Great Business Platforms is a UK-based development finance and infrastructure advisory firm focused on mobilising capital for transformational projects across Sub-Saharan Africa. We work with governments, developers, and investors to structure and fund infrastructure projects that deliver both financial returns and long-term economic impact.
Closing the gap between infrastructure ambition and global capital.
We specialise in helping clients prepare, position, and finance high-impact initiatives in sectors essential to long-term national growth — including energy infrastructure, strategic capital projects, and water infrastructure. By combining financial structuring, strategic advisory, capital mobilisation, and intelligent technology platforms, Great Business Platforms supports projects that strengthen public infrastructure, unlock investment, and improve economic resilience across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Connecting infrastructure projects with global investors and development finance institutions to fund transformational development across Africa.
Designing financial frameworks that meet international investment standards for complex infrastructure and development projects.
Advising governments and institutions on project positioning, stakeholder engagement, and investment readiness.
Energy generation, transmission, and distribution projects that drive economic growth across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Nationally significant infrastructure initiatives from transport corridors to industrial development zones.
Water supply, treatment, and distribution systems critical to public health and sustainable development.
Sub-Saharan Africa faces a significant infrastructure financing gap. Many transformational projects — in energy, water, transport, and strategic capital — struggle to attract the investment they need, not because they lack economic merit but because they lack the financial structuring, strategic positioning, and investment readiness that global capital requires.
Great Business Platforms exists to close that gap. We bring corporate finance expertise, strategic advisory capability, and technology-enabled delivery to help governments and institutions move important national projects from vision to execution.
Deep expertise in corporate finance, project finance, and capital markets, applied to infrastructure development in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Advisory that serves the public interest — helping governments and institutions position projects that deliver long-term economic and social value.
Intelligent platforms and AI-enhanced processes that improve efficiency, strengthen analysis, and accelerate project preparation.
Great Business Platforms envisions a Sub-Saharan Africa where transformational infrastructure projects are investment-ready, strategically positioned, and fully funded — driving sustainable economic growth, improved public services, and stronger national resilience.
Led by Sam Onigbanjo, with experience in venture finance at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, the firm draws on a foundation of business strategy, technology and AI-enabled advisory, cross-border Africa and diaspora engagement, and strategic growth and opportunity development.
Whether you are a government, a development finance institution, or a global investor — we want to hear about your project.