Tailor-made thinking for your business. Thinking of starting a business, acquiring another business, contemplating a partnership or getting into a new market? Are you losing market share on your key product as margins reduce? Thinking of acquiring a new machine and not sure of overall impact in business and profits? Are you wondering how you can reduce prices to remain competitive in the market? Are you worried about increasing debt level or struggling to maintain positive cash flow? Are you constantly wondering where all the money you have made has disappeared to?
JBC Invest
Equity and debt investments in high growth businesses and high potential entrepreneurs. More than that, we bring to your company our years of experience and business savvy. We help you as an entrepreneur understand your market, product and process. Ours doesn’t stop with the closing of the cheque book, we walk with you in every stage of the process – ensuring you attain your business goals.
SECTORS WE DEAL IN
Agribusiness
Agribusiness contributes 25% of Africa’s GDP, 70% employment, and foreign exchange earnings for many countries. In Sub-Saharan Africa, most crops are produces by small-sized farms with limited mechanization and capacity, leading to poor yields. Fragmented markets, price controls, and poor infrastructure also hamper production, making Africa unable to meet its food requirement.
Financial Services
Globally, the outlook for financial services is solid. In Africa, the rise of disrupters in the market has provoked the need for financial services entities to rethink their strategies, be very agile in this ever-changing market, and have an appetite for diversification and innovation. Technology - Technology is opening up African markets that have long been closed or did not previously exist. Though still in its infancy, Africa’s innovation revolution has seen the penetration of mobile phones to even remote African communities, providing access to new markets that can only be satisfied by innovations.
Trading
Africa has a lot of opportunities for cross-border trade in food products, basic manufactures and services but they remain unexploited, eliminating export diversification and job creation. The burgeoning sector has the potential to fuel economic expansion in many African nations, contributing substantially to GDP, youth employment, gender parity, and foreign exchange.
Technology
Over two-thirds of Africa’s vast population, an estimated 600 million people, currently have no access to energy. In Sub-Saharan Africa, the average electricity grid access rate is a mere 20%. Furthermore, just seven of the continent’s countries have electricity rates that exceed 50%. Access to electricity is critical for development; it is vital in powering water supplies, telecommunication services, and strengthening health care and educational delivery services. Moreover, access to power catalyses economic development in rural areas and creates more jobs and new industries.
Beyond consulting, a partner to help you Think Big. Start Small. Grow Fast.