Who We Are
Nex Rubica Capital is a firm with deep origination, structuring,
transaction advisory and fund raising experience. We provide access to global capital markets in major liquidity venues in Europe and North America as well as direct investment opportunities into bankable assets (listed and unlisted ) across Francophone, Lusophone and Anglophone Africa. We harness innovative banking and funding solutions for our clients and partners either looking to co-invest and risk share or looking for investors into early development, project development, series B and series C capital raise transactions.
Since inception, Nex Rubica Capital has negotiated and crafted bespoke solutions for more than USD3.5 billion of transactions across Africa. This achievement is partly due to our partnering with other entities such as banks, non-recourse funding sources, blue chip legal firms and project developers.
With our participation in creating and listing African Exchange Traded Products on international platforms like the New York Stock Exchange, London Stock Exchange, Egyptian Stock Exchange and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange our product development capabilities centers around identifying and hedging risk factors, providing liquidity and price transparency, and ensuring select assets are bankable for investor partners; baskets and ETFs for Long Only Funds, Pension Plan Sponsors.
Our senior executives are seasoned professionals with a cumulative experience of over 90 years working in global investment banking, commercial banking and bank assurance firms in Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London, New York – but with a local African perspective from decades working in West and Southern Africa.
We provide structuring across various sectors: Renewable Energy; Hotels and Real Estate; Transport and Logistics; Oil & Gas; Agribusiness.
On fund raising, we enable our clients negotiate with multiple investors during the fund raising process thus widening our clients reach by simultaneously allowing access to many different types of investors in multiple geographies.
Nex Rubica Capital invests the time to understand your business model, goals and objectives, and through our investor and project development network provide the capital required to achieve your goals. Attracting the right capital partner or investment requires relationships, research, and most importantly localised execution knowledge.
Leadership
Our senior executives bring a combined experience of over 90 years in global investment banking, commercial banking, and bancassurance. This international perspective is complemented by decades of hands-on experience in West and Southern Africa.
Martin Orji
Managing Principal
Dumisa Hlatshwayo
Senior Principal
Sega Sy
Principal
Ram Kolluri
Senior Board Advisor
Ibrahim (Ibb) Turay
Principal
Ibukun Adebayo
Principal
Philippe Kpenou
Board Advisor
Deepak Dave
Senior Principal
Experience & Coverage
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)
Deliverable : Project Structuring & Capital raising
Location : Nigeria
Sector : Energy
Role : Financial Advisor
Location : Nigeria
Sector : Energy
Role : Financial Advisor
Chosen through a public tender, to advise the NNPC on capital raising for oil and gas projects. The initial focus is on raising $1.5 Billion for gas projects in Nigeria.
Scope: Investment Screening & Capital Raising
Transaction Value : $1.5B
United Bank of Africa IPO
Deliverables: Equity Capital Market IPO
Location: London
Sector : Banking
Role : Arranger
Location: London
Sector : Banking
Role : Arranger
Participated in the 1st-ever international equity capital raise program by the Bank, successfully raising $70 million in new issues as part of a larger $300 million public offering.
Scope: Investment Screening, Investor Engagement, Capital Raising.
Transaction Value : $300M
Minister of Infrastructure, Land & Transport
Deliverable: Advising on Structuring & Development of the Dakar to Bamako Railway
Location: Senegal
Sector: Transport
Role: Transaction Advisor
Appointed to advise the Senegalese government on the PPP structuring and financing of the $900 Million, 700 km Dakar-to-Bamako railway project.
Scope: Investment screening, Risk Mitigation, Reviewing project documents
Transaction Value : $900M
Africa Export-Import Bank
Deliverable: Equity Capital Market IPO
Location: Mauritius
Sector : Banking
Role : Arranger
Location: Mauritius
Sector : Banking
Role : Arranger
Selected as the co-arranger for Africa Export-Import Bank’s $300 Million capital raise program, and securing $50 Million from investors.
Scope: Investment Screening, Investor Engagement, Capital Raising
Transaction Value : $300M
African Development Bank (AfDB)
Deliverable : Deal origination & structuring
Location : Côte d’ivoire
Sector : Multiple sector
Role : Transaction Advisor
Location : Côte d’ivoire
Sector : Multiple sector
Role : Transaction Advisor
Appointed by the AfDB, to provide deal origination, structuring, and investor engagement for transactions in the Africa Investment Forum pipeline and managing the on boarding of related sponsors and partners.
Scope: Investment, Screening Risk Mitigation, Project coordination.
Transaction Value : $35B
Africa Exchange Traded Fund
Deliverable : Equity Capital Market ETF launch
Location: New York
Sector : Multi Sector
Role : Indexes & Pricing Agent
Location: New York
Sector : Multi Sector
Role : Indexes & Pricing Agent
Appointed to structure and raise capital for the $30 Million Pan-African ETF, which was listed on the NYSE, supporting a second liquidity drive in 2015
Scope: Investment Screening, Project coordination, Financial Modelling.
Transaction Value : $30M
Central Bank of Nigeria
Deliverable : Reserve management facilitation
Location : Nigeria
Sector : Banking
Role : Arranger
Location : Nigeria
Sector : Banking
Role : Arranger
Facilitated a $1 Billion foreign currency allocation from the Central Bank of Nigeria to Henderson Global Investors (UK) and Alliance Bernstein (US).
Scope: Investment Screening, Project Coordination, Financial Modelling
Transaction Value : $1B
Africa Export-Import Bank
Deliverable: Equity Capital Market IPO
Location: Mauritius
Sector : Banking
Role : Arranger
Location: Mauritius
Sector : Banking
Role : Arranger
Selected as the co-arranger for Africa Export-Import Bank’s $300 Million capital raise program, and securing $50 Million from investors.
Scope: Investment Screening, Investor Engagement, Capital Raising
Transaction Value : $300M
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)
Deliverable : Project Structuring & Capital raising
Location : Nigeria
Sector : Energy
Role : Financial Advisor
Location : Nigeria
Sector : Energy
Role : Financial Advisor
Chosen through a public tender, to advise the NNPC on capital raising for oil and gas projects. The initial focus is on raising $1.5 Billion for gas projects in Nigeria.
Scope: Investment Screening & Capital Raising
Transaction Value : $1.5B
Africa Region