Investment Criteria To Meet
UNLOCKING THE CAPITAL AFRICA NEEDS BY SUPPLYING FOREIGN EXCHANGE TO AFRICA’S MAJOR BUSINESSES
The criteria that a potential client needs to meet when making an application include but are not limited to:
1
Corporate Website
a. What it is
b. Incorporation details (name, address, date, contact details, primary officers)
c. Range of services or products provided
d. Any service or product that is under developments
e. What it intends to do in the future.
2
A fully set-up Dataroom, with a complete set of folders and content in each folder.
3
Regulators License For the project the applying entity has in mind to make, evidence by
supplying copies of all environmental permits secured, building regulations and planning
permissions gained, ecological studies carried out, quality standards adhered to, and those to be adhered to, etc
4
EPC Contracts: A list of any Engineering Procurement Construction Contracts that are required for the project and its workstreams, details of those that have been applied for, and those still to be applied for and the reasons why (they have not already been started).
5
Long Term Off-take Agreement Evidence of their customer’s willingness to purchase the
product (or range of services) that the Project Outcome will provide and or sell, in the form of a contract covering the sale, specifics of the product being sold, in what quantity, for how long and how often. For example, 20 metric tonnes of new cement per month for 26 months, with the first batch being supplied on 26 January 2026 (and how much it is being sold for and the terms of payment specified).
6
Feasibility Studies: A copy of each feasibility study that has been carried out for the project to demonstrate the level of time and effort investment already expended for the project. Each feasibility study should, as a minimum, have each of these:
a. Problem area or gap in provision that is being examined
b. What options exist at a high level to address this (the minimum (worst case), the
maximum (best case) and the most realistic (realistic case).
c. Recommended option and the reasons why, including why the others are not being
recommended
d. For the recommended option at a high level:
i. Business Case including an Investment Appraisal
ii. Risk Management Plan
iii. Project Management Plan, including a Change Control Procedure
iv. Financial Controls and Cost Management Plan
v. Benefits Realisation Plan
vi. Quality Management Plan
7
Business Plan for Expansion – this may be the output form 6d in more detail.
