Services

Six service lines, one compliance-first operating system.

Every engagement is scoped, priced, contracted under U.S. law, and documented to institutional standards. Where a specific counterparty, partner, or jurisdiction requires it, compliance and integrity screening runs first — capital moves only when counterparties are clear.

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Advisory fees only
Contracted under U.S. law, priced in USD
Public fee bands

Service lines

Six service lines

Lead offering

Compliance & Integrity Screening

AML, FCPA, OFAC/EU/UN sanctions, and KYC screening on the parties to a transaction.

Capital cannot move until counterparties clear compliance; sanctions, PEP, and corruption exposure must be identified first. Findings are documented to institutional standards, with sources stated and limitations disclosed.

Typical buyers: U.S. companies and investors, U.S. Government and development-finance partners, legal counsel with African-transaction workstreams.

Commercial & Counterparty Due Diligence

Independent diligence on counterparties, ownership structures, track record, and commercial risk — documented to institutional standards suitable for internal investment committees, DFI credit review, and outside counsel.

Typical buyers: U.S. corporates, private-capital investors, DFIs, corporate legal counsel.

Market & Project Validation

Test the opportunity against ground truth: independent validation of market demand, project assumptions, and feasibility — including pre-bankability structuring and investor packaging.

Typical buyers: corporate M&A and business-development teams; DFIs and their advisors; sponsors preparing bankable projects.

Partner Verification

Targeted verification of a specific local partner, counterparty, or vendor: licensing, beneficial ownership, sanctions and PEP exposure, operating record, and independent references. Delivered as a fixed-scope written file.

Typical buyers: U.S. firms about to onboard a new African counterparty; DFIs verifying a project sponsor; legal counsel confirming a party before contracting.

Institutional-Environment Briefings

General, publicly grounded analysis of how relevant institutions are organized and how cross-border cooperation works — to inform diligence, planning, and stakeholder mapping.

Public Briefing — a scheduled written or virtual briefing on a defined institutional or corridor topic, sourced entirely from public information and general expertise.
Custom Briefing — a bespoke, engagement-specific briefing scoped to a client’s question. Same public-information sourcing standard.

Custom Briefing is available only as an attachment to an already-screened mandate — never as a standalone deliverable.

USG / DFI Facilitation & Compliant Local Execution

A compliant path from intent to in-country execution: coordination with U.S. Government and development-finance partners, with on-ground delivery through licensed local partners under U.S. governance. Includes local-content and workforce structuring where required (partner-sourced).

Typical buyers: U.S. firms and DFIs preparing DFC, EXIM, USTDA, or Prosper Africa engagements; corporates coordinating with the U.S. Commercial Service.

Public fee bands

Productized engagements

Productized SKUs

Productized SKUs — public fee bands (USD) and turnarounds
SKU	Fee band (USD)	Turnaround	Description
Compliance Clearance Letter — single party	6,500 – 15,000	5 – 10 business days	Sanctions, PEP, adverse-media, and KYC screen on one party, delivered as a written letter with sources and limitations.
Compliance Clearance Letter — transaction (≤5 parties)	18,000 – 35,000	10 – 15 business days	Same screen extended to up to five related parties in a single transaction.
Counterparty Diligence Report	22,000 – 55,000	15 – 20 business days	Full commercial and counterparty diligence: ownership, track record, litigation, financial signal, references, and compliance flags.
Sector Entry Brief	35,000 – 75,000	20 – 30 business days	Market and project validation memo for a defined sector and country, including regulatory posture and DFI-ready framing.
Partner Verification File	12,000 – 28,000	10 – 15 business days	Fixed-scope verification of a named partner: licensing, ownership, sanctions/PEP, operating record.
USG/DFI Readiness Assessment	28,000 – 65,000	15 – 25 business days	Assessment of a sponsor’s readiness to engage DFC, EXIM, USTDA, or Prosper Africa; identifies gaps in compliance, documentation, and structuring.
Public Briefing (Service 5)	15,000 – 35,000	Scheduled	Standalone written or virtual briefing on a defined institutional or corridor topic.

Fee bands are the public pricing floor for productized engagements; bespoke engagements are quoted separately by proposal.

Retainer bands

Retainer bands — monthly fee bands (USD) and terms
Tier	Fee band (USD, monthly)	Term	What it includes
Access Retainer	6,500 – 12,000	12-month minimum · 60-day termination	Ongoing access to the compliance and diligence team for scoped questions; monthly hours cap.
Program Retainer	15,000 – 30,000	12-month minimum · 60-day termination	Rolling program of clearance letters, verifications, and briefings on an agreed cadence; larger monthly capacity.
Institutional Retainer	35,000 – 65,000+	12-month minimum · 60-day termination	Dedicated capacity for a program-level engagement (multi-country, multi-counterparty) with quarterly governance review.

DRAFT — awaiting client's verbatim copy (addendum: Part B, /services pricing-governance panel + payment terms)

How our pricing is governed

Fees are placed within a band by the complexity of the work — never by transaction value.
During launch, Compliance Clearance Letters are priced at the top of their band.
No discounting below the published floor: we reduce scope, not price.
Retainers carry a 12-month minimum; the 60-day termination right is not exercisable in the first 12 months absent material breach.
Each retainer carries a monthly throughput ceiling, with rollover.
Partner pass-through costs are disclosed.

Payment terms

Deposit and milestone structures by engagement class.

Payment terms by engagement class
Engagement class	Payment structure
Compliance Clearance Letters · Partner Verification	50 / 50
Larger productized SKUs	50 / 30 / 20
Custom mandates	Phased fixed fee
Retainers	Monthly, in advance

Scope boundaries

What we do not do

Three core sectors, four selective sectors

Three sectors form the core of our practice, aligned with U.S. strategic priorities in African markets: critical minerals, energy, and infrastructure. Four additional sectors are offered on a selective engagement-basis where the compliance and execution model fits.

Sectors

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