Africana Infrastructure Capital offers comprehensive services of engineering, construction and procurement. As well as, financing and structuring services.

Professional investment project management plays an important role in business development. In a highly competitive environment, it is important for businesses to effectively manage investments, selecting the most suitable projects and rationally using available sources of financing. Africana brings together financial professionals with rich international experience to help its clients realize major projects around the world. In particular, we help finance projects for , healthcare facilities, residental an housing, power plants, factories, mines, seaports, infrastructure, hotels and much more. Our team cooperates with companies from dozens of countries around the world, including the Germany, US, Turkey, Spain, UK, UAE,Saudi Arabia, and others.

General principles for the proper management of investment projects include the following:

• A clear setting of goals and an action plan to achieve them in the shortest possible time with minimal use of investment resources.

• A single, clearly justified management system that will operate throughout the entire life cycle of an investment project.

• Maintaining compliance of the applied tools for managing investment processes with the development strategy of the investment object.

• Continuous professional monitoring of management decisions and control of their results at all stages of the investment project.

• Active involvement of independent experts to evaluate management decisions taking into account social, environmental and other factors.

Stages of the investment project: An investment project in terms of management should be divided into stages, each of which has unique features and requirements. The stages of the investment process include:

1. Project initiation.

2. Planning and creation of project documentation.

3. Stage of implementation of the investment project.

4. Facility operation.

5. Closing.

Sometimes financial experts combine the first two stages, calling them the “pre-investment stage”. Within each stage, there can be multiple goals. For example, the stage of implementation of an investment project involves the construction of a facility, infrastructure development, purchase, delivery, installation and commissioning of equipment. Each of these sub-stages requires an individual approach while maintaining the schedule for putting the facility into operation.

The following is a summary of the main steps:

• The planning stage includes the development of a strategy for the implementation of investments, and the algorithm for achieving each goal.

• The operation phase of the investment facility consists mainly of production management plans, maintenance plans and plans for other ongoing tasks.

• The project closure phase consists of the development of a site liquidation procedure, which requires a dedicated management structure. In fact, the investment project management process is the interaction of the investment object and a specially created team. Having designated an investment object at the stage of project initiation, companies create a management team with a specially adapted structure for this object.

It is often cheaper to use the services of a specialized company that will develop the entire investment plan, assess the feasibility of the project and help with the search for investors, lenders, and equipment suppliers. The customer will only have to implement the project and operate it.

If you are interested in professional investment project management services, please contact an Africana representative.

We will be happy to answer any of your questions and provide comprehensive support at any stage of the project.