RESEARCH & STRATEGIC PLANNING

Every business has a plan designed in line with its corporate objectives but planning without insight leaves your business out of sight in the market. This is why every business has to be strategic in its planning to remain relevant in the industry. At Business District, we do not just plan but our planning is built on key industry patterns and forecasting to design strategic keys for taking over the market. We assist clients with strategic plans in market entry, market territorial dominance, product/service relevance as well as pre and post-feasibility studies, cash flow forecasting and analysing, economic and financial survey, specific market research, research and policy evaluation. We structure comprehensive strategic business plans that ensures that decisions are stream lined in accordance with the company’s long-term objectives. We also provide strategic training into business security and administration procedures for individuals and public-private sector institutions that enhance productivity and efficiency.

RISK & DUE DILIGENCE

Uncertainties in today’s world is more rapid than has ever been. The world is now a global market place with economies intertwined than ever before. Global financial markets, trade, securities markets all these have been linked on a global scale such that a trigger in one part of the world has ripple effects in other parts of the world. This level of globalization has redefined the interpretation of risk and its uncertainties that come with it. At Business District, we understand the complexities of modern day uncertainties defined by risks and we shoulder the responsibility to assist our clients ascertain points of risk convergence and departure concerning their businesses. Our risk professionals provide detailed risk analytics measures to mitigate risk exposures of our clients. We assist clients to understand risk and how to predict its impact on their business to create an awareness and thereby solutions to avoid it or reduce its effect where it is unavoidable. We also provide a comprehensive due diligence data to local and foreign prospective investors and partners to have access to business opportunities and also identify the risks and returns in doing business in Africa.

CORPORATE FINANCE ADVISORY

Financial decision making are a daily occurrence in the life of any business enterprise. For the short and the long term, companies have to decide the best and suitable form of financing for their business operations. It takes a fine art of balance to know when not to burden the business with debt and when not to dilute shareholders value with too much equity. Strategic choices have to be made at key moments in the life cycle of any business. At Business District, we provide strategic insight into corporate finance matters with our clients. We alleviate our clients the burden of having to shoulder this responsibility alone by dissecting financial issues and presenting facts over opinions. We guide our clients to choose wisely the most appropriate form of financing at various stages of growth and prepare them adequately to make the needed capital transition. Our Corporate Finance team provides our clients with the following services;

• Valuation

Know your worth! Every company must have a valuation report detailing it’s worth in the market to sell to investors. Our specialized corporate finance team provides clients with comprehensive valuation reports capturing both present and future values of businesses for public and private sector institutions. We employ detailed globally accepted valuation techniques and models to derive business valuations. We provide valuation reports for IPO’s, private equity and venture capital financing, mergers and acquisitions (buy/sell). Our valuation reports are reviewed on agreed term basis to ensure that business valuations do not reflect past scenarios but remain a true reflection of the present and future circumstance of the business. We have an interest in developing a unique relationship with our clients to identify and design appropriate and unique solutions to suit their needs. We have a strict client confidentiality policy that establishes corporate trust between our clients and us.

• Mergers and Acquisitions Advisory

Our experience allows us to detail the intricacies involved in our client’s merger or acquisition transactions. Whether on the buy or sell side, we ensure that our clients receive the best of professional advice from our specialists in this field who are mergers & acquisition legal architects, business enterprise transactional advisory architects among others. We provide our expertise in pricing of the deal to ensure that our client does not overpay on the buy side or is not undervalued on the sell side to protect the value of the transaction. At the right buy or sell price, we offer clients strategic advisory in the smooth transition of the fusion of the two entities by eliminating governance misdirection, cross merger financial bottlenecks, synergy disharmony, culture misidentity, operational overlaps, performance divergence among others to ensure that post merger or acquisition transition does not distract the operational functions of the merged entity. We also provide corporate hunting services for our clients with our team of experts hunting for potential deal makers for our clients. We seek for viable merger or acquisition deals for our clients in accordance with specifications as detailed by them. We undertake the market research, searching through various candidates and narrowing down to suitable enterprises with credibility, value and synergy compatibility with our client’s business.

• Debt Management Advisory

We provide debt management assurance for our clients who engage in debt financing. Our financial architecture designs debt management financial models to project impact analysis of the carrying debt on the balance sheets of our clients. In the short term, we ensure the prudent matching of current assets and liabilities to provide adequate working capital and liquidity for operational efficiency whiles for the long term our team of experts detail long term debt options that are fairly priced and sustainable. We are meticulous with our debt modelling to capture all potential scenarios and the risks involved in debt financing situations. We also draw-up repayment terms allocating cash flow distribution and its fluency over the term of the debt allowing clients the full view of all debt impact scenarios and the best option that suits their business. With clients who are on the path of debt default, our debt management advisory experts designs re-financing models that enhances free cash flow and a viable option for repayment of debt. We advice clients on negotiations with debt obligators presenting feasible debt re-financing options that will preserve the value of the debt as well as be sustainable for our clients.

• Cost – Benefit Analytics

Matching the cost of a project to its benefits is always essential in picking the right project to finance. We have established ourselves as a company in weighing project cost against its benefits to assist our clients in capital allocation. Businesses always have in their portfolio an array of projects to be undertaken but with a constrained budget. Our task on behalf of our clients is to weigh all possible costs associated with each project quantifying each cost both tangible, intangible and opportunity cost involved whiles also considering the term of project completion. Likewise the benefits are also weighed, valuing and quantifying both the tangible and intangibles benefits and matching them against each project. With this analytics in hand, our clients are better positioned to evaluate all portfolio projects with in-depth knowledge of their outcomes providing them with enough facts for efficient capital allocation at their disposal for maximum returns.

• Tax Advisory

We render to our clients the service of tax advisory to assist them manage their tax appropriately. We have at our disposal tax & compliance assurance expertise to advice clients on tax related issues concerning their businesses.

• Financial Engineering

The complexities and global nature of modern-day business requires optimum sources of capital to enhance business performance and shareholder value. As corporations grow, it is inevitable to access the capital market to raise capital through private or public offerings. This helps in providing liquidity, attracting institutional investors, and enhancing a company’s visibility and positioning. At Business District we assist corporate institutions in both Public and Private sector with the needed documentation and procedural requirements necessary to source capital from both local and foreign financial institutions as well as the capital markets. We have a developed network of investors and assists investee companies in sourcing capital from our network. We are sector focused and assist qualified capital raising candidates from start-ups, private companies, Pre-IPO and listed entities. We explore a range of equity, debt and hybrid instruments that will be beneficial for both the investee and investors. Through our network, we provide the following financing solutions among others;

• Start-up capital
• Bridge financing
• Expansion capital
• Buyouts / Merger & Acquisitions

• Audit Assurance & Inception Reports

We ascertain facts in our inception reports to open up business operations of the companies under our probe. Our inception analytics data captures key variables and substantive issues that define the core functional parts of the business. We provide in-depth inception audit reports that cover financial, human capital, corporate structures and operations among others to reveal the current status of any business. We partner private equity firms, venture capital companies, mergers and acquisition candidates, financial institutions to have substantial business and financial evidence about the companies that receive capital allocation from them. Our inception audit report provides businesses the opportunity to review company structures and strategy in order to grow and generate higher profits.

REAL ESTATE & BUSINESS OUTFIT SERVICES

We partner real estate firms and property owners to develop corporate offices for both local and international clients. Our partnership with firms in this area is a response to the increased demand for easy, accessible and short term corporate operational needs by clients who are interested in flexible transactional terms for office working spaces.

Our team of experts also provides real estate advisory in the following;

• Sourcing of Finance
• Asset or Portfolio Acquisitions & Disposals
• Commercial Transaction Structuring
• Analysis and Support for all Real Estate Decision-making

 

TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION & BUSINESS STRATEGIC SOLUTION SERVICES

This is an exclusive all-round business advisory package meant to assist top level management to drive business success by providing real time market innovation and business intelligence as well as technological business innovation advisory. The package incorporates all advisory services offered by Business District and is based on a continual client relationship structure. This approach enhances better understanding of business patterns and trends to enable us provide specialized services to corporate institutions. At the center of our service is value addition to the technological operational systems dynamics using our DWP Technological Strategic Model. We offer institutions the opportunity to build corporate structures and growth centered on the prospect of value. We partner institutions and executive corporate management to pursue and attain periodical corporate targets. Our partnership is based purely on technical advisory aimed at achieving specific measurable target results for organizations. Our approach is centered on corporate objectives and needs to assist in developing a guiding framework to ensure that all services grafted into our service package are relevant to institutional strategic business plans. Our experts bring together a transformative spirit of technological innovation, leadership, business strategy, market penetration/dominance and business brokerage to advice on suitable business structuring, management, systems & processes, transactional advice, business mentoring, competitive positioning, managing change and corporate governance. We also provide coaching and mentoring services to different levels of corporate staff members to boost organizational productivity and efficiency. Our coaching ranges from;

• Presidential Coaching
• Executive Management Coaching
• Managerial Coaching
• Leadership Coaching
• Entrepreneurial Leadership Coaching

 

STRATEGIC BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP ADVISORY (SBPA)

Our SBPA is a strategic partnership with our clients to achieve a specific outcome identified. Our focus is on key strategic aspects of the business creating value that will have ripple effects on the entire operations of corporate organizations. We build strategic building blocks to provide leverage for institutions to climb higher in the market distinguishing themselves both in the short and long term. Our task is to unravel mysteries surrounding corporate performance and other strategic functions to chart a new course for business operations modelling based on efficiency and innovation deepening market presence and share and having a direct impact on profitability variables of the business.

 

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES (BDS)

Our BDS service is SME focused purposely designed towards accessing finance. We have two unique and exclusive BDS for two main categories of businesses: Start-up/Concept level and Expansion stage businesses:

• Business Starter Pack (BSP)

The BSP is a one stop BDS solution for start-ups. The service covers; company formation, Feasibility Study, Business Planning & modelling, project off takers, ICT and E-Commerce.

• Pre Investment Package (PIP)

The PIP service covers everything a business needs to be investment ready. This is the solution to enhancing opportunities to raise funds for business expansion. The service covers situation analysis, business development and fund raising.

RATINGS ARCHITECT

This is our customer focused service designed to give clients insight into customer rationale, morale and feedback of their products and services. We generate customer centric data for our clients through market engagements, feedback methodology and innovations to alert our clients on customer perceptions, brand patterns and service evolution to embrace customer needs. Our customer data analytics also give us the opportunity to build ratings database to rank businesses according to key sector engagements to provide readily available data to global investors seeking information on businesses. As a Venture Management Architect Firm, our focus is highlighted on businesses and how they are run on daily basis. Our goal is to dissect the operations of businesses and unravel the mysteries that surround their success or failures both in their present and future circumstance. Rating is a major part of our business operations to assist us achieve our objective as Venture Management Architect. Our experts provide insight into specific functionalities and routine of businesses to provide accurate data to aid in our analytics of corporate performance across various sectors and industries. Our Rating services include Credit Ratings for both public and private sector institutions, financial sector Ratings, Governance Ratings, Corporate Executives Ratings, Product/Service Rating and Business Care & Branding Ratings.

• Credit Rating

We provide credit rating services for both public and private sector institutions. We rate companies on their credibility in terms of credit and how credit worthy they are based on specific financial and business indicators. Our credit rating provides in-depth evaluation and analysis of the borrowers business credentials which includes the sustainability of their business model, financial stability, as well as economic and industrial analysis among many others within a stipulated period of time to ascertain if the borrower has the capacity to honour their debt obligations in the short and long term.

We solicit and compile general data of our conducted credit ratings on institutions that have public records and information whiles we also accept service requests from clients to conduct credit ratings on specific institutions of choice.

• Financial Sector Ratings

The financial industry plays a key role in development of businesses in any economy and as such the availability of detailed information on financial institutions is very important. Our rating services in the financial sector evaluate certain key indicators in the industry and provide ratings for banks and other financial institutions. We rate financial institutions on their interest rates, customer satisfaction, liquidity, governance, credit ease, risk & financial management among others.

• Governance Ratings

As the highest decision making body in an organization, governance has an important role in either the success or failure of an institution. We provide rating into the governance structure of businesses evaluating the governance composition and structure, governance credentials, governance policies among others. Our ratings provide first hand information to businesses and investors on the strength of the governance body of businesses.

• Corporate Executive Ratings

As the execution arm of businesses, corporate executives are mandated to execute the day to day plans and policies of organizations. The quality of the corporate executive team has a direct impact on the achievement of the plans and objectives of the business. Our ratings provide insight into the achievements and quality of corporate executives. Our ratings include Corporate Executive Modelling, Corporate Executive Target Performance and Executive Succession among others.

• Product/Services Ratings

The revenue generated by products and services of companies is determined by different factors. Our ratings of products and services focuses on their relevance and sustainability over a period of time. We provide ratings on product/service care, product/service earning power, product/service longevity among others. We provide businesses and investors with accurate information on products and services on the market to make informed decisions on future investments in various product/service lines of businesses.

• Business Care & Branding Ratings

We rate customer satisfaction and branding campaigns of businesses with clear points of customer accountability and satisfaction data that aids in our evaluation. Customers are the soul of every business and therefore their satisfaction is key to the success of every business enterprise. We offer entrepreneurs and investors the opportunity to assess businesses on their customer relations and market image (branding) credentials which can prove crucial in the allocation of capital to businesses. Our ratings are essential to driving growth, providing transparency and helping educate market participants so they can make decisions with confidence. Our ratings offers global perspectives shaped by strong local market experience and credit market expertise. Our perspective and insight which we provide assists investors to be confident in their decision making in allocating resources to prospective business portfolios.

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

International business partnerships around the world has gained a reputation as a major boost in business operations through cost effectiveness. Major global businesses have footprints all around the world through partnerships serving them well in various markets. Our International Enterprise Clinic (IEC) provides a unique solution for international businesses and investors who seek to undertake business transactions and operations in Africa. As a reliable partner on the continent of Africa, we have brought relief to international businesses and investors to mitigate their risk in undertaking business transactions and operations on the continent. Why risk investing huge capital into fixed and variable assets when entering the African market? Why not mitigate this risk of entry by leveraging on the fixed and variable assets of a reliable partner to enter the market and when your vision brand is established then you make the huge capital investments.

• International Partnership

We provide an opportunity for international businesses and investors to leverage on our assets at the initial stages of entry into the African market. We provide a range of assets including a fully furnished working space/office equipped with the necessary assets functional for business transactions and operations. We also attach to our working space/office a team of internationally trained professionals who understand international business and have diverse knowledge on Africa business market across a wide range of industries. Our Venture Management Architects are at the disposal of our clients ranging from International Economists, Global Economists, Chartered Financial Analysts (CFA) professionals, Investment Bankers, Financial Architects, Enterprise Business Architects, Chartered Accountants, Risk Architects, Talent & Human Capital Architects, Governance & Compliance Architects, Mindset Brand & Marketing Architect, Business Forensic Data Mining Architects, Legal & International Business Transactional Architects among others to assist our clients with their expertise in managing their day to day business affairs. Our professionals are trained to integrate the operational strategies of our clients and deliver world class management services across various functional areas of the business. We are professional, transparent and confidential in all our business dealings with our clients. We focus on value for money for our clients and we ensure that that we put the success of the client’s business before anything else.