Our mission is to help great ideas become bankable – we are particularly passionate about sustainable solutions for the low income and renewable energy sectors.
IDEAS
Our innovation stems from our ability to craft funding solutions that create added value for key stakeholders. We have a fresh perspective of advising from the borrowers point of view while not being constrained to any one lender.
Our funding solutions are grounded in many years of banking experience and expertise in:
- Preliminary project Due Diligence & Bankability Studies
- Advanced project funding models (incl. cash flows, funding mix requirements etc.)
- Tailor-made, off-balance sheet project funding solutions
- Arranging, structuring & implementation of project funding
- Structuring and sourcing of acquisition finance
- Syndication of project debt (for mature projects)
- Transaction advisory services
– Valuation
– Negotiation
– Structuring
– Transaction management
– Buy-side and Sell-side return enhancement strategies
- Negotiations with all relevant project stakeholders – funders, project principals, professionals & government (local, provincial & national)
- Development of key terms and conditions of necessary funding agreements & other project-related legal contracts
Special features incorporated into our financial solutions include:
- Mix of mezzanine and senior funding at a blended rate for the project.
- Accommodation of multiple funders with different participation rights.
- Legal structure that accommodates sharing of collateral among funders.
- Fixed Rand commitments for foreign funding.
- Incorporation of fixed rate funding as required by project sponsors.
VALUE
We identify Value in projects.
We offer Value in our services.
We deliver Value through our solutions.
Finnovators’ solutions have brought extended benefits and greater value to projects in the following sectors:
Infrastructure
finance
Renewable
energy
Trade & Commodity finance
and
more
Residential
(affordable housing, student accommodation)
Freight Rail
Gold
Oil
Chrome
Coal
Fish farming
Small-scale agriculture
Mining Equipment & Services
Financial Services & Products for the lower income market
Job Creation & Training
Afri-Solar Smart Grid
The Company “Afri-Solar SmartGrid” will focus on supplying a Renewable Energy solution but working in the most efficient manner with a combination of Grid connection, Battery Storage and Generator back-up if required.
The Renewable Energy solution will be Solar PV. Battery Storage will be based on Lithium Ion technology.
TECHNOLOGY
World leading Storage Management is to be supplied by Qinous. Further information at www.qinous.de
Main holding company in Germany is Rolls-Royce Power systems who are ideally placed to provide the generator backup solutions through their MTU subsidiary.
Further information at www.rrpowersystems.com
TARGET CUSTOMERS
Our first customer is planned to use the Afri-Smart Grid solution for the crops planted at the end of 2020 as part of the Vaalharts Agricultural Scheme
This scheme involves the cultivation of 36 000ha comprising 1 000 farms owned by 340 separate farmers.
The objective is to provide full off-grid power solutions for load shedding and peak shaving thereby ensuring no crop losses and cost-effective power costs (based on more economical Solar PV). Major indirect Value will be created through Food Security and preserving Labour Wages.
