sized businesses into growth-ready, investment-ready enterprises.
M. Lewis Consulting & Research
→ Financial Consulting | Market Entry | Equity Research
An independent Zambia-based firm specializing in financial consulting, market entry advisory, and equity research. We provide research-driven financial analysis, market intelligence, and strategic insight to businesses, investors, and institutions across Zambia and African markets.
One institution. Five doors.
Not sure which door is right for you? We can help you find the right entry point.
Contact Our Team →Enterprise Growth Programmes
Structured programmes designed around the real stage, situation and ambition of each business we work with.
Seven Programmes. One Journey.
Each programme addresses a distinct stage of enterprise growth. Most clients engage more than one.
Enterprise Diagnostic
Understand where you are and what you need next.
Build Programme
Build the enterprise required for your next stage of growth.
Growth & Capital Programme
Strengthen the enterprise and prepare it for growth capital.
Capital Mandate
Mobilise the right capital for the right purpose.
Capital & Scale
Convert capital into measurable enterprise growth.
Africa Expansion Programme
Replicate your business across African markets.
Strategic Advisory
Ongoing strategic and corporate advisory for established enterprises.
From Business Ambition to Enterprise Value
Strategy
Business Design
Financial Structuring
Investment Readiness
Capital
Growth
Regional Expansion
Businesses can enter at any point. We determine the appropriate pathway based on your current position, ambition and requirements.
Six Stages, From Diagnosis to Scale
Every engagement follows a structured process. The depth of each stage depends on where the business is and where it needs to go.
DIAGNOSE
Where is the business today?
We Assess
- Strategy
- Financial performance
- Business model
- Organisation
- Governance
- Capital structure
- Market position
- Growth opportunities
DEFINE
Where does the business need to go?
We Establish
- Ambition
- Growth thesis
- Strategic priorities
- Capital requirements
- Expansion roadmap
BUILD
What must change for the business to get there?
We Build
- Operating model
- Financial model
- Governance
- Systems
- Management structure
- Capital structure
MOBILISE
What resources are required?
We Mobilise
- Debt
- Equity
- Strategic capital
- Partners
- Management talent
- Markets
EXECUTE
How do we turn the plan into results?
We Support
- Capital deployment
- Growth initiatives
- Performance management
- M&A
- Market entry
SCALE
How do we turn one successful business into a regional enterprise?
We Drive
- Replication
- New markets
- Partnerships
- Acquisitions
- Regional platforms
You may be here because…
"We have an idea but need to know if it is commercially viable."
→ BUILD"We've started generating revenue but need to build the company properly."
→ BUILD"We're growing but need capital to take the business to the next level."
→ GROWTH & CAPITAL"We're profitable but can't seem to access institutional capital."
→ BUILD + FUND"We know how much capital we need. We need help raising it."
→ CAPITAL"We've raised capital but need help deploying it effectively."
→ SCALE"Our domestic business works. We want to enter other African markets."
→ AFRICA EXPANSIONEnterprise Diagnostic
You don't have to know what service you need.
Tell us where your business is today and where you want to take it. Our Enterprise Diagnostic identifies the constraints, opportunities and capabilities required to move the enterprise to its next stage.
We examine six dimensions:
Commercial
Financial
Operational
Organisational
Institutional
Capital & Expansion
The Diagnostic determines:
Current Stage → Gaps → Priorities → Intervention → Capital → Roadmap
Build Programme
Build the enterprise required for your next stage of growth.
Many promising businesses are held back not by lack of ambition, but by the absence of the commercial, financial and organisational architecture that makes growth possible — and makes a business investable.
The Build Programme works alongside founders and management teams to put that architecture in place.
Whether the goal is a stronger operating business, readiness for investment, or preparation for regional expansion, we help design and build the enterprise that the next stage requires.
Growth & Capital Programme
Strengthen the enterprise and prepare it for growth capital.
For businesses already generating revenue and demonstrating traction, the next stage typically requires both stronger enterprise foundations and access to growth capital.
This programme prepares the business for that capital — strengthening financial reporting, unit economics, governance and structure — while simultaneously developing the case and the relationships needed to raise it.
Capital Mandate
Mobilise the right capital for the right purpose.
When the enterprise is ready and the capital requirement is clearly defined, M. LEWIS works as a capital partner — structuring the transaction, preparing the investment case, and engaging the appropriate capital sources.
We do not approach capital as simply "how much money do you want?" Instead: what is the business trying to achieve, what capital does that require, and what financing structure best fits the enterprise?
The right capital. For the right purpose.
Working Capital
Trade finance / working-capital facilities
Equipment
Asset finance
Expansion
Growth capital — debt / equity / structured capital
Acquisition
Acquisition finance / equity
New Market Entry
Growth capital / strategic capital
Infrastructure
Project / structured finance
Our Capital Process:
Capital Requirement → Financial Structuring → Investment Readiness → Capital Mandate → Transaction
Capital & Scale
Capital is not the destination. Growth is.
Raising capital is only one part of the journey. M. LEWIS helps businesses deploy capital into productive assets, capabilities and opportunities that create measurable enterprise value.
Capital → Capacity → Revenue → EBITDA → Cash Flow → Market Share → Enterprise Value → Jobs / Economic Impact
"…scale their impact across Africa's productive economy."
Africa Expansion Programme
From Local Enterprise to African Enterprise.
Regional expansion is not simply a matter of choosing a country and opening a branch. It requires country prioritisation, market assessment, capital strategy and — critically — the enterprise architecture required to operate across markets.
Regional expansion can involve:
Country prioritisation
Market assessment
Market-entry strategy
Distribution
Partnerships
Joint ventures
Acquisitions
Subsidiaries
Local financing
Integration
Performance management
Expansion Approach
We don't help businesses "expand into Africa." We help determine where, when, why and how they should expand — and build the architecture to do it successfully.
Strategic Advisory
Ongoing strategic and corporate advisory for established enterprises.
For established enterprises, strategy is not a one-off exercise. It is an ongoing discipline — the ability to make better decisions, navigate complexity and create long-term enterprise value.
M. LEWIS works alongside management and boards on growth strategy, market expansion, transformation, restructuring, capital strategy and strategic partnerships.
Are You Ready for Institutional Capital?
A short self-assessment for businesses considering raising institutional capital.
Do you have reliable management accounts?
Is your corporate structure clear?
Can you explain your unit economics?
Do you have a credible financial model?
Is your management team scalable?
Are contracts and licences in order?
Can you demonstrate how the capital will create returns?
Can the business absorb and deploy the capital?
Not ready? That's not necessarily a problem.
M. LEWIS can help build the enterprise required to become capital-ready. Most businesses we work with are not yet ready for institutional capital — that is precisely where the Build and Growth & Capital Programmes begin.
Start an Enterprise Diagnostic →Speak Directly with
the Team
M. Lewis Capital Partners
Investment Banking & Advisory
Basiwel Ventures
Venture Building & Early-Stage Investment
Visit Us
Address
New Chalala
Plot No. 355, Off Shatumbu Road
Lusaka 10101, Zambia
General Enquiries
info@mlewisgroup.comHow Can We Help?
Connect with Us
M. Lewis Group is headquartered in Lusaka, Zambia, with reach across Sub-Saharan Africa. We welcome enquiries from businesses, investors, and institutions at any stage.
Partner With Us
Build with M. LEWIS GROUP
Whether you are a founder, business owner, investor or institution, we welcome the opportunity to explore how we can work together.
M. LEWIS GROUP works with entrepreneurs, companies, investors and institutions across Africa. Tell us a little about yourself and what you're looking to build, and we'll get back to you if there is a strong fit.
Founders & Businesses
Building growth-ready enterprises and looking for a long-term partner across strategy, capital and execution.
Investors & Capital Partners
Family offices, private investors and institutions seeking differentiated access to African private-market opportunities.
Institutions & Corporates
Co-creating ventures, exploring strategic partnerships, or seeking advisory and capital capability on the ground in Africa.
Prefer to Reach Out Directly?
Our team is available via email or WhatsApp.
Invest With Us
Access African Private-Market Opportunities
Join our investor network and gain access to carefully selected private-market opportunities across Africa.
M. LEWIS GROUP works with family offices, private investors, institutional capital and strategic partners seeking differentiated exposure to Africa's private markets. Register your interest below and we'll be in touch with relevant opportunities.
Family Offices
Families and family offices seeking long-term private-market exposure and access to carefully vetted opportunities in Africa.
Private & Institutional Investors
High-net-worth individuals and institutional investors looking for differentiated African private-market opportunities.
Strategic & Co-Investors
Corporate and strategic investors seeking co-investment opportunities or partnership alongside M. LEWIS GROUP.
M. LEWIS GROUP IS HIRING
We are expanding our team and are looking for talented professionals to join our growing institutional platform.
We are currently seeking professionals and experienced practitioners across investment banking, corporate advisory, capital raising, venture building, business development and operations.
Open Roles
Eight positions across strategy, advisory, capital, ventures, business development and operations.
Group Strategy & Business Development Lead
Help shape the Group's strategy, identify opportunities, develop relationships and support the growth of the platform.
Investment Banking & Corporate Advisory Lead
Lead and support corporate finance, transaction advisory, investment banking and strategic advisory mandates.
Capital & Venture Advisory Lead
Work with businesses and ventures on capital strategy, investor readiness, fundraising and access to appropriate sources of capital.
Partner — Advisory & Capital Raising
Lead selected advisory engagements and capital-raising mandates, working with founders, businesses and investors.
Partner — Venture Building
Work alongside founders and entrepreneurs to develop, structure and grow promising ventures.
Investment & Opportunities Associate
Research, assess and help develop selected investment and business opportunities for the Group's platform.
Business Development & Partnerships Associate
Build relationships with businesses, investors, entrepreneurs, institutions and strategic partners.
Operations & Platform Coordinator
Support the Group's internal operations, administration, coordination, documentation and execution across mandates.
Experience, Initiative, Commercial Thinking
We are interested in people who bring experience, initiative, commercial thinking, strong networks and a desire to build something meaningful.
Some positions may be suitable for experienced professionals, independent practitioners or partners, depending on the mandate and level of responsibility.
If you believe your experience can contribute to the next chapter of M. LEWIS GROUP, we would like to hear from you.
Ready to Join the Team?
Submit your application and tell us how your experience can contribute to M. LEWIS GROUP.
Application
Join the M. LEWIS GROUP team
Complete the form below. Please indicate which opportunity you are applying for and tell us about your experience.
Open Roles
- Group Strategy & BD Lead
- Investment Banking & Advisory Lead
- Capital & Venture Advisory Lead
- Partner — Advisory & Capital
- Partner — Venture Building
- Investment Associate
- BD & Partnerships Associate
- Operations Coordinator
What to Include
- Your full name & contact details
- Role you are applying for
- Brief summary of your experience
- Link to CV / LinkedIn (if available)
- Why M. LEWIS GROUP
What Happens Next
- We review every application
- Shortlisted candidates are contacted directly
- Interviews may be held in person or online
- We aim to respond within 2–3 weeks
M. Lewis Capital Partners
Capital. Insight. Execution.
Zambia-headquartered | Investment Banking | Corporate Finance | Private Equity & Family Office Relationships
Who We Are
M. Lewis Capital Partners is a Zambia-headquartered investment and advisory firm providing boutique investment banking and corporate finance solutions to established growth and mid-market companies, while building trusted relationships with investors, family offices and institutions, with a focus on private-equity and family-office opportunities.
We work at the intersection of capital, strategy and transactions, helping established businesses navigate important financial and strategic decisions while connecting with relevant investors and capital partners.
Boutique investment banking and corporate finance advisory for established growth and mid-market companies.
Our Services
Independent, tailored and execution-focused advisory across capital, strategy and transactions.
Investment Banking Advisory
We provide tailored investment banking advice to established growth and mid-market companies on significant corporate transactions and strategic financial opportunities, including:
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Business sales and acquisitions
- Capital raising
- Transaction structuring
- Strategic transactions
- Valuation and transaction analysis
Corporate Finance Advisory
We provide independent financial analysis and strategic advice across:
- Financial modelling
- Business valuation
- Capital structure
- Financing strategy
- Investment analysis
- Corporate financial strategy
- Financial planning and decision support
Private Equity & Family Office Advisory
We build and maintain relationships with private-equity investors, family offices and institutions around relevant investment and transaction opportunities, including:
- Investment opportunity identification
- Deal sourcing and screening
- Acquisition and investment analysis
- Financial modelling and valuation
- Transaction structuring
- Due-diligence support
- Co-investment opportunities
- Strategic and portfolio transactions
Who We Serve
We work with companies and capital partners across the corporate and investment lifecycle.
Companies
Capital & Investment Relationships
Our Approach
We combine financial expertise, transaction capabilities and trusted relationships across the investment ecosystem to provide independent, tailored and execution-focused advice.
We seek to understand the commercial objectives behind each mandate and help clients navigate the financial, strategic and transactional decisions required to achieve them.
Our Positioning
M. Lewis Capital Partners — boutique investment banking and corporate finance advisory for established growth and mid-market companies, with trusted relationships across the private-equity and family-office ecosystem.
Sector Focus
M. Lewis Capital Partners focuses on established growth and mid-market companies operating in sectors with significant commercial scale, capital requirements and transaction opportunities.
Agribusiness & Food Systems
- Agriculture and commercial farming
- Food processing and manufacturing
- Agritech
- Agricultural supply chains
- Food distribution
- Value-added food businesses
Financial Services & Institutions
- Banking
- Insurance
- Asset management
- Investment businesses
- Financial institutions
- Other established financial-services businesses
Energy & Climate Solutions
- Renewable energy
- Distributed energy
- Energy efficiency
- Climate technology
- Energy services
- Related energy and climate infrastructure
Manufacturing & Industrial Businesses
- Light manufacturing
- Industrial processing
- Industrial services
- Production and distribution
- Local and regional value chains
- Industrial and business-support services
Healthcare & Healthtech
- Healthcare services
- Diagnostics
- Pharmaceuticals
- Medical technology
- Digital health
- Healthcare-related services and infrastructure
Our Sector Approach
Our sector focus reflects the types of established growth and mid-market businesses we seek to advise and the sectors where we see potential for corporate finance, investment banking and strategic transaction opportunities.
We bring sector understanding together with financial analysis, transaction expertise and relationships with investors, family offices and institutions, with a focus on private-equity and family-office opportunities.
Let's Discuss an Opportunity
Whether you are considering a strategic transaction, seeking investment banking or corporate finance advice, or exploring a private-equity or family-office opportunity, M. Lewis Capital Partners welcomes the opportunity to understand your objectives.
M. Lewis Capital Partners
CAPITAL. INSIGHT. EXECUTION.
M. Lewis Partners
Curated Access to Africa's Private Markets
M. Lewis Partners is an investor-focused private-market platform sourcing, evaluating and curating investment opportunities across Africa.
We give family offices, private investors and institutional capital access to opportunities they may not otherwise discover.
Through local market knowledge, trusted relationships and disciplined opportunity evaluation, we identify selected private-market opportunities and connect them with sophisticated investors seeking differentiated exposure to Africa.
Relationships, Local Knowledge and Disciplined Sourcing
We believe exceptional private-market opportunities are often found through relationships, local knowledge and disciplined sourcing—not simply through traditional investment channels.
M. Lewis Partners focuses on identifying opportunities with the potential to create meaningful long-term value.
Our approach is built around
Source
We develop relationships across African markets to identify compelling private investment opportunities.
Evaluate
We assess opportunities through commercial, financial, strategic and risk considerations to determine whether they merit investor attention.
Curate
We select and present opportunities that align with the interests and investment objectives of our investor network.
Connect
We facilitate access between selected opportunities and appropriate family offices, private investors and institutional capital.
Capital Providers
Our primary focus is on capital providers seeking access to carefully selected private-market opportunities across Africa, including:
Family offices
High-net-worth individuals
Private investors
Institutional investors
Strategic corporate investors
Development-finance and impact-oriented investors
Selected Opportunities Across Africa's Private Markets
We are interested in selected opportunities across Africa's private markets, including:
Private equity and growth investments
Private companies seeking expansion capital
Strategic acquisitions and transactions
Private credit and structured opportunities
Infrastructure and real assets
Agribusiness and other productive sectors
Co-investment opportunities
Our focus is not on volume. We focus on quality, selectivity and the potential for long-term value creation.
M. Lewis Partners is being built with a clear long-term ambition:
To become a leading gateway connecting global capital and businesses with opportunities across African markets.
Our initial platform allows us to build the relationships, market intelligence, investment discipline and proprietary opportunity pipeline required to develop these capabilities over time.
As the platform evolves, our ambition is to move beyond providing investors with curated access to opportunities to selectively making investment through co-investments.
Built in Africa. Focused on Opportunity. Long-Term in Perspective.
M. Lewis Partners is founded on the belief that Africa's private markets offer significant opportunities for investors who have the right access, local relationships and investment discipline.
We seek to be a trusted partner to investors looking beyond conventional markets and seeking carefully selected opportunities across the continent.
M. Lewis Partners
Curated Access to Africa's Private Markets.
AfriLeap Capital
Venture | Growth | Impact
Capital for Africa's next leap.
Who We Are
AfriLeap Capital is an Africa-focused private capital platform helping growth-ready businesses, founders and high-potential ventures access the capital required to scale, expand and create lasting impact.
We connect private capital with promising African businesses and investment opportunities across the venture, growth and impact spectrum.
Private capital for Africa's next generation of venture, growth and impact opportunities.
What We Do
Connecting private capital with promising African businesses across the venture, growth and impact spectrum.
Venture Capital
We support promising African ventures with access to private capital and strategic resources needed to develop, scale and pursue their growth ambitions.
Growth Capital
We connect growth-ready businesses with private capital to support expansion, market development, strategic investment and scale.
Impact Capital
We support opportunities where commercial growth is aligned with measurable economic, social or environmental impact.
Capital Access & Structuring
We help businesses prepare for investment, develop compelling investment propositions, identify suitable capital providers and structure opportunities to align the interests of companies and investors.
Who We Serve
Growth & Investment Opportunities
Capital Providers
Our Approach
We believe Africa's next generation of businesses requires access to the right capital at the right stage of growth.
AfriLeap seeks to connect high-potential African businesses with appropriate private capital, helping companies move from opportunity to scale while creating compelling opportunities for investors.
Our Positioning
AfriLeap Capital — helping African growth-ready businesses and high-potential ventures leap forward through private capital.
Sector Focus
AfriLeap Capital focuses on high-potential African small and medium-sized businesses with the potential to become growth-ready enterprises.
We seek businesses where innovation, technology, scalable business models and strong market opportunities can support significant growth and create compelling opportunities for venture capital, growth capital and impact investing.
Financial Services & Fintech
- Digital financial services
- Payments
- Lending infrastructure
- Insurtech
- Financial technology
- Financial inclusion
- Technology-enabled financial services
Education & Skills
- Education technology
- Digital learning
- Vocational training
- Workforce development
- Skills platforms
- Technology-enabled education and training
Logistics, Trade & Mobility
- Logistics
- Supply-chain solutions
- Transportation
- Mobility
- Trade-enabling platforms
- Intra-African commerce solutions
Technology & Digital Economy
- Enterprise software
- SaaS
- Digital platforms
- Communications technology
- Technology-enabled services
- Digital commerce and business solutions
Our Investment Approach
We seek to identify high-potential small and medium-sized businesses with the potential to progress into growth-ready enterprises.
We support that progression by helping businesses access the capital, relationships and resources required to:
- Strengthen their businesses
- Achieve investment readiness
- Expand into new markets
- Scale operations
- Develop technology and infrastructure
- Attract private investment
- Create sustainable economic and social impact
Investment Focus
Our sector focus is intentionally concentrated on businesses where technology, innovation, scalable models and market development can accelerate growth and create meaningful investment and impact opportunities.
Our Investment Pipeline
Pitch Your Business
Whether you are a growth-ready business seeking capital, a founder building the next generation of African enterprises, or an investor looking for compelling opportunities, AfriLeap Capital welcomes the opportunity to understand your objectives.
AfriLeap Capital
AFRICA-FOCUSED PRIVATE CAPITAL PLATFORM
M. Lewis Consulting & Research
Independent insight for better financial and strategic decisions across Zambia and African markets.
Who We Are
M. Lewis Consulting & Research is an independent financial consulting, market entry advisory, and equity research firm based in Zambia, providing rigorous, research-driven insights to businesses, investors, and institutions navigating opportunities across Zambia and African markets.
We combine financial expertise, market intelligence, and independent research to help clients understand markets, evaluate opportunities, solve complex business questions, and make informed financial and strategic decisions.
Our approach is grounded in evidence, analytical rigor, local market understanding, and practical commercial relevance. Our role is to turn complex financial and market information into clear, decision-useful insight.
Independent insight for better financial and strategic decisions.
Our Three Core Businesses
They are connected by one central capability: research-driven financial and market intelligence.
Financial Consulting
The firm's primary consulting capability. We help businesses, investors, and institutions understand the financial dimensions of important decisions.
- Financial analysis & modelling
- Business valuation
- Investment & corporate finance consulting
- Financial feasibility studies
- Business-plan analysis & forecasting
- Budget and performance analysis
- Capital and funding analysis
- Transaction & due diligence support
- Strategic financial analysis
Core client question: “What do the numbers tell us, and what do they mean for the decision we need to make?”
Market Entry Advisory
We help businesses and investors assess opportunities to enter, expand within, or invest in African markets — determining commercial attractiveness, competitive environment, risks, and practical entry considerations.
- Market-entry assessments
- Market sizing & opportunity assessment
- Industry and sector research
- Competitor analysis
- Customer and demand analysis
- Country analysis
- Regulatory & operating-environment research
- Partner and distributor research
- Commercial due diligence
- Go-to-market & entry strategy
- Expansion strategy
Core client question: “Is this market attractive, how does it work, and what would it take to enter successfully?”
Equity Research
Independent analytical perspective on publicly listed companies and sectors. Initial emphasis on Zambia and selected African markets, with coverage expanding as capabilities and relationships develop.
- Company research
- Company initiation reports
- Earnings analysis
- Financial forecasts
- Valuation analysis
- Sector research
- Industry outlooks
- Thematic research
- Corporate developments
- Investment research
- Listed-company monitoring
Core research question: “What is happening in this company or sector, why does it matter, and what does the available evidence indicate?”
Who We Serve
Businesses
Financial analysis, strategic financial insight, market intelligence, expansion planning, and commercial research.
Investors
Company research, sector intelligence, market analysis, financial modelling, valuation, and investment research.
Financial Institutions
Financial research, sector intelligence, corporate analysis, market studies, and bespoke research.
Institutions & Strategic Organizations
Economic and sector research, market intelligence, feasibility studies, and specialized consulting.
Geographic Proposition
Depth before geographic breadth. Zambia as the foundation, with progressive expansion across African markets.
Zambia as the Foundation
Based in Zambia, the firm's initial area of deepest expertise, developing differentiated knowledge of:
- The Zambian economy
- Zambian capital markets
- Listed companies
- Major economic sectors
- Businesses and industries
- Investment opportunities
- Competitive dynamics
- The business environment
African Expansion
Over time, extending research and consulting capabilities into selected African markets, driven by:
- Client demand
- Research capability
- Strategic relationships
- Sector opportunities
- Availability of reliable information
- Local partnerships
What Makes Us Different
Our differentiation comes from the combination of capabilities we bring to every engagement.
Independence
We operate independently, allowing our research and consulting work to be centered on evidence and client requirements.
Research-Driven Consulting
Consulting engagements are informed by research, analysis, data, and structured frameworks.
Financial Depth
Financial consulting and equity research capabilities provide a stronger analytical foundation than a general market-research business.
Local Market Understanding
Being based in Zambia provides proximity to the businesses, institutions, markets, and economic realities being analyzed.
Commercial Relevance
Research should ultimately help answer a practical question: what does this information mean for the decision?
Clear Communication
Complex financial and market information is translated into concise, understandable, decision-useful conclusions.
Our Research Philosophy
Every engagement and research product is built around a set of core principles.
Independent
Maintain analytical independence and clearly disclose relevant conflicts or limitations.
Rigorous
Use appropriate financial, economic, commercial, and research methodologies.
Evidence-Based
Ground conclusions in reliable information and distinguish verified information from assumptions and estimates.
Contextual
Interpret financial and market information within the relevant African economic and commercial environment.
Practical
Focus on insights that can support real decisions.
Transparent
Make assumptions, methodologies, limitations, and uncertainties clear.
Research Products
A portfolio of recurring research products, developed progressively.
Zambia Investment Outlook
An annual publication covering economic conditions, capital markets, key sectors, business environment, investment themes, risks and uncertainties, and market developments.
Zambia Listed Companies Monitor
A recurring publication tracking selected listed companies — financial performance, earnings, revenue, profitability, balance-sheet developments, valuation, corporate developments, and sector conditions.
Zambia Sector Intelligence
Periodic deep-dive reports covering major or strategically important sectors.
African Market Entry Brief
A structured research product for businesses evaluating entry into selected African markets.
M. Lewis Market Intelligence
A recurring publication providing concise analysis of important developments affecting businesses, investors, and markets.
Commercial Model
A balance between high-value consulting revenue and scalable research revenue.
Project-Based Consulting
Fees for financial consulting, market-entry studies, feasibility studies, commercial research, due diligence, sector studies, and bespoke research.
Retainer Relationships
Recurring consulting and research relationships with selected clients.
Bespoke Research
Commissioned research for companies, investors, financial institutions, and organizations.
Research Subscriptions
Potential paid access to equity research, sector research, market intelligence, databases, and research dashboards.
Intelligence Services
Recurring monitoring of companies, competitors, markets, sectors, regulations, and corporate developments.
Business Evolution
From specialist consulting firm to a broader African financial intelligence platform.
Phase 1
Establish
Build the firm's reputation through financial consulting, market-entry assignments, and bespoke research.
Objective: Build clients, relationships, expertise, credibility, and cash flow.
Phase 2
Productize
Convert recurring knowledge into structured research products.
Objective: Build recurring revenue and proprietary intellectual property.
Phase 3
Scale
Develop a recognized financial and market intelligence platform covering Zambia and selected African markets.
Objective: Increase recurring revenue, institutional relationships, research coverage, and geographic reach.
Brand Architecture
A unified brand, organised around four pillars.
Financial Consulting
Financial analysis, modelling, valuation, corporate finance, and strategic financial consulting.
Market Entry
Market research, commercial intelligence, feasibility, and market-entry strategy.
Equity Research
Company research, sector research, financial analysis, valuation, and thematic research.
Insights
Reports, publications, market intelligence, briefings, and thought leadership.
Mission
To provide independent, rigorous, and research-driven financial and market insights that help businesses, investors, and institutions make better-informed decisions across Zambia and African markets.
Vision
To become a trusted independent source of financial consulting, market intelligence, and equity research for African markets.
Brand Promise
Independent insight for better financial and strategic decisions.
Our Role in the Broader Ecosystem
M. Lewis Consulting & Research operates as a separate and independently positioned entity.
Its role is to help clients understand markets, businesses and opportunities through research, intelligence and strategic advisory.
It complements, but does not duplicate, the mandates of the other entities.
M. Lewis Consulting & Research
Understand
Basiwel
Build
AfriLeap Capital
Capitalise
M. Lewis Capital Partners
Advise & Transact
These entities remain separate businesses with distinct mandates, client propositions and operating models.
Our Positioning
A research-led financial consulting and market intelligence firm, with equity research as a core research capability.
M. Lewis Consulting & Research — Financial Consulting | Market Entry | Equity Research. Independent Insight. Rigorous Analysis. African Markets.
Work With Us
Whether you need financial consulting, market-entry advisory, equity research, or bespoke market intelligence, M. Lewis Consulting & Research welcomes the opportunity to understand your objectives.
M. Lewis Consulting & Research
FINANCIAL CONSULTING | MARKET ENTRY | EQUITY RESEARCH
AfriCarbon
ESG Advisory
Reports & Insights
AI Advisory
Pitch Your Business
Growth Capital for African Businesses
Tell us about your business. We review every application carefully and will reach out if there is a strong fit with our investment focus.
AfriLeap Capital invests in established African SMEs and private businesses with strong management teams, proven market demand, and the potential to scale. Our application process is designed to help us understand your business quickly and clearly.
What We Look For
- Strong founders & credible management
- Proven or emerging market demand
- Sound commercial fundamentals
- Clear potential to scale
Investment Range
US$25,000 – US$5 million
Growth capital for established businesses across Zambia & Southern Africa, with selective opportunities in other African markets.
What Happens Next
- We review every submission
- Shortlisted businesses are contacted directly
- Selected applicants proceed to deeper diligence
- We aim to respond within 2–3 weeks
Start an Engagement
Investment Banking & Corporate Finance Advisory
Tell us about your business and what you're looking to achieve. Our team will review your submission and get in touch if there is a strong fit.
M. Lewis Partners advises businesses, entrepreneurs, shareholders and institutions on growth, capital raising transactions, valuation, M&A, restructuring, and strategic financial decisions. Use the form below to start a conversation with our team.
Capital Raising
- Equity & debt raising
- Growth capital
- Private placements
- Structured finance
Corporate Finance
- Valuation & financial modelling
- Capital structure
- Corporate restructuring
- Transaction preparation
Strategic & M&A Advisory
- Mergers & acquisitions
- Strategic partnerships
- Growth strategy
- Investment strategy
Curating Investment Opportunities
Submit your venture for consideration
If you are a founder, business owner or sponsor seeking capital, share your venture with us. We curate selected private-market opportunities for our investor network.
M. Lewis Capital Partners works with founders and businesses across Africa. If your venture is seeking growth capital or strategic investment, submit the form below and our team will review it for inclusion in our curated opportunity pipeline.
What We Look For
- Strong founders & credible management
- Proven or emerging market demand
- Sound commercial fundamentals
- Clear potential for long-term value
Focus Areas
- Private equity & growth investments
- Expansion capital for private companies
- Strategic acquisitions & transactions
- Co-investment opportunities
What Happens Next
- We review every submission
- Selected ventures enter our pipeline
- Curated opportunities are presented to investors
- Shortlisted businesses are contacted directly
Basiwel
Building and strengthening high-potential businesses into growth-ready enterprises.
Our Positioning
Basiwel is a venture-building platform that builds and strengthens high-potential small and medium-sized businesses into growth-ready enterprises.
We work with promising business ideas, entrepreneurs and existing businesses to develop stronger business models, capabilities, operations and foundations for sustainable growth and investment readiness.
From high potential to growth readiness.
Sector Focus
Basiwel focuses on businesses and opportunities across four sectors:
Financial Services & Fintech
Digital financial services, payments, lending infrastructure, insurtech, financial inclusion and technology-enabled financial solutions.
Education & Skills
Education technology, digital learning, vocational training, workforce development, skills platforms and technology-enabled education and training.
Logistics, Trade & Mobility
Logistics, supply-chain solutions, transportation, mobility, trade-enabling businesses and solutions facilitating intra-African commerce.
Technology & Digital Economy
Enterprise software, SaaS, digital platforms, communications technology and technology-enabled businesses.
What We Do
Basiwel does more than support small and medium-sized businesses. We build businesses and help develop them toward growth readiness.
Identify
We identify promising business ideas, entrepreneurs and existing small and medium-sized businesses with the potential to develop into scalable enterprises.
Build
We strengthen business models, products, operations and management capabilities, helping businesses establish stronger foundations for sustainable growth.
Scale
We help businesses develop market traction, systems, technology and commercial capacity to support expansion and scale.
Prepare
We strengthen financial, governance and investment readiness so that businesses are better positioned to engage with investors and other capital providers.
Connect
Where appropriate, we connect growth-ready businesses with relevant capital providers, strategic partners and other resources that can support their next stage of development.
Our Development Pathway
Our objective is to help promising businesses progress from high potential to growth readiness.
Relationship with AfriLeap Capital
Basiwel and AfriLeap Capital are separate entities with complementary mandates.
The relationship can be expressed simply:
Basiwel builds the businesses.
AfriLeap Capital helps connect growth-ready businesses to private capital.
More specifically:
Basiwel develops high-potential businesses into investment-ready, growth-ready enterprises, creating a pipeline of opportunities that may subsequently be considered for private capital through AfriLeap Capital or other appropriate capital providers.
Businesses developed by Basiwel are not automatically funded by AfriLeap Capital. Any subsequent investment or capital connection is subject to AfriLeap's investment focus, investment criteria, available capital, appropriate transaction structures and applicable regulatory requirements.
Our Role in the Ecosystem
Basiwel
Builds
AfriLeap Capital
Capitalises
Together, while remaining separate entities, the two platforms can contribute to a broader pathway from business potential to enterprise growth and private capital.
Six Stages. One Platform.
Ventures enter the platform at any point. We determine what is required and build from there.
You don't have to be investment-ready before coming to Basiwel.
You can come with an idea. You can have a registered company with nothing built. You can have a launched business struggling to gain traction. Or you can already have revenue and need help scaling.
Basiwel meets you where you are, determines what the venture needs, and helps build it toward investment readiness and scale.
A Venture-Building Ecosystem, Not a Consultancy
Different people enter through different doors. Everyone receives the same platform.
Scenario 01
Founder has an idea
Basiwel Venture Building
- Validate
- Build
- Pilot
- Launch
Scenario 02
Registered but pre-launch
Basiwel Venture Building
- Assess
- Build missing capabilities
- Validate
- Launch
- Prepare for capital
Scenario 03
Founder has a growing business
Basiwel Growth
- Diagnose
- Strengthen
- Fund
- Scale
Scenario 04
Investor
Basiwel Ventures
- Access investment-ready ventures
Scenario 05
Corporate / Institution
Basiwel Venture Partnerships
- Co-create and develop new ventures
Four Doors Under One Roof
Basiwel is the umbrella. Different audiences enter through different doors — all supported by the same venture-building engine.
Basiwel Venture Building
For founders with an idea or a pre-launch company. Validate, build, and prepare for launch and capital.
Explore Programmes →Basiwel Growth
For businesses with traction. Diagnose, strengthen, fund, and scale into the next stage of growth.
Explore Programmes →Basiwel Ventures
For investors seeking access to investment-ready ventures built within the platform.
Explore Programmes →Basiwel Venture Partnerships
For corporates and institutions. Co-create and develop new ventures within a structured venture-building framework.
Explore Programmes →Build With Basiwel
Whether you are an entrepreneur with a promising idea, an existing business seeking to strengthen and grow, or a partner looking to support venture building across Africa, Basiwel welcomes the opportunity to understand your objectives.
The Basiwel Identity
Master Brand
BASIWEL
Descriptor
VENTURE BUILDING
Positioning
A venture-building platform
Promise
We build investment-ready ventures.
Lifecycle
IDEA → VALIDATE → BUILD → LAUNCH → FUND → SCALE
Legal Identity
Basiwel Holistic Ventures Ltd
Connect With Basiwel
Whether you are starting with an idea or scaling a growing business, we welcome the conversation.
BASIWEL
VENTURE-BUILDING PROGRAMMES
We build investment-ready ventures.
Basiwel works with entrepreneurs and businesses from idea to growth, providing the strategy, expertise, resources, networks and execution support required to build viable, scalable and investment-ready ventures.
Our programmes are structured around where your venture is today and what it needs to reach its next stage.
01 — VENTURE DISCOVERY
From Idea to a Viable Opportunity
For: Founders with an idea, concept, or identified business opportunity.
Before investing heavily in a venture, we help you determine whether the opportunity is commercially worth pursuing.
Includes
- Founder and venture assessment
- Problem and customer definition
- Market and competitor assessment
- Value proposition
- Business model
- Revenue model
- Initial financial assessment
- Opportunity and risk analysis
- Venture roadmap
Duration
2–4 weeks
Investment
From ZMW 6,550 / USD 350
Deliverable
Venture Opportunity Report + Venture Roadmap
Best for
"I have an idea. I need to know whether and how to build it."
02 — VENTURE BUILD
From Opportunity to a Market-Ready Venture
For: Validated ideas, registered but pre-launch companies, and ventures requiring significant development before entering the market.
This is our core venture-building programme.
Includes
- Business model refinement
- Product/service development
- MVP development planning
- Customer validation
- Brand and positioning
- Financial model
- Pricing strategy
- Operating model
- Go-to-market strategy
- Pilot preparation
- Business systems
- Key performance indicators
Duration
8–16 weeks
Investment
From ZMW 26,600 / USD 1,400
Typical engagement: ZMW 35,000–100,000
For technology, manufacturing, regulated or otherwise complex ventures, the investment is determined following assessment.
Deliverable
A commercially structured and market-ready venture with a defined path to launch and investment readiness.
Best for
"I have a company or business concept, but the venture still needs to be built."
03 — VENTURE LAUNCH
From Market-Ready to Market Traction
For: Ventures with a functioning product or service that are ready to enter or expand in the market.
Includes
- Go-to-market execution
- Customer acquisition strategy
- Sales systems
- Marketing activation
- Brand launch
- Distribution strategy
- Partnership development
- Customer onboarding
- Sales pipeline development
- Performance tracking
- Early-stage growth support
Duration
8–12 weeks
Investment
From ZMW 15,000/month ~ USD 750/month
Typical engagement: ZMW 20,000–50,000
Deliverable
A structured market-entry and customer-acquisition engine designed to generate measurable traction.
Best for
"We have built the product. Now we need customers and traction."
04 — INVESTMENT READINESS
From Business to Investable Opportunity
For: Ventures preparing to raise external capital.
We don't simply prepare pitch decks. We strengthen the underlying business and investment proposition.
Includes
- Investment-readiness assessment
- Business model review
- Financial projections
- Unit economics
- Capital requirement analysis
- Use-of-funds strategy
- Valuation preparation
- Investment narrative
- Investor presentation
- Investment memorandum
- Data-room preparation
- Governance readiness
- Investor engagement preparation
Duration
4–8 weeks
Investment
From ZMW 17,000 / USD 990
Typical engagement: ZMW 20,000–40,000
Deliverable
Investor-ready business and investment package.
Important
Basiwel prepares and strengthens the venture for investment but does not guarantee that funding will be secured.
Best for
"We have a credible business. We need to become investment-ready."
05 — VENTURE GROWTH
From Traction to Scale
For: Existing ventures and SMEs with customers, revenue, or demonstrated market demand.
Includes
- Growth strategy
- Revenue growth
- Sales optimisation
- Customer acquisition
- Market expansion
- Operational improvement
- Financial management
- Management systems
- Strategic partnerships
- New product opportunities
- Capital planning
- Expansion strategy
Duration
3–12 months
Investment
Growth Advisory: From ZMW 15,000/month ~ USD 789
Growth Partnership: From ZMW 21,000/month ~ USD 1,100
Final pricing depends on team involvement, complexity and scope.
Deliverable
A practical growth programme with measurable commercial and operational objectives.
Best for
"The business works. Now we want to make it significantly bigger."
06 — VENTURE PARTNERSHIP
Build With Us
For: Selected high-potential ventures where Basiwel can create substantial value through deeper involvement.
This is not a standard consulting engagement.
Basiwel may contribute
→ Venture strategy
→ Product development
→ Technology
→ Capital
→ Talent
→ Brand
→ Market access
→ Business development
→ Operational capabilities
→ Investor networks
→ Growth expertise
Commercial Structure
Depending on the opportunity:
Cash + Equity
Reduced Fees + Equity
Equity / Investment Partnership
The structure is individually negotiated following due diligence and agreement on the contributions, responsibilities, risks and expected value creation of each party.
Duration
6–36 months
Investment
Custom / Selected Ventures
Best for
"We want Basiwel to become a genuine co-builder of this venture."
SPECIAL PROGRAMME
Venture Readiness Sprint
For Founders Who Say: "I Need Funding."
Many ventures are not yet ready for investment—even when the founder believes they are.
Our Venture Readiness Sprint determines exactly what stands between your venture and investment readiness.
We assess
- Business model
- Market
- Product/service
- Customers
- Revenue potential
- Team
- Operations
- Financial model
- Capital requirement
- Investment proposition
- Key risks
Duration
2 weeks
Investment
ZMW 6,650 / USD 350
Outcome
A Venture Readiness Scorecard identifying:
- Where your venture is today
- Critical gaps
- What needs to be built
- Capital required
- Recommended next programme
- Milestones required before seeking investment
Particularly suitable for
Registered companies with an idea but no product, customers or revenue.
Instead of immediately trying to raise capital, Basiwel helps determine what should be built first and what capital is actually required to reach the next value-creation milestone.
Three Engagement Models
Basiwel uses three principal engagement models. The right one depends on the venture, the founder's objectives, and Basiwel's expected contribution.
1. BUILD — Fee-Based
The client pays Basiwel for defined venture-building work.
Best for
Founders who want to retain maximum ownership.
2. BUILD + PARTNER — Fee + Equity
The client contributes a reduced cash fee and Basiwel participates through an agreed equity position.
Best for
Promising early-stage ventures where Basiwel expects to contribute substantial execution value.
3. VENTURE PARTNERSHIP — Equity / Investment
Basiwel becomes a deeper strategic and execution partner in selected ventures.
Best for
High-potential opportunities with significant long-term value creation potential.
Find Your Pathway
| Where you are | Basiwel programme |
|---|---|
| I have an idea | Venture Discovery |
| I have an idea but need to prove it | Venture Discovery / Readiness Sprint |
| I have registered a company but nothing built | Venture Readiness → Venture Build |
| I have a product but no meaningful traction | Venture Build / Venture Launch |
| I am ready to enter the market | Venture Launch |
| I have customers and revenue | Venture Growth |
| I need to prepare for investors | Investment Readiness |
| I want Basiwel as a long-term partner | Venture Partnership |
We meet you where you are.
We don't force every venture through the same programme.
ASSESS → VALIDATE → BUILD → LAUNCH → FUND → SCALE
Our first step is always to understand the venture, identify its gaps and determine the most appropriate pathway.
We don't just advise ventures.
We help build them.
BASIWEL
VENTURE BUILDING
We build investment-ready ventures.
Start the Conversation
Tell us where your venture is today. We'll help determine the right programme.