What Atepa Group does

Atepa Group (legal name: Groupe Atepa) is a privately held, founder-owned pan-African conglomerate headquartered in Dakar, Senegal, founded in 1977 by architect Pierre Atepa Goudiaby. Its core business is architecture, engineering, urban planning, and project management delivered through its foundational division Cabinet Atepa, which has executed national landmarks across West and Central Africa for governments and supranational institutions including the BCEAO headquarters (Dakar, 1975), the ECOWAS headquarters (Lomé, 1988), the Monument de la Renaissance Africaine, the Grand Théâtre National in Dakar, the Palais des Congrès and Tour Angola, and ministerial cities in Equatorial Guinea and the DRC. Beyond architecture, the group operates diversified business lines: Atepa Mining Africa (A.M.A) for iron ore, bauxite, and lithium extraction under the STAR (Route de l'acier et de l'aluminium) integrated project; an energy division; an agro-business division; a finance and investment arm; and an information-technology division that develops satellite applications for African education and agriculture in partnership with China Great Wall Industries Inc. The firm pursues strategic co-development partnerships, notably with TATA Motors for electric-vehicle production in Africa and with the Senegal Investors Club (where the founder serves as Vice-President) for deal-flow access.

The group's go-to-market is enterprise field sales targeting African governments, sovereigns, supranational bodies, and large institutional clients, with projects typically contracted individually and pricing not publicly disclosed. Revenue mix is dominated by professional services for architecture and construction (one-time project fees) with mining, agro-business, energy, finance, and IT positioned as additional but largely early-stage revenue streams with mixed one-time, subscription/recurring, and managed-services models. Distribution is delivered through 11+ company offices in Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Togo, DRC, Angola, Republic of Congo, Niger, Gambia, and Sierra Leone, plus Paris, Beijing, and (per firmographic data) Moscow — providing on-the-ground capacity to execute dispersed public-sector projects without local intermediaries.

The company remains concentrated on its founder, Pierre Atepa Goudiaby, who is also recognized as Senegal's leading 20th-century architect, a former Minister-Special Advisor to the President of Senegal (2000-2012), former Chairman of the Regional Stock Exchange (2016-2019), and a 2018 Senegalese presidential candidate. Headcount is disclosed at 11-50, suggesting a lean professional-services operating model rather than a large construction labor force. No private equity, venture capital, or institutional investor ownership is indicated in the available materials; ownership commentary confirms a concentrated founder-controlled structure. Revenue figures are not publicly disclosed and no funding rounds are recorded, leaving the financial scale of operations unverified.

Name

Atepa Group

Legal name

Groupe Atepa

Website

https://atepa.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Groupe Atepa is a Senegal-based, founder-owned pan-African architecture and infrastructure conglomerate founded in 1977, delivering architectural design, engineering, urban planning, mining, energy, agro-business, finance, and IT/satellite services primarily to African governments and supranational bodies across 11+ countries with offices in Paris and Beijing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Dakar

HQ country

Senegal

HQ region

Africa

Offices11 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Architecture and Construction Services: Architectural design and construction services for government buildings, commercial developments, and infrastructure projects across Africa.
2. Mining Operations: Mining exploration and exploitation including iron ore, bauxite, and lithium in West Africa.
3. Agro-Business: Agricultural business operations leveraging African agricultural potential.
4. Energy: Energy sector development and projects across the African continent.
5. Finance and Investment: Investment and financing services for African development projects, leveraging the chairman's stock exchange and investor club connections.
6. Information Technology: IT services including satellite applications for education and agriculture.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Atepa Group is a pan-African conglomerate founded in the mid-1970s by Pierre Atepa Goudiaby, headquartered in Dakar, Senegal. Its foundational division, Cabinet Atepa, delivers architecture, engineering, construction, interior design, exterior design, and urban planning services for governments, financial institutions, and commercial clients across Africa. The group has diversified into mining (Atepa Mining Africa), energy, agro-business, finance, and information technology, with operations in Senegal, Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, Togo, Benin, Mauritania, The Gambia, and the UAE.

Product overview

Atepa Group is a diversified pan-African conglomerate offering architecture, mining (Atepa Mining Africa), agro-business, energy, finance, and information technology services. The architecture division (Cabinet Atepa) serves as the foundational core, while mining operations focus on iron ore, bauxite, and lithium extraction. The group operates across multiple African countries with offices in Paris, Russia, Beijing, Abidjan, Lomé, Kinshasa, Luanda, Brazzaville, Niamey, Banjul, and Sierra Leone.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Atepa Mining Africa (A.M.A): Mining division focusing on iron ore, bauxite, and lithium exploration in West Africa
• STAR - Route de l'acier et de l'aluminium

Products and services

• Cabinet Atepa (Architecture) Architecture, engineering, urban planning, construction, interior design, exterior design, and repairing services delivered to governments, financial institutions, and commercial clients across Africa.
• Atepa Mining Africa (A.M.A) Mining and mineral resources division of Groupe Atepa operating in West Africa.
• Agro-Business Agro-business division of Groupe Atepa.
• Energy Energy infrastructure and operations division of Groupe Atepa.
• Finances Financial services division of Groupe Atepa.
• Information Technologies Information technology services and systems division of Groupe Atepa.
• STAR Project Satellite-technology-based initiative applying space-derived applications to education and agriculture within the Atepa Group portfolio.

Named customers11 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• China Great Wall Industries Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with a Chinese aerospace company with multiple subsidiaries dealing with satellite industries and high-tech issues. The China office of Groupe Atepa enabled this partnership for developing satellite applications for Africa.
• TATA MotorscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPierre Atepa Goudiaby brought TATA Motors to Senegal and contributed to establishing operations in the country. The company is now involved in developing electric vehicles for production and promotion in Africa and the West.
• Senegal Investors ClubminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPierre Atepa Goudiaby serves as Vice-President of the Senegal Investors Club, facilitating investment connections and opportunities.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC): Chinese state-owned construction company with major African infrastructure projects, particularly in transport and urban development. Comparable to Atepa in delivering landmark infrastructure to African governments, often financed through bilateral partnerships.
• Mota-Engil: Portuguese construction and infrastructure group with one of the largest African footprints among international contractors, operating across multiple sectors and geographies. Directly comparable to Atepa's pan-African, multi-sector infrastructure approach.
• Julius Berger Nigeria: Nigerian-German construction company specializing in infrastructure, buildings, and industrial projects across West Africa. Directly comparable as an Africa-anchored contractor serving government and institutional clients with diversified capabilities.
• Arab Contractors: Egyptian state-owned construction company with significant operations across Africa and the Middle East, delivering landmark government buildings, infrastructure, and housing. Comparable to Atepa's government-focused, Africa-active construction profile.
• Sogea-Satom: VINCI Construction's Africa-focused subsidiary, executing civil engineering and building projects across more than 20 African countries. Closely comparable to Atepa's pan-African project delivery model targeting government and institutional clients.
• Egis Group: French engineering and project management firm with substantial African infrastructure operations across transport, buildings, and urban development. Comparable to Atepa's architecture-plus-engineering service mix targeting African public-sector clients.

Broad incumbents

• Bechtel: Global engineering, construction, and project management firm executing large-scale infrastructure, mining, and energy projects. Comparable to Atepa across the architecture-to-mining spectrum, though Bechtel operates at an order-of-magnitude larger scale.
• AECOM: Global infrastructure consulting firm delivering architecture, engineering, project management, and construction services. Overlaps with Atepa's integrated design-to-delivery model, though at significantly larger scale and broader geographic reach.
• Arup: Global engineering, design, and project management firm with a strong track record on signature buildings and infrastructure. Comparable to Atepa on the design and engineering side of landmark projects, but operating at much larger global scale.
• Vinci Construction: Global construction services division of VINCI, with operations across Africa as part of a much broader international portfolio. Comparable to Atepa in construction and infrastructure delivery but at vastly larger scale and broader geographic scope.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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