a winning formula

GroFin Clients

GroFin clients

We have provided hundreds of clients across nine countries in Africa and the Middle East with the finance and support needed to grow their businesses.

Our clients are committed entrepreneurs who have chosen to partner with a specialist financier and advisor who shares the same drive for success and understands the unique needs of their business.

In the majority of cases our finance takes the form of medium-term self-liquidating debt of an average term of three to seven years. Equity finance is only provided in exceptional cases.

Our team has wide-ranging experience across a number of markets. Our collective expertise allows us to apply our local knowledge to your business, and further specify this to the needs of your market. Being market of a large network of businesses also affords each of our clients with exclusive networking opportunities to help them grow. GroFin has experience in advising the following sectors and sub-sectors:

Our current client base 

 

Business Services


• Mining equipment maintenance
• Cleaning
• Kitchen Design
• Couriering
• Security
• Recruitment
• Equipment rental and leases
• Funeral home
• Management training
• Photography and development
• Storage
• Telecommunications

Community and social


• Recreational-safaris
• Education
• Health-medicine

Manufacturing


• Food products
• Plastic recycling
• Paper and publishing
• Furniture and household
• Textiles
• Construction (cement blocks)
• Agro-processing
• Bakery
• Animal feeds
• Metal products
• Maize milling
• Food products
• Paint
• Metal products
• Concrete products
• Paper bags
• Hydraulic equipment

Mining


• Quarry mining

Transport and storage


• Land Transport

Wholesale and retail


• Agricultural products
• Animal feed
• Automotive batteries
• Bicycles
• Cellular phones and services
• Chemicals
• Clothes
• Communication
• Convenience store
• Cosmetics
• Domestic appliances
• Electronics
• Fast food
• Fish
• Food products
• Fuel
• General merchandise
• Hair products and clothes
• Handbags
• Hardware
• Hotels and restaurants
• IT
• Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG)
• Lubricants
• Meat processing
• Mining supplies
• Motorcycles
• Outdoor equipment
• Paraffin
• Pharmaceuticals
• Shoes
• Solar and energy products
• Textiles
• Vehicle retail and repair

 

We are happy to provide detailed client references of our experience in your sector. Mail us for more information on the specific support we can provide your business in your market and country. Contact us

Client success story

La Reference (Rwanda)

 

 

After eight years of managing other people’s businesses in the pharmacy sector, Jean Clement Twamugabo started La Reference pharmacy in 2008. Despite his rich professional experience, he had failed to obtain financing from traditional sources of finance.

   
 

GroFin recognised the potential of the business and Jean Clement’s experience as an entrepreneur and provided him with the finance to purchase furniture and stock he needed to start his business.

   
 

With years of experience in supporting small and medium enterprises (SMEs), we are aware of the challenges faced by start ups and fast growing businesses. We drew from this knowledge to assist Jean Clement in transforming his business proposal into an implementable plan. As the business grew we assisted him in introducing a financial management package which has helped control operations and monitor the business’s performance.

   
 

After two and a half years of GroFin’s support, La Reference’s sales activity has increased almost tenfold and their realised sales are 125% higher than initially projected.


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