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Commercial Strategic Advisory • AfCFTA Intelligence

Strategic Advisory for Capital Deployment under the AfCFTA

We provide board-level counsel, regulatory risk navigation, and operational due diligence for multinational corporations, infrastructure developers, and institutional investors expanding across 54 African nations.

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54 Nations
AfCFTA Trade Coverage
20+ Years
USAID & USDA Leadership
3 Power Pools
SAPP, WAPP, EAPP Grid Diligence
Cape Town
Headquarters • South Africa
Core Advisory Capabilities

Our Five Advisory Practices

Rather than generic research studies, we answer high-stakes, concrete questions for executive leadership across five specialized areas.

Practice 01

Artificial Intelligence & Data Sovereignty

Advising on compliance with the AfCFTA Digital Trade Protocol, in-country data residency laws, and sovereign AI adoption.

The Questions We Answer:
  • • Can our customer, health, or financial data legally cross borders under Kenya’s DPA, Nigeria’s NDPR, or South Africa’s POPIA?
  • • How do we deploy AI co-pilots across African operations while keeping our intellectual property protected in-country?
  • • What are the legal carrier-neutral cloud and colocation requirements across regional hubs?
Practice 02

Smart Corridors & Logistics Telematics

Eliminating physical transit drag, port gate congestion, and weighbridge delays along primary trade routes.

The Questions We Answer:
  • • What is the actual truck turnaround time along the Northern Corridor (Mombasa to Kigali) vs. the Central Corridor?
  • • How many days will our containers sit at Durban or Tema port gates, and how can bonded transit bypass customs queues?
  • • How can electronic cargo tracking (ECTS) and digital single windows reduce shipping demurrage?
Practice 03

Environmental, Natural Capital & Blue Economy

Structuring investments across shared hydrological basins, agrarian breadbasket zones, and marine resources.

The Questions We Answer:
  • • How do transboundary water treaties impact agro-processing or irrigation ventures in the Zambezi or Niger basins?
  • • What is the economic yield of environmental shields and wildlife buffer zones for green debt underwriting?
  • • How do we design sustainable port-adjacent cold storage and aquaculture investments that meet EU and regional export standards?
Practice 04

AfCFTA Trade Structuring & Rules of Origin

Optimizing multi-country sourcing to capture 0% preferential tariffs and eliminate cross-border duties.

The Questions We Answer:
  • • Does our current manufacturing supply chain meet the mandatory 35% local value-addition threshold under AfCFTA Annex 2?
  • • Which packaging or raw ingredient substitutions will push our bill of materials past the zero-tariff threshold?
  • • How do we reconcile overlapping regional trade agreements across ECOWAS, SADC, and EAC?
Practice 05

Energy, Power Pools & Infrastructure Due Diligence

Evaluating power purchase agreements, grid reliability, and subsea fiber connectivity for high-load projects.

The Questions We Answer:
  • • Can the local utility guarantee 20MW of baseload power, or do we need a cross-border wheeling contract through SAPP or WAPP?
  • • Where are the closest carrier-neutral fiber landing stations (Equiano, 2Africa) to our proposed facility?
  • • What are the ground-water, road, and industrial zoning constraints before we commit land capital?
Commercial Formats

Three Ways to Engage Our Practice

Structured, transparent advisory packages designed for corporate boards and investment committees.

Rapid Diagnostic

Sovereign Investment Review

4-Week Independent Audit

An intensive pre-investment review stress-testing your planned facility, cross-border supply chain, or capital deployment against local power, tariff, and regulatory realities before final board sign-off.

• AfCFTA tariff & origin evaluation
• Power pool & grid stability check
• 30-slide Boardroom Briefing Deck
Inquire About Review
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Ongoing Partnership

Executive Advisory Retainer

Quarterly Strategic Counsel

Dedicated advisory bandwidth for regional Vice Presidents, Managing Directors, and General Counsels navigating active cross-border operations, tariff changes, and trade disputes.

• Direct monthly board & executive calls
• Rapid regulatory & customs alerts
• Government liaison & negotiation support
Discuss Retainer
Executive Briefing

Boardroom Strategic Session

Half-Day Deep Dive

A bespoke half-day workshop for your executive committee or board, providing strategic scenario planning on AfCFTA trade corridors, regional power grids, and sovereign AI governance.

• Customized scenario models
• Political economy risk briefing
• Q&A directly with Kennan Wright
Book Board Briefing
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Practice Principal

Kennan Wright

Executive Director • Cape Town, South Africa

Former senior international development director with the USAID Africa Bureau and USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. 20+ years of operational field leadership managing multi-million-dollar economic portfolios across Ghana, Cameroon, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique. Author of Unlocking Momentum: A New Framework for Development in Africa.

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Schedule a 45-Minute Executive Briefing

Select an available date and time slot below to schedule a preliminary briefing with Kennan Wright. A calendar confirmation will be sent directly to your corporate email.

Direct executive inquiries: [email protected]

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