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| Tanzania |
| 14 |
| Ako Law provides a full range of legal services and its lawyers are widely acknowledged as being amongst the top legal advisors and leading transactional lawyers in Tanzania. It provides services in such areas as intellectual Property, Dispute resolution, construction, Project Finance, Coporate Commercial, Taxation, Telcoms & Banking. |
| The objective of this project is to assist AKO Law become a broad-spectrum law firm in Tanzania, capable of delivering timely services to local and international clients through ensuring that their partnership with Shadbolt LLP comes full circle.The long term objective will then be to transfer skills to Tanzanian Lawyers whilst increasing business revenue and profitability and maintaining the quality of its products. |
| www.akolaw.com |
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| Uganda |
| 25 |
| Alexander Forbes Uganda (AFU) was created in 1997 to provide short term insurance and reinsurance broking, risk management and financial services. AFU’s mission is to add value to the client’s businesses by applying technical expertise and client focus in providing quality consistent and cost effective risk and financial solutions |
| Alexander Forbes Uganda requested AMSCO to assist in recruiting and seconding a Chief Marketing Officer to the company. The position holder will be expected to enable AFU achieve their objectives of brand development and increased market share resulting in market leadership, improved product development and increased profitability. |
| www.aforbes.co.ug |
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| Finance & Insurance |
| Tanzania |
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| Alios Finance Group is a Pan-African specialized finance company with a mix of prestigious African and European investors. It targets SMEs, multinationals and individuals with products such as leasing, investment loans and consumer finance. |
| AMSCO’s role is to assist the company to achieve its objective to become a Pan-African asset financing company through the secondment of a Chief Executive Officer, who will drive Alios overall strategy and it’s geographical expansion out of Kenya and a Chief Financial Officer who will be responsible for the management of all financial, risk and tax aspects of the business. |
| www.alios-finance.com |
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| Kenya |
| 3 |
| Alios Finance Group is a Pan-African specialized finance company. African and European investors. It targets SMEs, multinationals and individuals with products such as leasing, investment loans and consumer finance. |
| AMSCO’s role is to assist the company to achieve its objective through the provision of a General Manager, who will represent Alios Finance in Tanzania and develop the Tanzanian market and drive revenues from 751’000 Euros to 5 million Euros in three years time. |
| www.alios-finance.com |
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| Manufacturing |
| Kenya |
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| Established in 1996, Athi River Steel Plant Limited is a steel smelting company that makes hot rolled steel products from recycled scrap metals. They produce premium quality steel goods for sale throughout the East African region, including steel bars and nails for the construction industry and steel piping for use in pumping water, oil and minerals. |
| This project aims at supporting Athi River Steel Plant strategy of growing its market share and increase revenues in readiness for its anticipated listing at the Nairobi Stock exchange in 2015. The company has completed expansion of its plant at Mavako in Athi River and is now preparing to launch an extensive product range totaling over 750 different items for both the local and export markets. |
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| Education |
| Kenya |
| 205 |
| Bridge International Academies (BIA) seeks to revolutionalise the way education is provided to the poor members of our society by launching a large-scale network of ultra-low-cost for-profit private primary schools. |
| AMSCO`s objective in support of this project, will be to facilitate increased access to affordable quality education for poor families in Kenya. This will be through the support of the fellowship program to ensure that local teaching staff are trained on the Direct Instruction teaching methodology |
| www.bridgeinternationalacademies.com |
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| Investment Vehicle |
| Kenya |
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Catalyst Principal Partners is a fundamentals driven private equity fund manager specializing in sourcing, structuring and managing investments in dynamic companies to achieve medium to long-term capital appreciation.
Established in 2009 as an Eastern African focused private equity firm manager, Catalyst brings together a highly experienced team of seasoned investment professionals with a depth of regional and international credentials and expertise of private equity investing in Africa and across emerging markets.
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| AMSCO role will be to assist the company with the secondment of 2 managers who will be responsible for: Effective portfolio monitoring; Identifying New Investments; Exit management and agreeing on effective exit strategies ; Creation and execution of marketing/deal origination plan; Development of Business Principles; Fundraising |
| www.catalystprincipal.com |
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| Professional & Technical Service |
| Tanzania |
| 18 |
| CRB Africa Legal is a leading full service Tanzanian commercial law practice formed by an association of CRB Attorneys and Africa Legal that is focused on providing a complete range of legal services to clients. |
| The objective of this project is to assist CRB Attorneys become a broad-spectrum law firm in Tanzania, capable of delivering timely services to local and international clients through broadening the firm’s partnership base and solidifying its profile as a specialized corporate and financial law practice in Tanzania |
| www.crbafricalegal.com |
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| Information and Communication Technology |
| Tanzania |
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| Dovetel was licensed to provide wireless telecommunication services in June 2008 and it officially launched its CDMA technology for commercial operation in June 2009. It’s mission is to connect Businesses, Households and Individuals to true Broadband internet so that customers can enjoy the fastest and most reliable internet at the lowest tariff rates. |
| The role of AMSCO is to contrubute to assisting the company improve its operations, increase its revenue and return on investment to shareholders through the secondment of a sales director. |
| www.sasatel.co.tz |
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| Tanzania |
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| Exim Bank (Tanzania) Ltd, one of the locally established Banks in Tanzania in Aug' 97, continues to remain in the forefront of providing quality banking services in the Country. Within a short span of 13 years of its existence, the bank has built strong brand equity through its relationship management and its ability to provide a faster turnaround in services; in the process building a robust loyal customer base. |
| The Role of AMSCo included assisting the bank increase branch network, increase product range and customer reach through launch of its card business and grow its clientele, revenue and profits. |
| www.eximbank-tz.com |
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| Established in 2006, Finance Sudan Limited (FSL) is a microfinance organization that operates in South Sudan. FSL operates 7 branches in 4 states out of the 10 states in South Sudan. FSL currently offers the following products; group and individual loans. The current average loan size at disbursement is USD 270. The clientele mainly comprise of; small scale traders, small agri-businesses and other small business activities. The loans are generally used for working capital, purchase of fixed assets or improvements of the business structures. |
| AMSCO’s role is to assist the company to achieve its objective through the Secondment of an Operations Manager. His main task will be to help manage the operational costs and improve the quality of the Loan Portfolio |
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| Textile |
| Madagascar |
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| Floreal Knitwear Limited (FKL) was set up in 1971 with a majority of shareholders from Hong Kong. However, in 1973 the company was taken over by the current shareholders and it became a 100% Mauritian-owned Company. Over the years, FKL has established itself as the largest manufacturer of woolen garments on the island and as the second largest exporter of the Woolmark label in the world. |
| Role of AMSCO consists of seconding an industrial engineer with a longstanding experience in the textile industry. This AMSCO Manager is to introduce new working methods which will eventually lead to increase in efficiency, and reduce the cost of production. |
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