Develop Bankable Infrastructure Projects That Actually Close
Most African infrastructure projects fail at bankability.
Most African infrastructure projects don't fail for lack of capital. They fail because they were never structured to be bankable which enables them to secure commercial funding, not just regulatory approval.
Opolox closes that gap. Start with a Bankability Signal: a fast, low-cost assessment of exactly where your project stands and what a credit committee will require before you commit.
THE PROBLEM
Capital is not the problem, Bankability is.
Time-intensive
Traditional preparation takes 12-24 months and costs $300,000-$1.5m. This means that project developers commit significant resources before knowing if their project is actually fundable. Even then, projects can be stalled for years.
Capital-intensive
Only projects above US$100m+ can afford $500,000-$3m traditional consulting fees which are paid regardless of project development outcome. 70% of African infrastructure projects fall within the $10m-$75m market range, which means they remain unfunded.
Africa has an annual infrastructure financing gap of $100bn+. The constraint is not capital; institutional investors, DFIs, banks, pension funds have $30bn+ ready to deploy into bankable infrastructure projects.
But most African projects have not been structured to be bankable, and fail to secure the funding required to close.
Uncertainty
Project developers spend 12-24 months preparing comprehensive documentation only to discover their project has fundamental bankability flaws; no DFI will fund it, no investors interested, millions wasted and time lost. This erodes trust and further compounds institutional memory.
We are a bankability platform, purpose built for Africa infrastructure project realities.
OUR SOLUTION
Know Before You Go
Traditional Model
Spend 18–24 months preparing everything then find out it’s not fundable.
Opolox Approach
Spend days, not months, assessing whether your project is bankable, then prepare only what matters.
We have inverted the traditional model.
WHAT WE OFFER
Opolox Solutions
Infrastructure Bankability Preparation for Africa
We work in three stages
Each stage stands on its own, and each carries forward into the next, so you commit only as far as your project requires.
We assess if your project is truly bankable, identify what's stopping financial close, and deliver focused solutions that get you there 70% faster and 80% cheaper than traditional models.
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Bankability Signal
A concise assessment across the areas a DFI or institutional credit committee examines first, delivered as a clear gap map: where your project is strong, where it needs work, and where it will be challenged hardest. The fast, low-commitment way to know before you go further.
This diagnostic is one traditional model skips.
A rapid read on where your project stands for US$3,000.
Delivered within 3–5 working days.
Your Bankability Signal fee is credited in full to a Bankability Triage, if you proceed within 30 days.
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Bankability Triage
A complete assessment across all eight dimensions - four scored dimensions that produce the bankability classification, and four intelligence dimensions that inform the path forward. It answers three questions and gives you a specific, sequenced critical path to financial close:
A full assessment, and the plan to make it fundable for a fixed fee.
Delivered within 30 days.
1. Can this project close?
2. What needs to change for it to close?
3. How long will it take for it to close?
50% of the Triage fee is credited toward Full Bankability Preparation if you proceed within 60 days.
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Full Bankability Preparation
We execute the critical path your Triage identifies: a DFI-standard financial model, structured revenue and risk, a mapped regulatory pathway, and investor-grade documentation. We also help identify the right DFIs and institutional financiers to approach, and support your engagement with them.
You come out with government-compliant, financial institution and DFI-ready documentation and a clear route to funding.
The complete package that takes your project to close for a fixed fee.
Delivered within 75–120 days.
A success fee of 1.5%–2% of debt raised applies at financial close.
Need a Project Rescue?
Has your project secured regulatory approval but stalled before financial close? We diagnose why it's stuck and give you a step-by-step revival plan, drawing on the same triage expertise and bankability methodology. A different starting point but the same destination: a project that achieves financial close.
WHO WE SERVE
Built for Africa's infrastructure developers.
Project Developers
For developmental finance institutions seeking quality project preparation that enhances existing internal decision processes, we deliver outputs that meet your institutional standards.
For developers with $10M–$75M projects, we offer a smarter alternative to high-cost traditional consultants, making institutional-grade preparation accessible.
DFIs & Institutional Investors
For ministries and PPP units with stalled pipelines, we help assess and move certified projects to financial close, allowing you to deliver on your infrastructure objectives.
We are not EPC contractors, technical engineers, or legal counsel. We don't design solar plants or draft PPAs.
We are the bankability bridge between your technical vision and financial reality, helping to make your projects bankable.
Government Agencies
THE OPOLOX DIFFERENCE
Why Opolox works where others stall.
You are not paying for documents.
You are paying for bankability: a project structured to close.
EXPERIENCED: Founded by infrastructure finance specialists with direct DFI and credit-committee experience - we prepare projects the way the institutions that fund them actually assess them.
INDEPENDENT: We are your advisor, not your investor. Opolox takes no ownership position. You retain full control of your project, and we help you identify and approach the right financiers on your own terms.
DATA-DRIVEN: Methodology informed by direct analysis of over 100 African infrastructure projects.
ACCESSIBLE: Fees up to 80% lower than traditional advisory - and a low-commitment entry point that makes institutional-grade preparation viable for the $10M–$75M projects the traditional model prices out.
ALIGNED: Our success-based model means we earn our success fee only when your project reaches financial close. Your outcome is our outcome.
FAST: Up to 70% faster than traditional consultants, using modern methodology and a diagnostic-first approach: know before you go.
ABOUT US
Built by Infrastructure Finance Professionals.
Opolox is founded by a former IFC Investment Officer, GCF Deputy Director Private Sector, and Standard Bank Senior Director of Infrastructure and Energy Finance with experience across African markets.
Our proprietary methodology is informed by analysis of over 100 projects, modern solutions and direct engagement with DFIs, government agencies, and developers.
