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Case Study · Pan-African

National Investment Attraction Program

Designing and institutionalizing a national program to attract, facilitate and retain high-quality foreign investment.

Engagement DossierRef UAC-003
Client
Investment Promotion Agency
Sector
Government & Public Institutions
Service
Investment & Transaction Advisory
Location
Pan-African

Quantified Outcomes

Verified at engagement close

01

35%

improvement in lead-to-close cycle time

02

4

priority sectors with bankable pipelines

03

50+

investment cases prepared to investor standards

01

Challenge

The strategic friction we were brought in to resolve.

01

Fragmented investment promotion efforts with inconsistent investor experience.

02

A pipeline of opportunities not prepared to investor-decision standards.

03

Weak aftercare and facilitation that eroded the value of closed deals.

02

Approach

A senior-led, embedded engagement model.

01

Benchmarked the national investment value chain against global best practice.

02

Built an end-to-end investor journey-from attraction and facilitation to aftercare.

03

Prepared priority sector investment cases and trained delivery teams in investor engagement.

03

Results

Outcomes the client owns long after we leave.

01

A unified national investment attraction program with clear sector priorities.

02

An investment-ready opportunity pipeline with bankable cases for priority sectors.

03

Strengthened institutional capability embedded in the promotion agency.

04

Decision Log

The decisions that shaped delivery.

Decision

  • Go / no-go decision

    Leadership confirmed the mandate scope, success criteria and engagement boundaries before senior resources were committed.

Implementation

  • Sequenced delivery decisions

    Each workstream was assigned an owner, a delivery cadence and a clear hand-off to the client's operating team.

Verification

  • Outcome verification

    Post-engagement checks confirmed that agreed metrics were measured, reported and owned by the client.

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