Africa Merchant Capital

Africa Merchant Capital is a boutique private merchant bank operating as three entities offering corporate finance advisory, trade finance and asset finance, with a dedicated focus on the high growth markets of Sub-Saharan Africa.

Africa Merchant Capital Advisory:
Corporate finance advisory services for private middle-market growth capital transactions in high growth sectors of Sub-Saharan Africa. Our corporate finance team advises on private middle market transactions with access to a range of different investor types from private equity funds, endowments and pension funds to Development Finance Institutions and family offices.

Africa Merchant Capital Trade Finance:
AMC Trade Finance (AMCTF) provides flexible, secured pre-shipment trade finance to SME importers and exporters whilst using a Documentary Letter of Credit (DLC) or similar instrument as the underlying collateral.
Our product is complementary to both advising and issuing banks, as we provide the required pre-shipment trade finance that is necessary to finish the production and shipment of the goods on time and to the standard as stated in the issuing bank’s LC.

Africa Merchant Capital Asset Finance:
Africa Merchant Capital Asset Finance (AMCAF) is a specialists asset finance business with an off-balance sheet leasing structure for the client, thus we offer a dynamic, dependable financial partnership with the client.
Our clients see us as their procurement partner – we buy the assets they need and they rent them from us. We do not impede on clients’ existing relationships with other lenders.
Broad range of facility sizes: Our facilities range from $500k - $30m.
No upfront cashflow requirements: We require no deposit.
Flexible repayment terms of up to a maximum of 60 months.