Track Record

We have done this before.

Africa's infrastructure gap is not a technical problem. The engineering knowledge exists. The capital exists. What has always been missing is the bridge: the advisor who can read a nation's history as clearly as a financial model, and write proposals that move decision-makers from interest to approval. That is the work Evolve does.

Proposals — 4 Won

Zanzibar, Indian Ocean · Integrated Port · Refinery · Industrial Infrastructure

Project Badilisha

“Africa's Gateway Once Again.”

Approved at Presidential level

What Was at Stake

Zanzibar was once the point where Africa met the world — the trade fulcrum of the Indian Ocean, where spices, commerce, and civilisation converged. Project Badilisha was the mandate to restore that identity.

The Mandate

An integrated infrastructure hub at Mangapwani, Zanzibar: two modular refineries at 40,000 bpd each, deep-water port infrastructure, tank storage, a container zone, an Industrial Development Zone and Special Economic Zone, and renewables and digital infrastructure as enabling layers. Presented at Presidential level to the Head of State of Zanzibar.

The Advisory Work

Evolve's CA discipline shaped the financial proof layer: a seven-metric matrix across all six components — capital expenditure, capacity, estimated annual revenue, direct and indirect job creation, GDP impact, IRR, and payback period — on a single page that decision-makers could interrogate. The national narrative was calibrated to Zanzibar's historical role as the Indian Ocean gateway. Citizen benefit was concrete: cheaper food and cooking oil, real jobs, access to markets. The close was written to be delivered at a podium — a legacy, not a transaction.

Namibia · National Oil Refinery · Tank Farm · Energy Infrastructure

Pendukapo

“Awakening Namibia's Refining Future.”

Approved at Presidential and Ministerial level

What Was at Stake

Namibia had oil. The Orange Basin discoveries had confirmed significant hydrocarbons beneath Namibian waters. And yet, crude left the country unrefined, and refined products came back at import prices. Pendukapo — from the Oshiwambo word for awakening — was the mandate to end that arrangement.

The Mandate

A modular refinery at Walvis Bay at 150,000 barrels per day, expandable to 300,000 — paired with a 250-million-litre tank farm, a structured fuel trading arrangement, and a pathway for oil block exploration participation. Structured in partnership with NAMCOR, Namibia's national oil company. Presented to Namibian ministerial and Presidential-level audiences simultaneously.

The Advisory Work

The ownership structure was central, not peripheral. An empowerment section — employee equity, community inclusion, value rooted in Namibian soil — was positioned as one of the six named agenda items from the opening slide. The orator layer drew from Namibia's own material identity: the diamond, born of immense pressure, unbreakable, valuable, brilliant. Like a diamond cut by its own hand. The 30/60/90 execution matrix closed on operational credibility: three phases, each showing core focus, consortium deliverables, and government confirmation requirements.

Tanzania · Cargo Tracking · Revenue Assurance · Corridor Enforcement

National Trade Corridor Dividend Programme

“Realising the Full Value of Transit Trade for National Prosperity.”

Approved — Government of Tanzania and Tanzania Revenue Authority

What Was at Stake

Tanzania's trade corridors carried the commerce of a continent — 30,000 containers per month through Dar es Salaam. A World Bank report estimated USD 150 million per year in revenue reaching organised crime and corruption rather than the Treasury.

The Mandate

A comprehensive corridor governance programme combining electronic cargo tracking (JARVIS TZ), aerial and ground monitoring (Eyes in the Sky), and digital trade facilitation — presented as sovereign enforcement infrastructure to the Government of Tanzania and the Tanzania Revenue Authority.

The Advisory Work

The structuring challenge was definitional before technical. A government audience does not approve a cargo tracking SaaS. It approves a sovereign enforcement mandate. Evolve reframed the entire programme in the language of lawful revenue capture. The root cause was named without diplomatic hedging: poor technology had enabled blatant theft and systematic corruption. The sovereign triad closed every argument: no cargo moves without visibility. No declaration escapes validation. No value leaves without Tanzania's lawful share.

Madagascar · Mobile Network · Mobile Money · Digital Inclusion Infrastructure

National Digital Platform

“Affordable Connection, Inclusive Finance, One Platform.”

National digital platform mandate advanced

What Was at Stake

Madagascar had 31 million people, 50–60% SIM penetration, and under 20% of adults with a bank account. Over 55% held a mobile phone. The infrastructure gap was not about technology — it was about whether the people of Madagascar would be connected to the digital economy, or left behind it.

The Mandate

A greenfield national digital platform combining a 4G/5G mobile network, a mobile money platform, and biometric KYC infrastructure — presented to a ministerial audience seeking a national licence pathway. Positioned not as a telecom licence application, but as a national digital economic platform.

The Advisory Work

The inclusion architecture spanned three access tiers: smartphones received full-feature app-based banking; feature phones received USSD services and agent-network access. No tier was left without a pathway. The financial inclusion logic was direct: adults without bank accounts outnumbered adults without mobile phones. The mobile network was the only viable on-ramp for financial services in a country where bank branch density was constrained by electricity access. Citizen archetypes — a fisherman, a trader, a student — closed the human case.

Feasibility Studies — 5 Sectors

The analytical complement to every winning proposal.

Each produced to Bankable Feasibility Study (BFS) standard — the investment-grade analytical output that meets DFI appraisal requirements.

Energy / Refinery Sector

Full feasibility study for energy infrastructure including modular refinery design, demand and supply-side market analysis, financial modelling at bankable standard (DSCR, gearing, project IRR, three-scenario sensitivity), IFC Performance Standards ES assessment, and a country-specific risk register. Every assumption documented. Every sensitivity tested. No figure without a named source and year.

Maritime / Port Infrastructure Sector

Port traffic demand modelling, competitive analysis of regional port alternatives, technical specifications for berth depth and quay wall design, financial modelling including port dues revenue and IDZ/SEZ economic contribution. Market analysis built on UNCTAD maritime statistics, World Bank Port Reform Toolkit benchmarks, and comparable regional developments.

Trade Corridor / Enforcement Sector

Corridor traffic volume and leakage quantification, technology architecture options analysis, revenue recovery modelling, procurement and implementation pathway, regulatory and institutional capacity assessment. Revenue estimates sourced to named authority and subjected to sensitivity analysis — not presented as advocacy.

Digital Infrastructure / Telecom Sector

Market analysis (SIM penetration, ARPU, smartphone adoption, data consumption trends), network rollout technical options, mobile financial services demand and regulatory pathway, financial modelling for greenfield operators including capex phasing and subscriber growth scenarios. Built from ITU and GSMA data for the specific market — not developed-market analogues.

Mining / Mineral Beneficiation Sector

Resource and reserve assessment context (JORC/NI 43-101 aligned), beneficiation options analysis, market analysis for raw and processed mineral off-take, capital and operating cost estimation, financial model at project IRR and equity IRR level, IFC Performance Standards Category A/B ES assessment, and implementation plan covering construction phasing, commissioning, and ramp-up.

The question every client brings to Evolve is the same.

How do we get this approved, funded, and built?

The answer is always the same work: understand the mandate, structure the deal, validate the economics, and make the case in the language the decision-maker speaks.

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