Independent Capital, Structuring and Investment Advisory for Africa
Herodian Consulting works with governments, institutional investors, corporates and families to raise capital, structure transactions and make sound investment decisions in Nigeria and across Africa.
Advice from the investor's side of the table
Herodian Consulting Limited is an independent advisory firm founded in 2026. Our approach is grounded in more than two decades of institutional emerging-market credit investing: deciding which risks global capital will fund, at what price and on what terms.
We bring that judgement, and a working network of pension funds, insurers, credit managers and development finance institutions, to clients raising capital or investing in Africa.
Our Services
Four practice areas, delivered by a single senior adviser with no product to sell and no balance sheet to place.
Capital raising and investor access
Investor mapping and market soundings; credit-committee and rating readiness; roadshow design; term-sheet negotiation and support through to close — for sovereign, sub-sovereign and corporate issuers, and for fund managers raising from institutions.
Transaction structuring and bankability
Capital-structure design, risk allocation and credit enhancement; PPP and project-finance readiness; guarantee and DFI packaging; liability management, refinancing and restructuring advice.
Africa and Nigeria market entry
Country and sector risk assessment; counterparty, partner and sponsor due diligence; financing strategy for a first investment; navigating the local banking, pension and capital-market ecosystem.
Investment and portfolio advisory
Independent portfolio construction and manager selection; emerging-market and Africa credit allocation; board, investment-committee and family-office adviser roles; due diligence on managers and deals.
Sustainability-linked and climate finance runs through every practice area: structuring for the green, social and transition capital pools that increasingly set the price of African risk.
Who We Serve
Governments and public agencies
Bankability reviews, blended-finance structuring, market soundings and negotiation support through to financial close.
DFIs and institutional investors
Origination and screening in Nigeria and West Africa, independent credit assessment and co-investment structures.
Corporates entering Africa
Market-entry financing strategy, counterparty due diligence and a first transaction that is bankable to local and international lenders.
Family offices and private investors
Independent balance-sheet review, portfolio construction, manager selection and a standing adviser seat.
How We Work
Independent
No product to sell, no balance sheet to place. Advice is paid for by the client and answers only to the client.
Senior-led
Every engagement is led personally by the firm's principal. Senior attention is the offer, not a sales promise.
Capability transfer
Models delivered unlocked, templates left behind, relationships handed over. The client is stronger after the mandate than before.
Discreet
Mandates for governments, families and institutions are conducted with the confidentiality each expects.
Get in Touch
A first conversation is confidential, without obligation, and usually the fastest way to establish whether independent, investor-side advice would change the outcome of what you are working on.