COBASA Information

COBASA (Compagnie de la Baie de Saint Augustin) is an Africa-focused investment advisory and industry acceleration platform with 35+ years of experience across Francophone, Anglophone, and Lusophone Africa. We operate at the intersection of economic intelligence, cross-border investment strategy, and ecosystem building, helping projects move from idea → bankability → implementation. We don’t just advise. We design systems. We de-risk complexity. We build pipelines, not just projects. What We Do - Investment Strategy & Market Positioning - Market entry strategies, economic intelligence, stakeholder mapping, and risk analysis across Africa. - Project Design & Investment Readiness - Business planning, financial modelling, legal and fiscal structuring, and investor matching. - Ecosystem Building & Industry Acceleration - Value-chain design, consortium building, farmer and SME enablement, and technical expert mobilisation. - Institutional & Cross-Border Partnerships - Public–private alignment, donor engagement, and bi-regional collaboration between Africa and Europe. Where We Work Headquartered in South Africa, with active projects and networks across 12+ African countries, supported by teams in Southern Africa and Europe. South Africa is our testing ground, what works here, scales across the continent. Sector Experience Agribusiness • Industrial Hemp • Logistics • Infrastructure • Telecoms • Waste Management • Hospitality • Real Estate Why Emerging Sectors Matter Industrial hemp is a live case study of how we activate complex ecosystems, from policy and feasibility to expert delegation, value-chain structuring, and early market design. The model works. Now we scale it across sectors.