Open Capital Advisors

Open Capital Advisors (OCA) is a management consulting and financial advisory firm focused on Africa. According to its official website, its mission is to unlock Africa's potential by driving growth, enabling investment and building markets across the continent. The firm describes itself as a strategic and financial advisor to innovative businesses, investors, development partners and governments, combining strategy consulting with capital markets expertise. Since its founding in 2010, Open Capital Advisors reports having completed more than 1,600 engagements across over 30 African markets, with a team of 170+ professionals based across Africa and drawn from around the world. Its work spans consulting, capital markets advisory and an Innovations platform that launches new organizations and partnerships to bridge market gaps identified through client work. The firm positions itself around deep sector and thematic expertise in areas critical to Africa's future, with a presence across the continent that allows it to deliver outcomes rooted in local understanding. Its stated values include owning outcomes, believing in others, questioning boldly and acting together, supported by a code of conduct emphasizing trust, ethics and inclusion. Open Capital Advisors is headquartered in Kenya and operates as a private advisory firm. It publishes news and insights on topics such as women farmers in Africa, childcare and women's livelihoods in Northern Kenya, and investing in displacement-affected communities.

Open Capital Advisors was founded in 2010 and has since grown into a management consulting and financial advisory firm operating across Africa. According to its official website, the firm has completed more than 1,600 engagements across over 30 African markets since its founding, and its team of 170+ professionals is based across Africa with talent from around the world. The firm's stated mission is to transform Africa by advancing sustainable economies and by building future generations of business leaders. It describes itself as a strategic and financial advisor to innovative businesses, investors, development partners and governments, bringing deep expertise in sectors and themes most critical to Africa's future. Open Capital Advisors organizes its work around three main areas: Consulting, which combines global best-in-class strategy consulting expertise with deep local experience, knowledge and networks across Africa; Capital Markets, which advises businesses and investors as they raise, structure and deploy capital, including transaction advisory, finance vehicle structuring, due diligence and portfolio strategy; and Innovations, a platform to launch and run new organizations and partnerships to bridge market gaps identified through client work. The firm emphasizes outcomes, noting that its most effective client partnerships begin with strategy and design and extend through multiple stages of operations and implementation. It also highlights a talent mission focused on building the leaders of tomorrow, and publishes a code of conduct centered on mutual trust, clear expectations, ethics and inclusion.

• 2010

  Open Capital Advisors is founded.

• The firm reports completing 1,600+ engagements across 30+ African markets since 2010.

• The firm reports a team of 170+ professionals based across Africa.

Africa's leading management consulting & financial advisory firm, combining global best-in-class expertise with deep local experience across the continent.

• Consulting

  Strategy consulting combining global best-in-class expertise with deep local experience, knowledge and networks across Africa.

• Capital Markets

  Advisory for businesses and investors raising, structuring and deploying capital, including transaction advisory, finance vehicle structuring, due diligence and portfolio strategy.

• Innovations

  A platform to launch and run new organizations and partnerships to bridge market gaps identified through client work.

1. 1Open Capital | Africa's leading management consulting & financial advisory firmopencapital.com
2. 2About Us — Open Capitalopencapital.com
3. 3What We Do — Open Capitalopencapital.com
4. 4Wikidata Q132472599wikidata.org