We are not selling products,
but providing solutions
to your problems
by understanding your needs
even better than you.
- Lancaster Investment Consulting

Industry expertise

We are a group of multi-disciplinary international consultants who offer strategic business solutions on issues concerning Africa. Your Link to Africa

We advise clients on their most critical management challenges and opportunities: strategy, marketing, organization, operations, technology and mergers & acquisitions, across Africa’s largest and most rapidly-changing sectors.

Our leadership team has experience working across all industries, but specializes in consulting for the financial services, oil and gas, retail, consumer goods, telecommunications, media, technology, and private equity industries. Our team has particularly deep expertise in consulting in Africa, having advised many of the region’s top telecom companies over the past years.

Our team is full of smart, down-to-earth consultants committed to leaving the organizations they work with better and stronger than before. In fact, clients say our people are a primary reason they would recommend Lancaster Investment Consultancy to others.

Consulting services

We bring local experience and global support

We advise clients in South Africa, Nigeria and other African countries including, Ghana, Cameroon, Cote D’Ivoire, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Angola, Zambia, and Botswana. Full integration into Lancaster Investment allows us to manage projects and clients on both a national and multinational level, and provides access to the best of Lancaster Investment Consulting expertise, research and databases. By working seamlessly together as one firm, we can serve our clients wherever they need us.

Business consultancy and systems advice

Small changes can make a big difference – our care and attention sets you on the right path things don’t always run smoothly in the world of business, so we’ve designed a set of services that will give you that extra bit of care and attention when you need it.
Perhaps profitability has shrunk, you’ve got a liquidity problem or one of your main suppliers has gone bust. Maybe you need some advice about retirement and selling your business, or you want to expand or buy out a competitor. Whatever the issue, we’ve got the experience and expertise to help.

Staying competitive

We can provide you with an in-depth report with all the information you need to improve your business and increase profitability.
We look at:

  • How your business compares to your competitors?
  • Where you fare within your industry in general?
  • What will improve your position?
  • What will happen if you increase prices?
  • How you can increase profits?

Most importantly, there is no guesswork involved – we look at all the evidence, think creatively and use an open mind to help you find the best path forward.
We help organisations to solve issues, create value, maximise growth and improve the business performance of our clients. We use our business skills to provide objective advice, expertise and specialist skills which the organisation may be lacking.

Working with you

  • We start with the assumption that you know your business best, so we listen and respond to your needs.
  • We recognise that there are lots of ways to solve a problem, so work with you to design projects that reflect the way you want to approach it.
  • Our consultants are all independent, so we can choose to work with only the best – and select those who will work well with you.
  • Our consultants combine intellectual rigour with real-world experience, so you have answers grounded in reality.
  • Our consultants give you total commitment and objective challenge because their careers depend on doing great work, rather than selling the next project.
  • We have stripped down the overheads, so you are only paying for great people delivering outstanding results.