INSIGHTS
Practical finance
and fundraising insights.
Guidance for African businesses raising capital, managing cash, and building stronger finance functions.
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Grants, debt, or equity:
which fits your business?
Start with what the money needs to do. Understand the trade-offs before choosing a funding route.
Read the funding guideGUIDES & TOOLS
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Grants, debt, or equity: which fits your business?
Match the funding route to what you need to fund, how the business earns cash, and the obligations you can take on.
Raising capitalRead the guideWhat a fundraising process involves—from strategy to funding
The work before, during, and after funder outreach—and the decisions that can hold a raise up.
Raising capitalRead the guideYour business is profitable. Why is cash still tight?
Understand how customer payments, stock, investment, and financing affect the money available to run the business.
Managing cashRead the guideWhat should a fractional CFO do for your business?
Start with the decisions, responsibilities, and deliverables—not a job title or a fixed number of hours.
Growing the businessRead the guideWhat funders will test in your financial model
Make the link between your operating assumptions, funding requirement, cash position, and growth plan clear.
Raising capitalRead the guideThe monthly numbers you need before expanding
Build a reporting pack that shows performance, cash commitments, and the economics of the next step.
Improving finance operationsRead the guideFundraising information checklist
Organise the request, financial information, business evidence, and responsibilities behind your raise.
Raising capitalGet the tool13-week cash-flow forecast template
A simple Excel workbook with weekly receipts, payments, closing cash, and instructions.
Managing cashGet the toolNo resources match these filters. Choose another topic or resource type.
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