Built on more than 16 years in investment and corporate finance, including 12+ years at IFC (World Bank Group) and EBRD, the leading private sector development finance institutions, advising companies, institutional investors, and funds.
AlphaYaz Advisory is an independent investment and finance advisory firm based in Tunis, serving institutional clients across MENA and Africa. The firm is led by Ahmed Zairi, Founder and Principal, who spent more than twelve years at the International Finance Corporation (IFC, World Bank Group) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) as Country Officer, Investment Officer, and Principal Banker, within a sixteen-year career in investment and corporate finance.
Work focuses on transaction structuring, fundraising, and advisory at the intersection of private sector finance and development finance. Mandates have included originating, structuring, and closing debt and equity transactions across manufacturing, retail, agribusiness, infrastructure, affordable housing, and renewable energy, portfolio responsibility exceeding $700M at IFC, and a contribution to the bankability of Tunisia's renewable energy concession regime.
AlphaYaz was founded in 2025 to serve private sector companies, institutional investors (fund-of-funds, family offices, private equity funds), and development finance institutions with independent, senior advisory.
Selected transactions originated, structured, or advised across a sixteen-year career at IFC, EBRD, and in independent advisory. Client details remain confidential.
Led the structured long-term debt for Tunisia's first utility-scale photovoltaic plant, and contributed to the bankability of the national renewable energy concession regime alongside government and DFI counterparts.
Around $350M of structured debt and guarantee solutions across production facilities, water infrastructure, and renewable energy.
$55M equity investment supporting expansion across Morocco and Côte d'Ivoire, mobilising a further $84M of private equity.
Led and structured working capital financing facilities for olive oil producers, and broader agribusiness financing across North Africa.
$30M structured debt financing for an affordable housing developer in West Africa.
Multiple $20–50M transactions supporting internationalisation, capacity expansion, and job creation.
Defined the fundraising strategy and provided strategic advisory to a fintech software group serving banks, covering positioning, go-to-market optionality, and investor materials ahead of a growth round.
Advising on the €40M fundraising of a MENA and Africa venture capital fund-of-funds: strategy, LP engagement, due diligence coordination, and operational setup.
Track record includes additional transactions under non-disclosure. References available on request.
Fund structuring, LP engagement strategy, investor documentation, financial modelling, and due diligence coordination for funds and private companies.
Deal origination, structuring, and execution for debt and equity transactions typically between $20M and $350M across emerging markets.
Market entry strategy for MENA and Africa, DFI engagement support, stakeholder mapping, government relations, and ESG diagnostics.
Programs built from sixteen years of deal practice. Delivered directly or through specialised training partners to corporate banks, private equity funds, and development finance institutions.
Structuring, risk allocation, and closing of complex cross-border deals.
Deal-oriented modelling from screening to investment committee.
IFC, EBRD, Proparco, AfDB. Engagement, approval processes, co-investment.
Integrating ESG and climate risk into credit and investment decisions.
Credit analysis, product structuring, and relationship management for bank lenders.
From strategy and positioning to pitch, due diligence, and closing.
Corporate workshops · Executive masterclasses · DFI capacity building programs · Customisable modules, adaptable to client needs.
Initial conversations are confidential and without obligation. Response within two business days.
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