Independent advice for companies raising capital, funds raising from LPs and DFIs, and institutions deploying capital in the region. Led by a former IFC and EBRD investment officer with sixteen years in the field, working in English, French and Arabic.
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.
DFI engagement and co-investment processes, market entry in MENA and Africa, stakeholder mapping and ESG readiness for companies and funds.
Training and capacity building for banks, funds and DFIs is a fourth line of work: see 04, Training.
Selected transactions led or advised at IFC, at EBRD and as AlphaYaz. Others are under non-disclosure; client names stay confidential and references are available on request.
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.
Advising on the €40M fundraising of a MENA and Africa venture capital fund-of-funds: strategy, LP engagement, due diligence coordination, and operational setup.
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.
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.
AlphaYaz Advisory is an independent investment and finance advisory firm based in Tunis, serving institutional clients across MENA and Africa. It 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.
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.
Programmes for corporate banks, private equity funds and development finance institutions, built from deal practice rather than textbooks. Delivered in English, French or Arabic, directly or with specialised training partners.
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.
In-house workshops · Executive masterclasses · DFI capacity building programmes · Modules combined to the client's brief.
Initial conversations are confidential and without obligation. Response within two business days.
Both open an email to contact@alphayaz.com. A line on the situation and the timeline you are working to is enough for a first exchange.