Brickstone Africa

What Brickstone Africa does

Brickstone Africa (legal entity: Brickstone Partners Limited) is a Lagos-headquartered infrastructure advisory and accelerator firm founded in 2009 by Femi Awofala and active in the market since 2010. The firm targets project sponsors developing large-scale industrial and infrastructure assets across Sub-Saharan Africa, with active operations in Nigeria and Ghana. Its core professional services span project appraisal (bankability, feasibility, and risk assessment), transaction advisory (project finance, corporate finance, and ECA/Equator Principles advisory), development management, and project acceleration.

The firm's distinguishing methodology is the Brickstone Acceleration Model — a "catalyst-based" accelerator that combines investment acceleration, capacity building, and hands-on advisory to de-risk projects into bankable form — and the Brickstone Bankability Model, a screening framework requiring contracted revenue with creditworthy counterparties, fixed-price EPC contracting, and strong governance. Underpinning the advisory work, the Brickstone InfraLAB venture studio conceptualizes, validates, and launches new project sponsor companies across sectors including agriculture (GOFarm Africa, AgroINFRACO), energy (Vant Energy, Alterna8ive), logistics (Logisticul), healthcare (MNC Health, REACH2more), mining (Climate Minerals), and commercial real estate (Commercial Real Estate Partners). Educational monetization comes via the Project Finance Fundamentals (PFF) and Project Finance Implementation (PFI) online courses, delivered through a 180-day Learning Management System with Paystack-integrated recurring billing.

Brickstone's revenue mix is dominated by professional services fees from episodic advisory and acceleration mandates, supplemented by subscription revenue from online courses and structured fees from pre-accelerator programs covering Gas Commercialization, Post-Harvest Infrastructure, Low Carbon Projects, and Pre-Development Mining. Go-to-market is sales-led and content-driven: a weekly newsletter, Capital Flow Reports, InfraWebinars, the Talks@Brickstone podcast, and a strategic partnership with The African Catalyst on the Africa Infrapreneurs Programme (AIP) feed a top-of-funnel pipeline into direct enterprise and government engagements. The firm is privately held, founder-owned, with no disclosed institutional funding.

Name

Brickstone Africa

Legal name

Brickstone Partners Limited

Website

https://brickstone.africa

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Brickstone Africa is a Lagos-based infrastructure advisory and accelerator firm that helps project sponsors in Sub-Saharan Africa make large-scale industrial and infrastructure projects bankable through appraisal, transaction advisory, development management, and a venture studio (InfraLAB) that launches new project companies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Infrastructure Advisory Services

akta.pro primary industry

Civil & Structural Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Supply Chain & Product Carbon Advisory (Scope 3 Procurement, PCF Support) (EUABADAJ)

Keywords

• Infrastructure advisory
• Project finance advisory
• Development management
• Project acceleration
• Infrastructure venture studio

Headquarters

HQ city

Lagos

HQ country

Nigeria

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Advisory Services: Project appraisal, transaction advisory, and development management services for large-scale infrastructure and industrial projects in Africa.
2. Educational Programs: Online courses including Project Finance Fundamentals for Infrapreneurs (PFF) and Project Finance Implementation for Intrapreneurs (PFI) with access to Learning Management System, private discussion groups, and live case study sessions.
3. Acceleration Services: Pre-accelerator programs including Gas Commercialization, Post-Harvest Infrastructure, Low Carbon Projects, and Pre-Development Mining Projects to prepare early-stage projects for investment readiness.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Brickstone Africa is an infrastructure advisory and accelerator firm that provides project appraisal, transaction advisory, project acceleration, and development management services for large-scale industrial and infrastructure projects across Sub-Saharan Africa. It combines investment acceleration, capacity building, and hands-on advisory through a catalyst-based accelerator model, and also operates the Brickstone InfraLAB venture studio that conceptualizes, validates, and launches new infrastructure project sponsor companies across sectors such as energy, logistics, healthcare, and real estate.

Product overview

Brickstone Africa operates as an Infrastructure Accelerator offering a comprehensive suite of advisory, development, and venture building services. The core offerings include Project Appraisal (evaluating bankability and feasibility), Transaction Advisory (project finance and corporate finance advisory), Project Acceleration (de-risking and accelerating infrastructure projects to bankability), and Development Management (planning and coordinating project delivery). The Brickstone InfraLAB venture studio launches and incubates infrastructure startups through programs covering agriculture (GOFarm Africa, AgroINFRACO), energy (Vant Energy), logistics (Logisticul), healthcare (MNC Health), and real estate (Commercial Real Estate Partners). Pre-accelerator programs address Gas Commercialization, Post-Harvest Infrastructure, Low Carbon Projects, and Pre-Development Mining. The Brickstone One Portal provides client access to project management tools. Educational offerings include Project Finance Fundamentals for Infrapreneurs (PFF) and Project Finance Implementation for Intrapreneurs (PFI) delivered through a Learning Management System. Supporting tools include Information Memorandum development, Strategic Business Plan templates, and Feasibility Study templates. The company focuses on sectors including Real Estate & Hospitality, Energy & Natural Resources, Transport Infrastructure, Power & Renewables, Industrial Agriculture, Heavy Industries, and Technology Infrastructure.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Brickstone InfraLAB: Infrastructure Venture Studio dedicated to launching new project sponsor companies in swift succession. It conceptualizes the initial idea for each infrastructure startup, rigorously validates it, and proceeds with development alongside a core team.

Products and services

• Project Appraisal Services Comprehensive project appraisal services that evaluate bankability, technical feasibility, financial viability, and risk for large-scale infrastructure and industrial projects in Africa, for project sponsors and developers.
• Transaction Advisory Advisory services guiding clients through complex financial transactions, including project finance, corporate finance, ECA-backed, and Equator Principles advisory for infrastructure projects.
• Project Acceleration Services Accelerator program designed to help project sponsors de-risk infrastructure projects, speed up the development cycle, and make projects bankable through investment acceleration, capacity building, and hands-on advisory.
• Development Management Comprehensive development management services including development planning, early-stage planning for infrastructure asset delivery, and development coordination to ensure projects are completed on time and within budget.
• Brickstone InfraLAB Infrastructure venture studio that conceptualizes, validates, and develops new project sponsor companies in swift succession, launching startups focused on infrastructure development across agriculture, energy, logistics, healthcare, mining, and real estate.
• Gas Commercialization Program Pre-accelerator program focused on early-stage investment readiness for gas commercialization projects, helping entrepreneurs develop bankable gas projects in Africa.
• Post-Harvest Infrastructure Program Pre-accelerator program addressing post-harvest infrastructure challenges for agricultural projects, enabling smallholder farmers to reduce losses and improve market access.
• Low Carbon Projects Program Pre-accelerator program supporting development of low-carbon infrastructure projects aligned with climate sustainability goals across Africa.
• Pre-Development Mining Projects Program Pre-accelerator program preparing mining projects for development, focusing on technical, financial, and regulatory requirements for bankability.
• Project Finance Fundamentals for Infrapreneurs (PFF) Online course providing foundational education in project finance, designed to build capacity for infrastructure entrepreneurs (infrapreneurs) in Africa, delivered through the Brickstone LMS.
• Project Finance Implementation for Intrapreneurs (PFI) Online course focused on implementation aspects of project finance, tailored for intrapreneurs managing infrastructure projects within organizations, delivered through the Brickstone LMS.

Quantifiable outcome

• Projects characterized by high degree of revenue predictability under contracted revenue arrangements with creditworthy counterparties
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• The African Catalyst (Africa Infrapreneurs Programme)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration through the Africa Infrapreneurs Programme (AIP) with The African Catalyst to support and accelerate infrastructure entrepreneurs across Africa. This partnership focuses on capacity building and investment readiness for infrastructure developers.
• Brickstone InfraLAB Portfolio CompaniescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBrickstone InfraLAB venture studio has launched multiple portfolio companies including GOFarm Africa (agriculture), Logisticul (logistics), Alterna8ive (alternative energy), MNC Health (healthcare), REACH2more (healthcare), Concecci (infrastructure), Climate Minerals (mining), Vant Energy (renewable energy/BESS), AgroINFRACO (agricultural infrastructure), and Commercial Real Estate Partners (real estate development).

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Sun King (Greenlight Planet): Large-scale distributed solar energy provider across Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Competes in the off-grid/infrastructure-finance space where Brickstone's low-carbon and energy InfraLAB ventures also operate.
• Rendeavour: Africa's largest new-city and mixed-use real estate developer. Active in the same commercial real estate and hospitality development pipeline Brickstone advises on, including large-scale pre-development work.
• Persistent Energy: Africa-focused energy venture builder and developer. Closely mirrors Brickstone InfraLAB's venture-studio-plus-advisory model, but concentrated on distributed energy rather than multi-sector infrastructure.

Broad incumbents

• Globeleq: Pan-African power infrastructure investor and developer. Operates across the same energy/infrastructure verticals Brickstone advises on, but as a balance-sheet owner rather than an advisory firm.
• Africa Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM): Pan-African infrastructure private equity and fund manager active in real assets across the continent. Comparable sector coverage (energy, transport, real estate) but with a fund-management business model.
• Climate Fund Managers (CFM): Climate-infrastructure blended-finance fund manager across Africa and emerging markets. Overlaps with Brickstone's Low Carbon Projects pre-accelerator and InfraLAB energy ventures such as Vant Energy.
• Africa Finance Corporation (AFC): Pan-African multilateral development finance institution funding infrastructure across the same sectors Brickstone advises on. Comparable project bankability and structuring expertise, but as a DFI rather than advisor.
• Mott MacDonald: Global engineering, management, and development consultancy with a sizable Africa infrastructure practice. Competes for project advisory, feasibility, and bankability mandates, though at far greater scale and breadth.
• Deloitte Africa (Infrastructure & Capital Projects): Big-4 transaction advisory and infrastructure consulting practice across Sub-Saharan Africa. Directly competes for project finance, transaction, and PPP advisory mandates.

Direct peers

• CrossBoundary: Africa-focused advisory and investment platform with practices in infrastructure, energy, and real assets. Closely comparable in boutique scale, deal-origination model, and cross-border (US/Africa) advisory positioning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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