“A BONDING APPROACH
FOR EXTRAORDINARY RESULTS”

“By listening, understanding, not necessarily agreeing all the times; I mean at the end of the day we may have different opinions, respecting these differences but actually drawing insight and wisdom from it.”
N´Gunu Tiny

Emerald Group Business Overview

“FROM THE WORLD TO AFRICA”

The Emerald Group is focused in identifying new investment opportunities in emerging market countries. Its primary focus is on Africa, as the Emerald Group has a number of strategic advantages in this region.

The Emerald Group’s Board of Directors combines more than 100 years of experience conducting business specifically in Africa. This unique mix of in-depth understanding and awareness of the social, political, economic and historic aspects of Africa give the Emerald Group significant competitive advantages.

Emerald Group’s team of highly experienced and adept financial, investment and technical experts are able to identify opportunities specific to each African country. They also excel at accessing relevant decision makers in Africa, thanks to longstanding relationships and business partnerships with industry leaders and C-Suite members of public and private companies.

“INTELLIGENCE IN STRATEGY ALWAYS PAYS”

About Emerald Group’s Business Investment Strategy 

The Emerald Group’s principle strategy encompasses regional and sector expertise. Strong partnerships and business relationships allow Emerald Group to identify key investment strategy and business opportunities in its target market.

Africa remains the focus for business opportunities, and the Emerald Group is able to leverage its vast experience in this continent. When opportunities have been identified, Emerald Group design and implement bespoke, fully executable and scalable strategies.

The Emerald Group combines experience, expertise and vision

The Emerald Group’s combined investment, management and risk analysis experience and capacity allow effective execution of projects. As the team has strong personal and professional relationships with key business leaders in Africa, this gives the Emerald Group a unique competitive advantage.

Part of the Emerald Group’s strategy to entry into projects in Africa and emerging markets can be summed up as follows:

• Utilising experience and understanding of the differences between African countries and dispelling the perception that Africa is one homogenous entity.
• Leveraging partnerships and business relationships with specialised advisors.
• Promoting inclusive business growth.
• Establishing relationships with local companies in Africa.
• Designing regional and sub-regional strategies.
• Navigation of legislative landscape and adherence to all regulatory laws.
• Good business governance with strong ethics at all times.

This comprehensive, multi-dimensional view of the vast potential of Africa means the Emerald Group is strategically equipped to make the kind of investments that will build a diversified and dynamic portfolio.

“New ideas bring value. And that’s what really makes the world go around.”
N´Gunu Tiny

With our comprehensive, multi-dimensional view of Africa’s potential, new projects in various sectors are omnipresent. The Emerald Group is strategically and financially equipped to make new investments in an effort to build a diversified and dynamic portfolio. Here is the list of the representative investments.

In March 2021, The Emerald Group acquired Forbes Portugal directly from the American parent company Forbes Media. Forbes Portugal, which is already in the national market for five years, aims to promote the very best being done in the Portuguese – speaking business world.

Under the new ownership, Forbes Portugal will continue to be bimonthly. Additionally, 2 editions of Forbes Life will be published, complemented with a multi-content digital platform. With a focus on investment, technology, leadership and entrepreneurship, Forbes Portugal will continue to position itself as an independent source of information, strongly supported by analysis, performance, indicators and quantitative facts.

In March 2021, The Emerald Group launched Forbes África Lusófona that covers Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique and São Tomé and Príncipe.

The publishing license was acquired directly from the American parent company Forbes Media. With its first edition planned for July 2021, the new Forbes África Lusófona will focus on local economic information, highlighting the standout personalities and companies that make a difference on the continent, thus contributing to improve the business environment by establishing bridges and synergies for a better and more inspiring future.

BANKO Financial Group aims to connect people and businesses in Africa, by building a unique and inclusive ecosystem, with a focus on closing the perception gap through market knowledge, experience and inclusiveness. With vast experience within the financial services industry and a comprehensive understanding of what it takes to operate in Africa, BANKO Financial Group will provide inclusive, innovative and unparalleled services to people at all levels of society, with the aim to positively contribute to the socio-economic development of host communities, while continuously increasing shareholder value and yielding favourable returns. The BANKO Financial Group headquarters are established in London, whilst its financial services will be operational across multiple regions in Africa.

Emerald Resources founded Nino Oil & Gas in 2014, an independent E&P company that exclusively focuses on oil and gas opportunities in Angola. Nino’s chief objective is to acquire and develop a balanced portfolio of non-operating interests in producing, proven, or highly prospective oil assets across Angola.

Makeba is a revolutionary, mobile-based financial services provider that combines a mobile wallet with international money transfers for individuals, as well as merchant point of sale solutions. The mobile platform will host a suite of mobile applications to facilitate a comprehensive variety of financial services to meet the needs of its users, whilst ensuring high industry standards in transaction speed, convenience and security. Makeba aims to deliver sustainable value to individuals and businesses alike, by addressing the economically active yet unbanked population, and enabling low cost, flexible solutions in comparison to traditional methods. Its initial phase focuses on the African populace and the African diaspora within USA and Europe with intent to expand globally.

Green One Capital is a Venture Capital & Private Equity firm, established in Portugal, with a mission to preserve and deliver sustainable capital growth to its clients. With over 75 years of experience grounded in private equity and alternative asset management, the firm’s main areas of expertise are in private equity, real estate and non-performing loans. Green One has the capacity to successfully deliver attractive opportunities across varying market conditions. While Green One’s operations are guided by a set of internal processes, designed to serve clients with diligence and transparency, all its activities are regulated and supervised by the Portuguese Securities Market Commission.

In 2018, a partnership between Fernando Esteves, Conta-Me Histórias and Emerald Group, through the incorporation of Inevitável E Fundamental Lda, birthed an innovative online journalism project, Polígrafo. Polígrafo is a fact-checking website with the sole purpose of verifying the veracity of global news, for the benefit and clarity of its readers. The web-based media outlet comprises of a range of topics from politics and economics, to sports and international news. At Emerald Group, we hold a significant regard for contributing both financial and intangible value; thus, this partnership is a testament of our willingness to create a globally well-informed and perceptive environment.

Emerald Group founded Diaar Property Group in 2013, a privately owned strategic, property development and investment company with international reach.

EMILOR is a Joint Venture between Essilor and the Emerald Group since 2015. Essilor, as a result of more than 160 years of innovation in eye care, is the world leader in corrective lenses, present in more than 100 countries. From design to manufacture, Essilor develops a wide range of lenses to correct and protect the eyesight of everyone in the world, using lenses tailored to their needs and possibilities. Emilor’s objective is to offer quality eye products and eye care services to the Angolan market at an affordable rate.

CEPC (SG) is the latest expansion of Carret Asset Management, a firm that was originally founded in New York in 1963 by Philip L. Carret. Carret is a Wall Street icon who pioneered the concept of “value investing” and is quoted by Warren Buffett himself as his most valued mentor.  The joint venture between Emerald Group and Carret is aimed at servicing a more far-reaching base of HNW individuals and institutional clients in Singapore and the wider Southeast Asia. The firm provides independent asset management services and act as an External Asset Manager (EAM) taking the best components of traditional private banking and marrying this to a truly independent approach to wealth management, with the client’s needs being at the centre. Complementing its asset management offering, CEPC (SG) tailors services to include investment advisory, portfolio management, wealth management and structuring, family office services as well as access to exclusive private equity and venture capital deal flow.