Introduction

Economic growth in Africa has been largely driven by trade since early 21st century. With high international commodities prices, African countries have had a real opportunity to capitalize on their enormous resource endowment thereby increasing their Gross National Income, particularly in the last decade. This increasing performance notwithstanding, the low standards of living amidst a high level of poverty in Africa remains an issue
of global concern.

The need to strengthen the economies of the countries through a conscious integration of trade (largely in raw materials) with manufacturing and developmental projects has witnessed increased efforts both from the private and public sectors. These efforts have however been largely militated by inadequate/unavailability of medium to long term sources of finance to accelerate the process. Even where the short-term sources of finance are available, they usually come at a very high cost which invariably makes the end products expensive and unable to favourably compete. This singular reason accounts largely for the demise of many Manufacturing companies in Sub Saharan —Africa hence continued dependence on importation to meet local consumption.

The shortfall in harnessing the full potential of the verse resource endowment is among other factors, caused by the finance gaps encountered by various businesses. Consequently, much of the African resources are exported or sold at their produce levels and thus reduced income. These economies require massive investments and finance in infrastructural and technological advancement projects in order to properly integrate with the global economy.

Who We Are

Crystalgate Financial Services Limited is an integrated financial services company with a diversified portfolio of solutions that support institutions’ financing and investment needs. Its prime focus is to bridge the financing gap which largely constitutes the bane to development in Nigeria and other sub Saharan African countries.

With its team of professionals having verse experience in Investment Banking as well as Finance, the company has developed expertise in meeting the challenges of raising capital for major projects that cut across Private and Public sectors of the economy. This is done in collaboration with International Financial Institutions.

The company currently holds the mandate to represent reputable financial institutions in United States of America. Depending on the transaction peculiarity, we are able to arrange Debt capital or Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) for project execution.

Services

Our tailored services include arrangement of:

1. Secured debt facilities for assets acquisition

2. Construction Loans

3. Working capital finance

4. Trade credit facilities

5. Project Finance

6. Financial advisory services

7. Foreign Direct Investment

Value Proposition

1. COST EFFECTIVENESS
Our finance attracts single digit interest rates ranging from 2.5% to 5% depending on the transaction.

2. FLEXIBILITY

Depending on the transaction dynamics, short, medium or long term finance can be made available for up to ten years with adequate moratorium where required.

3. TECHNICAL SUPPORT

Our Finance services are usually complemented by foreign technical support which ensures that projects are delivered to time and international standards.

4. ECONOMIES OF SCALE
Given the network and size of our principal, we are able to give clients access to reduced cost of products purchases from overseas.

5. ADVISORY SERVICES
Valuable advices are provided to our clients on matters relating to finance and investment in their chosen fields of operation.

Industry

Crystalgate in collaboration with its principal partner in the United States is able to arrange financing solutions for the development and expansion of projects in the following areas:

Oil and Gas

(Upstream, Mid-Stream & Downstream)

Activities in this sector span from provision of Technical and Financial capabilities in developing Oil and Gas assets such as Oil wells, Refineries etc to supply of Oil service inputs and Petroleum products.

Power and Energy

Inadequate power supply constitutes a bane to the development of many developing countries particularly Nigeria. In collaboration with our principals, we are able to arrange for proven Technical expertise supported by long term investment and financing options for consistent power supply across Nigeria.

Transportation

We finance the procurement of various transportation assets in the various transportation units to aid commerce and mobility.

Housing/Building Development

This involves the construction of durable homes that are consistent with the highest environmental and safety standards. It ranges from large- scale development of quality low, medium and high end residential homes to large commercial buildings with key amenities on site.

Engineering and Infrastructure

We arrange for finance for government infrastructure construction projects backed by Sovereign guarantees and private construction projects backed by Banking Financial instruments. Our group has experienced and diversified professionals that provide engineering and infrastructural construction services among which are:

* General construction and repair of concrete structures such as roads, highway etc.

* Highway and bridge design

* Crude Oil production system design and construction

* Oil refinery design and construction

Agriculture

With the verse area of arable land in Africa, we are positioned to arrange investment in and/or structured Finance for mechanized farming which will enhance output for local consumption as well as export and consequently, income. This can be supported by the provision of required technical support and procurement of necessary farming heavy equipment.

Other Sectors Include:

Medical Facilities
* Communication
* Hospitality
* Water Engineering
* Mining and Quarry