We originate and structure the assets that move capital, power cities and connect markets — then stay with them until value is real.
KORA Development Partners sits at the intersection of project origination, capital and execution. Founded by Dakarai K. Kuhlengisa, the house works with governments, sponsors, funds and strategic investors who need assets that can be financed — and finished.
From site and concept through feasibility, permits, offtake and commercial close. We turn ambition into a file a credit committee can underwrite.
The mandate →Independent counsel on capital formation, transaction design, partner selection and portfolio construction across real assets and infrastructure.
The mandate →PPPs, blended finance and delivery structures that close the gap between public need and private capital — without losing commercial discipline.
The mandate →One continent. Many markets. A single standard of craft.
Africa does not lack ideas. It lacks projects that survive first contact with capital. We exist to close that distance — with local fluency, institutional process and an insistence that value be delivered, not merely described.
Building Africa. Delivering Value.
We concentrate on assets that underpin productivity: power, movement, cities, data and essential services.
Find the right site, counterparties and demand case.
Risk allocation, contracts and capital stack.
Bring lenders, DFIs and equity to the table.
Hold the project to cost, time and specification.
Protect value through operations and exit.
Why most African infrastructure files fail in diligence — and how origination can be redesigned.
Using concessionary capital as a scalpel, not a subsidy for poor structure.
Ports and hinterland assets only create value when they are underwritten as a system.