Africa Foresight Group (AFG), a networking platform for freelance management consultants in Africa has raised over $700,000 in a seed round, led by Consonance Investment Managers and GFH Holdings.
Africa Foresight Group, a female-led and African-owned talent network was founded in 2016 by Yasmin Kumi has more than 100 consultants and completed more than 140 engagements for leading companies, investment funds, and development partners since inception.
According to Yasmin Kumi, founder of Africa Foresight Group (AFG), “We are on a quest to build the largest talent network in Africa to elevate the people and businesses of our continent. It has been a journey of three years to get here and we are excited for what lies ahead. I am proud that a majority of our capital comes from Africa-based investors who believe in the importance of what we do full-heartedly. We are a business that can drive both significant impact for Africa’s private sector and financial return for our shareholders.”
AFG experts and consultants work in industries that create real added value for the African continent, including agribusiness, FMCG, and finance. The company is run by a 15-people full-time team based in Ghana and Nigeria, but has strong representation of network members across African markets, such as Nigeria, South Africa and Kenya.
“At Consonance Investment Managers, we believe that improving the productivity of Africa’s human capital and enabling their collaboration will allow Africa’s businesses to flourish and this is critical for the well-being of the continent. We therefore believe strongly in AFG’s vision of building the largest managed marketplace of freelance talent in Africa to bridge the talent gap,” explains Mobolaji Adeoye, Managing Director at Consonance Investment Managers. “AFG ticked attributes we look out for, including a strong women-led management team solving critical problems in a scalable way and a 3-year track record in their sector. We are proud to support their vision and journey.”
GFH Holdings runs a number of highly successful businesses across the energy, real estate and retail sectors in Ghana and Nigeria. As a long-term client of AFG, the Founder of GFH Holdings has experienced first-hand why the work AFG is so desperately needed to help transform more African businesses.