Unlocking Local Funding
for African Growth.
Your Future With Us
Savannah Impact Advisory brings 60+ years of experience, managing specialised Funds that catalyse inclusive, gender-forward growth across West Africa.
60+
Years Experience
25K
Jobs Target by 2030
SEC
Licensed Advisor
A Highly Specialised Firm,Rooted in Africa.
Savannah Impact Advisory (SIA) is a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Licensed investment advisor. We are not generalists. We were built specifically to unlock local funding for Missing Middle SMEs in Africa and crowd in foreign investments.
Our mandate spans Fund Structuring, Private Management, Impact Investing, and Gender Lens Investing, providing a uniquely diversified investment platform grounded in West Africa's private sector realities.
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What We Do
Fund Structuring
We design innovative financing structures for private funds tailored to West Africa's Missing Middle SMEs. Our expertise spans fund formation, legal and tax structuring, and governance from day one through to first close.
Private Management
We manage private funds across the full lifecycle: capital deployment, portfolio monitoring, and exit. Our IC-level experience ensures institutional-grade governance and reporting for LPs and co-investors.
Impact Investing
As a former Trustee of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investing and a leading driver of impact initiatives in Ghana, we build portfolios that generate measurable environmental, social, and financial returns.
Gender Lens Investing
Through the Lady Angel Network and dedicated gender mandates, we direct capital to women-owned enterprises and women-managed funds, a cornerstone of our investment philosophy across every fund we manage.
Visionary Impact by 2030
We invest systematically so that our capital catalyses inclusive, sustainable development across Sub-Saharan Africa, with measurable outcomes from day one.
Jobs created & sustained by 2030 through our portfolio companies.
Capital directed to SMEs in rural or economically deprived areas.
Women
Women-managed VC Funds specifically supported within our portfolio.
Portfolio companies generating measurable S.M.A.R.T social or environmental impact.
Capital earmarked for women-owned and women-managed SMEs across the region.
Portfolio companies contributing measurably to climate change mitigation.
Our Investment Approach
We deploy capital through four complementary approaches: fund investment, co-investment, secondaries, and managed accounts, so that we can meet the full range of investor and market needs across West Africa. Every commitment is evaluated through our gender, climate, and impact lenses.
01
Fund Investment
We invest in established and emerging Private Funds & Fund Managers across West Africa who share our commitment to impact, gender inclusion, and Missing Middle SME growth. Our fund-of-fund architecture enables diversified exposure across sectors and stages.
02
Co-Investment
Alongside our fund partners, we co-invest directly into high-conviction portfolio companies, bringing additional capital, strategic value, and network leverage to the most promising businesses at critical growth inflection points.
03
Secondaries
We provide liquidity solutions to existing fund investors and create entry points for new capital into mature African private equity portfolios, supporting healthy market dynamics and enabling responsible capital recycling.
04
Managed Accounts
For institutional investors and family offices with specific mandates (sectoral focus, geographic preference, or ESG screens), we structure and manage bespoke separate accounts that align with their precise impact and return objectives.
Applied to every investment:
Gender Lens
Climate Lens
Impact Lens
The Ci Gaba Fund of Funds
Ci Gaba ("Progress"in Hausa) is SIA's Fund of Funds, purpose-built to back indigenous private fund managers across West Africa who invest in local SMEs with high growth and impact potential in productive sectors.
Focused on Agriculture, Agro-processing, Light Manufacturing, Financial Inclusion, Health, and Education, with a gender lens at the centre of every commitment.
Structure
Fund of Funds
Capital deployed into proven indigenous private fund managers across West Africa, not directly into companies.
Domicile
Ghana-Anchored
Ghana-domiciled and SEC-licensed, providing patient local currency funding where it is needed most.
Mandate
Gender-Lens Led
Priority allocation to women-led and women-focused fund managers, a core, non-negotiable lens across every commitment.
The Opportunity
$331 Billion
IFC-estimated annual SME financing gap in Africa that Ci Gaba is purpose-built to help close.
Meet the Team
The people behind Savannah Impact Advisory: fund structuring, portfolio management, governance, and impact investing across West Africa.
