Expert Structured Finance for African Growth Markets
ESC Finance designs and arranges advisory solutions for banks, corporations, and sovereign entities throughout Africa. Our advisory services link regional trade, project development, and capital markets requirements with sophisticated institutional debt sources.
Capital Stack Advisory
Our advisory team assists financial institutions with regulatory capital management and strategic risk transfer. We focus on enhancing solvency ratios and optimizing commercial bank balance sheets through expertly structured advisory engagements.
- Risk transfer advisory
- Capital efficiency advisory models
- Asset recovery advisory
- Liquidity structuring
- Lending book optimization
- Syndicated risk frameworks
- Standardized debt documentation
Trade Finance Advisory
We facilitate credit-enhanced advisory frameworks for African enterprises. Our team supports trade flows by advising on forfaiting, pre-export financing, and sovereign-linked debt structures tailored for the commodity sector.
- Forfaiting
- Note discounting advisory
- Credit instrument structuring
- Trade bill advisory
- Pre-export funding
- Documentary credit consulting
- Quasi-sovereign obligor debt positioning
Infrastructure & Project Advisory
ESC Finance provides strategic advisory connecting African energy and logistics projects with development capital. We specialize in bankable project frameworks and arranging credit enhancements for complex cross-border industrial transactions.
Project Advisory
Strategic advisory for non-recourse financing in energy and logistics. We guide clients from initial feasibility assessment through to financial close and lender relationship management.
Pre-feasibility transaction advisory
Debt sizing and financial modelling
Risk allocation and term sheet advisory
ECA and DFI Advisory
Architecting credit-enhanced facilities involving export credit agencies. We advise on bridging sovereign-linked requirements with institutional capital through technical structuring.
ECA-backed debt advisory
DFI engagement frameworks
Sustainable infrastructure advisory
Supply Chain Solutions
Advisory on trade finance for African corporates. We structure receivables-based solutions and working capital advisory to facilitate global trade flows for mature industrial clients.
Receivables securitization advisory
Letters of credit structuring
Corporate working capital advisory
Operational Liquidity
Advising on liquidity optimization through receivables management. We assist corporations in evaluating cash flow cycles to improve overall balance sheet health and efficiency.
Cash flow advisory models
Trade asset securitization
Lease-backed debt advisory
Development Finance
ESC Finance structures credit-enhanced facilities with multilateral institutions. Our advisory services provide the technical framework necessary to execute high-value debt transactions in emerging markets.
ECA Program Advisory
Advising on sovereign-linked credit enhancement to manage jurisdictional risk and secure debt for large-scale energy projects.
Debt Instrument Advisory
Structuring senior secured debt packages characterized by rigorous documentation and specific security mandates.
Sovereign-Linked Risk
Strategic use of sovereign guarantees and quasi-sovereign financing to provide structural stability to projects.
Multilateral Frameworks
Advising on collaborative debt models that leverage the technical expertise of development finance institutions to support regional African issuers.
Project Sustainability
Integrating social and governance principles into structured debt instruments and large-scale project finance advisory.
Lender Relationship Management
Coordinating complex debt structures and maintaining communication with international institutional lenders.