Savannah Impact Advisory.Your Future With Us
Savannah Impact Advisory (SIA) is a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Licensed investment advisor. We are a highly specialised firm with a specific mandate: managing private and other specialised Funds across the West Africa sub-region. What sets us apart is not breadth, but depth: 60+ years of experience in hands-on catalytic fund-of-funds work in Ghana, shaping how capital flows to the private sector enterprises that need it most.
Our expertise is concentrated in four interconnected disciplines that collectively give investors access to a uniquely diversified, Africa-grounded investment platform.
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Fund Structuring
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Private Management
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Impact Investing
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Gender Lens Investing
Mission & Vision
Unlock Capital for Africa's Private Sector
To unlock local funding to support Missing Middle SMEs in Africa and crowd in foreign investments, all to contribute to the development of an efficient, thriving, and inclusive private sector across the continent.
A Thriving, Self-Governed African Private Sector
A Sub-Saharan Africa where efficient, thriving, and well-governed private sector enterprises lead development that positively impacts environmentally, socially, economically, and financially, the lives of all who live in the region.
General Partner Experience
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Fund of Fund
60+ years of experience shaping catalytic fund-of-funds investment in Ghana, from investment committee participation to senior leadership.
Full-cycle expertise: fund structuring, capital deployment, portfolio management, and exit.
Deep understanding of Fund of Fund investment architectures across Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Africa Experience
Extensive network spanning local and pan-African ecosystem players, GPs, and LPs.
Proven deal sourcing capabilities with a pipeline deeply embedded in African markets.
Championed ecosystem development through education, policy advocacy, and capacity building.
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Impact Track Record
Led foundational Impact Investing initiatives that shaped Ghana's impact capital landscape.
Former Trustee, Global Steering Group for Impact Investing, with global standards exposure.
Pioneered gender lens investing in West Africa through the Lady Angel Network.
Our Core Values
These eight principles govern every investment decision, partnership, and engagement we make.
Stewardship
We manage capital as a trust. Every decision is made with long-term responsibility to our LPs, portfolio companies, and the communities they serve.
Accountability
We set clear targets, measure outcomes, and report transparently. Our impact metrics and financial performance are held to the same high bar.
Value Creation
We focus on building durable value in portfolio companies, in fund performance, and in the ecosystems where we deploy capital.
Agility
African markets move fast. We stay responsive to opportunity and risk, adapting structures and strategies without compromising discipline.
Nurturing Relationships
Strong partnerships with GPs, LPs, and entrepreneurs are the foundation of our work. We invest in relationships before and after the cheque.
Network
We leverage a deep network across West Africa and beyond for deal flow, governance support, and ecosystem development.
Analytical Excellence
Rigorous due diligence, clear investment criteria, and evidence-based decision-making underpin every commitment we make.
High Impact
We aim for outcomes that are environmentally sound, socially inclusive, and financially sustainable, not one at the expense of the others.
Meet the Team
The experience and dedication of our team drive our impact across West Africa.
The Ci Gaba Fund of Funds
Ci Gaba ("Progress"in Hausa) is SIA's purpose-built impact Fund of Funds. It is the vehicle through which SIA's 60+ years of experience is deployed at scale: backing indigenous private fund managers in West Africa who invest in high-growth, high-impact SMEs across productive sectors.
Ghana-domiciled, SEC-licensed, and led with a gender lens, Ci Gaba is patient local currency funding built for the long-term development of West Africa's private sector.
Explore Ci Gaba FundOur Board
Experienced leaders guiding our strategy and governance.
